I often say that “life is full of uncertainty and surprises”, and this sentence can find a suitable opportunity for everyone. In Japan, there is a pianist who has become “become” because of an “unusual” embarrassment – Abe. .

Abe is a famous pianist and composer in Japan. His music is mainly improvised, and the genre has a strong jazz style, which makes his jazz piano have a unique charm. He is often invited to participate in a variety of live music and stage music events, while providing other singers and musicians with music, live broadcasts and other activities. In 2016, Abe Yoshihiro released his first solo album (HAND), which was well received. .

As a pianist who is famous in Japan, Abe Sakamoto and Yoshikaro Taro, NAOTO, Ishikawa Sadako, John Ken Nuzzo, Moriyama Ryoko, Ichinomiya, MayJ, Kawamura Ryuichi, Ishigaki Izumi, カルメン・マキ, Miyagawa Liang and Hino are waiting for musicians and singers to cooperate many times. At the same time, he is also a pioneer of traditional Japanese music. He has served as the music director of the famous Japanese musicians, Dong Yi Xiu Shu, the world violinist Gu Zeyan, and the accordionist coba. .

Abe 笃志 not only has a profound accomplishment in performance, but also outstanding in stage music. He has served as the music director of the world dancer Moriyama, “TSUBASA” and “Fantastic Fairy of the Fence Country”. At the same time, he served as music director of Tsujiko, Matsuzaka Keiko, and Nakadai Tatsuya. .

Now, Abe, who has a good performance in music, can hardly imagine that there is no intersection between him and music when he was a child. In childhood, he didn’t feel anything special about music until he joined the band in the student days and began to get in touch with saxophone and horn flute. Since then, he has become obsessed with music and made great progress and served as a band conductor. In the university era, Abe Sakamoto worked tirelessly to become a diplomat, but because of the unstoppable emotion of music, he finally chose music as the direction of development. .

In August 2017, in the cooperation performance between Shanghai and Guangzhou and the violinist Ishikawa Akiko, Abe Aya used his unique jazz piano performance to express the charm of anime music in another form. The audience praised. Under the voice of the majority of fans, Abe Yuzhi came to China this year and held a personal concert in Guangzhou. Before the show, our JPbeta. . . . . . . . . . . conducted an exclusive interview with Abe. .

JPbeta : Mr. Abe was a law major. What is the reason for you to learn music and performance? .

阿部笃志: . At that time, the Faculty of Law was to become a diplomat, but he gave up this road later. It was because he had a disease at that time, and he had a slap in the music when he was sick, so he set foot on the music. Road. Life is full of unknowns. .

JPbeta : Mr. Abe usually composes music. Where is the inspiration for the arrangement? .

阿部笃志: . Inspiration is to find this inspiration in the daily life like a treasure hunt, looking for inspiration in the movie, for example, there is a mosquito flying to the face that looks disgusting in daily life, but if you look inside the movie There will be some very interesting places. .

JPbeta : Mr. Abe’s playing anime music in jazz style is very refreshing. So when did the teacher start playing anime music? .

阿部笃志: . The compilation of anime music was influenced by Ms. Ishikawa, who is playing less of this music. .

JPbeta : What was the initial impression of Mr. Abe? .

阿部笃志: . There will be a kind of enthusiasm when composing this kind of music. Usually it is a kind of calm music. If you play anime music, you can mobilize your enthusiasm. This is a pleasure. .

JPbeta : Mr. Abe’s performance is very jazzy, and the piano gives a classical feeling. Mixing classical and modern jazz, what do you think is the most interesting place? .

阿部笃志:I feel that my style is not jazz, classical, but when I play it, I become unconsciously like this style. I am very happy to pop up this style. .

JPbeta : Did Mr. Abu have encountered some piano music, and immediately wanted to play in jazz style after hearing? .

阿部笃志: . Is able to do it, always trying to do something like this. .

JPbeta : Mr. Abe’s piano performance, in addition to playing with Western musical instruments, has also been played with musicians playing Chinese instruments. What do you think is different from traditional Western musical instrument ensembles when playing with Chinese instruments? .

阿部笃志: . The scale of traditional Chinese music is similar to traditional Japanese music. Although it feels different, it may be difficult to say specifically about where it is different. I respect the Chinese music, respect the performance of the other’s instruments, and listen to it with a respectful attitude. .

JPbeta : In addition to being a pianist, Mr. Abe also tried to perform as a stage actor and perform as an actor in a stage play. This kind of performance, which is played on the stage and played, do you think it is difficult? .

阿部笃志: . Instead, I feel that this is relatively simple. For example, when I play this performance, I will also play an anime character. Sometimes I will just like that anime character attached to him, although it may It looks different. .

JPbeta : That stage actor and performer, Mr. Abe, which one do you like? .

阿部笃志: . Still prefer to be a pianist. .

JPbeta : What other things do you want to challenge after Mr. Abe? .

阿部笃志: . There are many stage music in Japan, stage music, film music, he wants to try to participate in such creations, and will even participate in the creation of Chinese film music in the future.

JPbeta : Finally, what does Mr. Abe wants to say to Chinese fans? .

阿部笃志: . This time, the bomb will also play a lot of famous Japanese songs, and it is also a popular song. Please stay tuned for this performance. .

Abe 笃志, during the interview, improvised a few pieces of animated music, the genre and the peace we listened to are obviously different, but the unique melody attracts the audience to listen to it, let people know about him. The show is full of expectations. Although not everyone can find the most suitable answer when they encounter every choice, but the experience like Abe Zhizhi still makes people feel full of expectation for the unknown life. Perhaps like his own unique musical style, use his own music to let everyone remember a different Abe. .

(图/文:马沙)