Kaori Muraji Explained

Birth Date:	14 April 1978, age 45
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Education:	Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris

is a Japanese classical guitarist.^[1] She is the first Japanese artist to have signed an exclusive international contract with Decca Music Group.^[2]

Biography

Muraji learned to play the guitar from the age of 3 on. First she was taught by her father and from the age of ten by the guitarist Shinichi Fukuda. In the early 1990s she won several guitar competition in Japan and in 1993 gave her debut recital in the Tsuda Hall. In the same year she published with Espressivo, her first album, with her Orchestra debut happening in the following year with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.^[2]

In 1997, she moved to Europe to study under Alberto Ponce at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. After her graduation in 1999, she moved back to Japan.^[2]

Discography

• Espressivo

Kaori Muraji, guitar

21 October 1993: Victor Entertainment

• GREEN SLEEVES

Kaori Muraji, guitar

21 January 1995: Victor Entertainment

• sinfonia

Kaori Muraji, guitar

24 July 1996: Victor Entertainment

• Pastorale

Kaori Muraji, guitar

21 November 1997: Victor Entertainment

• CAVATINA

Kaori Muraji, guitar

21 November 1998: Victor Entertainment

• Concierto de Aranjuez

Kaori Muraji, guitar

Kazufumi Yamashita, conductor

New Japan Philharmonic

23 March 2000: Victor Entertainment

• Resplandor De La Guitarra

Kaori Muraji, guitar

Orquesta de Cámara Joaquín Rodrigo

24 April 2002: Victor Entertainment

• LA ESTELLA

Kaori Muraji, guitar

21 February 2004: Victor Entertainment

• Transformations

Kaori Muraji, guitar

Dominic Miller, guitar

21 July 2004 (Japanese Release)

March, 2005 (International Release): Decca Music Group

• Spain

Kaori Muraji, guitar

21 October 2005: Victor Entertainment

• lumières

Kaori Muraji, guitar

26 October 2005 (Japanese Release)

February, 2006 (International Release): Decca Music Group

• Lyre & Sonnet/Into the Light

Kaori Muraji, guitar

The Sixteen, choir

Harry Christophers, conductor

25 October 2006 (Japanese Release)

Spring, 2007 (International Release): Decca Music Group

• Amanda

Kaori Muraji, guitar

Michiru Oshima, conductor

ORCHESTRE DES VIRTUOSES DE PARIS

25 April 2007 (Japanese Release)

• Kaori Muraji plays Bach

Kaori Muraji, guitar

Christian Funke, conductor

Bachorchester, Leipzig

1 January 2008

• Viva! Rodrigo

Kaori Muraji, guitar

Victor Pablo Pérez, conductor

Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

4 February 2008: Decca Music Group

• Portrait

Kaori Muraji, guitar

5 April 2010: Decca Music Group

• Rhapsody Japan

Kaori Muraji, guitar

26 October 2016

• Soleil - Portraits 2

Kaori Muraji, guitar

Soichi Muraji, guitar

26 Octrober 2016

• Cinema - Movie Themes For Classical Guitar

Kaori Muraji, guitar

Soichi Muraji, guitar

22 March 2019

External links

• Kaori Muraji official homepage
• Decca Music Group - Kaori Muraji

References

1. Lee Hyo-won: Kaori Muraji Brings People Back to Classical Guitar. Korean Times, 2008-03-18
2. https://www.deccaclassics.com/de/kuenstler/kaori-muraji/biografie Kaori Muraji - Biografie