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Ryoji Hojito

A Man from the East: Solo Piano in Russia 1993

(Trigram, TR-P 902) (Japan) (CD)

Solo Piano in Moscow

  1. Introduction (3:58)
  2. Hiroshima (4:49)
  3. My Treasure (5:18)
  4. Kaiyu (6:06)
  5. Improvisation 1 (3:18)
  6. Mongol Mongol (5:25)
  7. Improvisation 2 (3:45)
  8. Ending (4:41)

Solo Piano in Novosibirsk

  1. Introduction (1:44)
  2. Hiroshima (4:14)
  3. My Treasure (4:48)
  4. Improvisation 1 (2:17)
  5. Kaiyu (2:09)
  6. Mongol Mongol (5:42)
  7. Improvisation 2 (2:40)
  8. Ending (5:37)

All music by Ryoji Hojito

Ryoji Hojito: piano, small instruments, voice, etc.

Recorded live by Yoshiko Hojito
at the Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, May 30, 1993 (1-8)
at Art Center "Studio-8," Novosibirsk, June 5, 1993 (9-16)

Cover painting by Etsuko Azuta
Design by Chikaco Oishi
Includes liner notes by Teruto Soejima (in Japanese and English) and Otomo Yoshihide (in Japanses and English) (English translation by Haruna Ito)

Released in 1994