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Ryoji Hojito

A Man from the East: Solo Piano in Russia 1993

(Trigram, TR-P 902) (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 in Moscow on May 30, 1993 (1-8)
at Art Center "Studio-8" in Novosibirsk on June 5, 1993 (9-16)

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

Released 1994