Yasuo Shinozaki @ Medindi Manor

We are honoured to have Yasuo Shinozaki staying at Medindi Manor in January and February. Yasuo lives in London with his beautiful wife and children. We enjoy having Yasuo stay with us and enjoy listening to so many interesting stories and things happening behind the scenes of a conductor and the concerts. If you want to know more about Yasuo and his concerts, you can visit his website www.yasuoshinozaki.com.

He will be conducting a few more times with other famous musicians. His next performance will be on the 9th of February at City Hall 20h00, to book tickets go to www.cpo.org.za.

Some questions I asked Yasuo:

1. What do you like most about being a conductor?

Firstly, I love the orchestra sound and I’m happy to make music with the orchestra musician. This is a big pleasure and exciting for me to create something with many people. And it’s always memorable and impressive for me to meet many countries’ people.

2. Is there any thing you don't like of being a conductor?

I tried to find it but I could not find anything. Oh, I found one thing. I hate an airplane. It’s just boring for me to stay on the aircraft for a long time.

3. How many times have you been to South Africa, and how many of those times was it to Cape Town?

I’m coming to SA about every half year and staying two or three weeks each. This is my third visiting to Cape Town. I’ve been in Johannesburg four times and Durban five times. SA is a wonderful country because of nature and good people!!

4. How many hours to put in everyday for training?

The conductor can not practice at home. Can you imagine that the conductor is practice at the front of mirror ?? Strange, isn’t it ? But I’m studying the score (music note for conductor) every morning and often continue it in the afternoon at home. If I have a rehearsal, I study the score in the early morning. This is not too easy since I have to stand at the front of 80-100 professional musicians without any practice.

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