Release Date: 03 October 2025
Label: Outhere / La Dolce Volta
Packaging Type: Hard Back book
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3760419360474
Genres: Classical  Solo Instrumental  
Composer/Series: Origin
Release Date: 03 October 2025
Label: Outhere / La Dolce Volta
Packaging Type: Hard Back book
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3760419360474
Genres: Classical  Solo Instrumental  
Composer/Series: Origin
Description
As a Japanese cellist, Michiaki Ueno wishes to introduce the world to the remarkable body of music composed in his homeland. At first glance, this might seem like a conventional statement - something anyone might say. Yet, when we consider his background, the words take on a different weight.
Born in Paraguay (1995) and raised in Spain during his early years, Michiaki Ueno was captivated at the age of four by a video of Yo-Yo Ma. He received his first cello as a Christmas gift when he was five - marking the beginning of his musical journey. For someone like Ueno, Japan was both his homeland and a distant, unfamiliar place. "I never really thought deeply about Japanese culture," he reflects. "When Europeans spoke kindly about Japan, I was embarrassed to realize how little I actually knew."
As he matured, Ueno found himself increasingly compelled to confront and contemplate his cultural identity. Unlike those who grow up immersed in Japan and take its environment for granted, Ueno approached it as something external--something to be consciously examined, understood, and deliberately chosen. It is perhaps through the very act of performing works by Japanese composers that he engages in this thoughtful process of selection.
Jean-Baptiste Fonlupt
Michiaki Ueno
Talich Quartet
Jean-Philippe Collard
Vanessa Wagner; Wilhem Latchoumia
Olivier Latry
Xavier Phillips / Cedric Tiberghien
Wilhem Latchoumia / Vanessa Wagner
Lei Meng
Romain Nosbaum
Arta Arnicane
Naruhiko Kawaguchi
Daan Vandewalle
Yuan Sheng
Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy
Renee Chemet; Arthur Loesser; Harry Kaufman; Waldemar Liachowsky; Anca Seidlova; Michio Miyagi