Naruhiko Kawaguchi Fortepiano Recital

Sunday, February 9, 2025
Starts at 2:00 PM (Ends at approximately 5:00 PM)

Saitama Arts Theater / Concert Hall

Naoya Otsuka: Positive Organ, Harpsichord, Lecture

Tatsuko Mori: Western Dance and Music Historian

J.S. Bach: English Suites Nos. 1–6

Saitama Arts Foundation

All Japan Piano Teachers’ Association (PTNA)

Naoya Otsuka
Positive Organ, Harpsichord, Lecture

Naoya Otsuka graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts (Master’s in Harpsichord) and furthered his studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory in Harpsichord and Organ. He is active as a basso continuo player with ensembles such as Ensemble Cordier and Bach Collegium Japan and as a soloist on harpsichord, organ, and clavichord.
Otsuka also dedicates himself to educating future generations, holding workshops across Japan for those new to early keyboard instruments. He serves as Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts and as an advisor for organ programs at Miyazaki Prefectural Arts Theater and Sainokuni Saitama Arts Theater. He is the music director of Ensemble Cordier and regularly hosts NHK-FM’s Enjoying Early Music.
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Tatsuko Mori
Western Dance and Music Historian

A graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts with a doctorate in musicology, Tatsuko Mori specializes in the history of Western dance and music, focusing on the 18th century. She is a Professor in the Department of Dance at Japan Women’s College of Physical Education.
Her research includes the relationship between music and dance in Western theatrical arts and the reception history of dance manuals like Thoinot Arbeau’s Orchesographie. Notable publications include a complete translation of Noverre’s Letters on Dancing and Ballets (1760) and contributions to A History of Ballet and Dance (Heibonsha, 2012).