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神田将の演奏を初めて聞いた人たちは皆、その圧倒的な表現力と自然な音色に驚きを顕わにします。かつての、BGMを奏でるだけの電子オルガン・・・心の片隅に誰もが抱いているその先入観は、神田将が奏でる最初の一音で払拭されることでしょう。
初代のエレクトーンが誕生して50年。足鍵盤を含めた3段の鍵盤に別々の音色を割り当てて演奏するという基本スタイルこそ変わりませんが、最新の電子技術に支えられ、その中身は劇的変化を遂げてきました。
音色はどんどん美しくなり、ついにはリアルの域を超え、演奏家のイマジネーションを自由自在に表現する音色を創造しました。そして最大の革命は、他の楽器に類を見ない繊細さで、演奏家の指先のわずかな変化から微妙なニュアンスを感じとる、感度の高い鍵盤を完成させたことです。
とはいっても、エレクトーンはあくまで楽器。音楽である以上、より重要なのは演奏家の感性とテクニックです。神田将のクラシック演奏では、エレクトーンの潜在力を余すところなく駆使して表現する豊穣でドラマチックな音楽性が、今や厳しいクラシックファンにも高く評価されています。エレクトーンが新時代の音楽芸術として広く親しまれる時代は、もう始まっているのです。
People who first experience Yuki Kanda's performances are extremely impressed with the overwhelming power of the expressions and distinctive natural tones in the electronic organ sounds. Many people still have the preconception that electronic organs are used to only play background music; however, upon hearing the sounds of Yuki's music, those preconceptions are quickly erased.
Fifty years have passed since the first electronic organ was introduced into the world. Electronic organs have received drastic developments in the latest technology yet the basic playing style, in which an organist plays three keyboards including a foot keyboard, allotting a different tone to each of the three keyboards, remains the same.
The sounds are continuously refined and the latest models have very beautiful and realistic sounds that enable organists to freely create any sound they wish. The most notable innovation is the outstanding sensibility, which other musical instruments do not have. This allows delicate nuances in the subtle changes of an organist's fingers to create a wide range of sounds.
However, an electronic organ is still just another musical instrument no matter how developed or progressive it is. The superb and impressive sounds greatly depend on an organist's creativity and technique.
As an electronic organist, Yuki Kanda is capable of utilizing the potential of an electronic organ to fully express his rich and dramatic tastes in music. Even classical music fans find his innovative electronic organ sound better than any other compilation of instruments.
The dawn of the new-age electronic organ sound, which fans of all music genres can easily enjoy, is arriving and Yuki Kanda is the one to bring it to light with his innovative sound.
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