Ayako Oshima

Clarinetist Ayako Oshima makes her Hong Kong debut at the Shouson Theatre on the 13 July. The Japanese artist and clarinet professor at the renowned Juilliard School will be accompanied by Joe Zhou (clarinet) and Carrie Fung (piano) in a French music program.

Ayako’s style of playing is very expressive, with a clear sound which suits the evening’s concert program. As well as being a judge in music competitions Ayako founded the Kita Karuizaw a music seminar which attracts clarinet students from all over Asia and with her husband, Charles Neidich, she has written a book on the fundamentals of clarinet technique.

Program:
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Two Clarinets
Ernest Chausson: Andante and Allegro
Eugene Bozza: Bucolique
Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie
Charles Neidich: Tempest
Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche
Luigi Bassi: Gran Duetto Concertato from Bellini’s La Sonnambula

Ayako Oshima – Clarinet Recital
Joe Zhou, Carrie Fung
Date: 8pm, 13 July, 2017
Venue: HKAC, Shouson Theatre
Tickets: $250 from Urbtix