2012年2月 – Bach | Music | Conducting | Ensemble Direction | Violoncello da spalla | Viola da spalla | Conducting

I’m opinionated

1件のコメント / About myself, Random / Koji Otsuki

The people in my circle think that I’m opinionated. Well, my circle is very small— it really means something when someone tells you in your face that you are opinionated. Not good. I may seem like a dogmatic, inflexible, arrogant, pompous, stubborn and perhaps even prejudiced son of a gun. And I shouldn’t even deny that— trying to deny that is by itself a pompous act. But… I rarely provide my opinions on anything. I’m just too ignorant to be with those people around me in Philadelphia who all belong in the higher socio-economic class than I. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t the self-deprecation for which I’m wrongly known. […]

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Gamut Bach Ensemble

In March 2005, I organized a Bach ensemble and performed 4 cantatas in a concert in Tokyo. It was a group consists of the supportive and willing members of Bach Collegium Japan and my friends from Geidai (Tokyo University of the Arts)— I can say it was an ideal ensemble in the realistic realm, or perhaps it was beyond my plausible ideal… In some sections I had those players whom I’d pick for my fantasy Bach ensemble! And despite my shortcomings as a director, we as a team did put together a successful and memorable concert. I believe I had learned and grown as an organizer and conductor through the