​"Improvisation"
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Play free improvised music without preparation in advance. The inspiration comes from the exact moment when everyone sits together sharing the time and space, and opening oneself with the flow.

© Marjola Rukaj

​Guitarist
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​Terukaku Yamashita

Japanese musician Terukaku Yamashita is a guitarist-composer, who combines classical composition techniques, Asian traditional music and modern compositional techniques to create unique music. Terukaku was born in 1994 in Kyoto and grew up in Nagasaki. Since his childhood, he has been learning guitar and composition from his father Kazuhito Yamashita and mother Keiko Fujiie. Since the age of ten, he has performed internationally as a member of his family ensemble.

Performances include the Cordoba International Guitar Festival, Alessandria International Guitar Festival, and Seoul Art Center Hall.​

At the age of 18, he moved to Germany and began studying composition, improvisation and interpretation practice on the guitar with Carlo Domeniconi. At the same time, he entered both the composition class and guitar class at Berlin Arts University, where he studied classical music and the cutting edge of contemporary music today. Since then, he is based in Berlin and performs a mixed program of his own works and classical repertoire in Berlin, Paris, Budapest, Brussels, Seoul and the other cities. Recently, he also published his vocal works, ensemble works, improvisation ensemble and musical drama and is expanding the scope of his activities. His solo and ensemble pieces are also performed by many musicians, including his father Kazuhito Yamashita and other renowned musicians in Japan, Germany, France, Hungary, the USA, and other counties.

https://www.terukaku-yamashita.com

Guitarist
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Yunjia Liu
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- Guitarist, Composer, Singer, Producer -

With deep love and strong passion in music, Yunjia Liu (stage name: J. Hermit) enjoys every moment being an independent artist. She was born in China and studied Bachelor of Music (Classical Guitar) at the University of Melbourne with Tonié Field from 2013 to 2016. Yunjia moved to Germany in 2017 and completed studying Master of Music (Guitar Soloist and Composition) at University of Music Detmold. She lives in Finland since July 2020.

© Katrin Kawinkel

Yunjia Liu’s music is deeply influenced by the philosophical ideas such as Minimalism, Taoism, Yin-Yang and the inspirations of Nature. Her multidisciplinary projects focus on theatre, dancing, painting, and poetry. Her music style includes classical music, traditional Asian music, contemporary music, folk music, as well as free improvisatory music and electronic music. She has been giving concerts in Germany, France, Finland, Hungary, England, Australia, and China.

http://YunjiaLiuGuitarist.com