May 10, 2006 Source: :
http://www.brandonu.ca/news/article.asp?A_ID=1020 *Well-Known Canadian pianist appointed to BU School Of Music*
BRANDON, MB – Dr. Glen Carruthers, Dean of the School of Music, Brandon
University, announced this week the appointment of Canadian pianist
Megumi Masaki to the full-time teaching faculty.
"This is a key appointment for us," says Carruthers. "Meg Masaki’s
accomplishments as a pianist, teacher, musicologist and administrator
are outstanding. Our students and faculty were so enthusiastic after her
audition here that I’m absolutely delighted to be making this
appointment. Our piano faculty has always been very strong and I’m now
assured this tradition of excellence will continue."
Masaki obtained a Master of Music in Piano Performance and Literature
from the University of Western Ontario, under Ronald Turini and Jack
Behrens, as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Piano Performance and
Chamber Music from the Royal College of Music in London, England, under
Kendall Taylor. She has performed extensively since 1985 across North
America and around the world, including China, Cyprus, England, France,
Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland, the Philippines, Japan, and
Taiwan. She has given master classes in Europe, North America and Asia
and is currently artistic director of the ESF Orchestra in Germany,
where she has conducted opera and symphonic concerts. Masaki co-founded
the Waterford Summer Music Festival in Utah where she has been artistic
and programming director for the past seven years. Her 1993 CD "Megumi
Masaki plays Eckhardt-Gramatté" has been followed by other CDs and DVDs,
as well as by broadcasts for regional and national CBC radio. Her
collaboration with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Soloists led to
concert throughout Germany, and she is artistic director and founder of
the International Virtuosi Chamber Music Series in Frankfurt.
Masaki is also a PhD candidate in musicology at the Johannes-Gutenberg
University in Mainz, Germany. Her doctoral thesis is entitled "The Life
and Works of S. C. Eckhardt-Gramatté" and her research projects on
Eckhardt-Gramatté’s music will not only complement the past research of
members of the School of Music, such as Glen Carruthers who completed
the first comprehensive study of the composer’s life and works in the
1980s and Lorne Watson, who has documented the E-Gré Piano Technique,
but will strengthen the strong commitment Brandon University maintains
to advance the music of Eckhardt-Gramatté. Masaki produced a critical
performing edition of Eckhardt-Gramatte’s Piano Caprices that was
published by Brandon University Press in 1996. A revised second edition
was published in 2006. Masaki was also researcher/performer for the film
documentary "Appassionata: the Extraordinary Life and Music of S. C.
Eckhardt-Gramatté" prepared by Buffalo Gals Film Production for the CBC
"Opening Night" program.
Masaki, who has taught for many years in Europe, returns to Canada to
assume her position at Brandon University August 1. For more information, please contact: Brandon University School of Music
Phone: (204) 727-7388 Kelly Stifora
Communications Officer
Brandon University
Phone: (204) 727-9762
Email: communications@brandonu.ca - 30 -
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