Nanae Mimura (Marimba)

 

Reviews

Marimbist Nanae Mimura, Japan's pride, captured the heart and soul of the public with musicality that was filled with refinement and poetic sentiment, that flowed through her beautiful sound, polished expression and highest technique.

= Monthly Magazine, "Ongaku No Tomo" July, 2002 (Japan) =


Marimba is a percussion instrument which not only strikes but sings. Ms. Mimura brought out to us and touched our hearts with the lyrical capacity of the instrument.

= Monthly Magazine, "Ongaku No Tomo" August , 2002 (Japan) =


"provocative mesmerizing" "a stunning player" "a soulful quality" "...like a dance... beautiful to watch... a whole visual event..."

= WGBH Radio 89.7FM (Boston) =


Such passionate and percussive sound as well as calm and gentle sound like waves! She is a true star in the world of marimba.

= Yomiuri newspaper (Japan) =


Anyone can make a sound by striking a piece of wood through functions of human muscles with gravity. The theory is simple, and yet, the experience of listening to this player makes you wonder what sets her apart from others. Her sound intrigues the listener's ears and gives a sheer joy of music.
-She has the ability to choose instantly "the right sound".-

= Koumei newspaper (Japan) =


Nanae Mimura, the new star in the Marimba-Heaven, was convincing with two pieces, in which lyrical, breathed tapestries of sound were woven together with pearly cascades of notes and stirring rhythms. She had to confront the never-ending applause several times. She belongs to one of the absolute godsends of the '99 World Drum Festival.

= drums & percussion (Germany) =


Nanae Mimura made a great impression with her perfection of technique and her sense of musical expression: much, very much, applause.

= Giornale del Popolo (Switzerland) =


Ms. Mimura...played with assurance and skill to bring out the music's jazzy, romantic or frolicsome moods...

= Melrose Free Press (Boston) =