RUMI ITOH

伊藤ルミ　プロフィール

神戸市生まれ。幼少より故東貞一氏に師事し、１８歳でデビューする。以来ソリストとして数多くのリサイタルを開くとともに、故朝比奈隆氏指揮による大阪フィルをはじめ多くのオーケストラとの共演でも活躍する。１９８８年〜９２年、ヤナーチェク弦楽四重奏団とヨーロッパ・日本で共演し好評を博す。１９９３〜２００２年は、その第一ヴァイオリン奏者であったＢ・スメイカル、アマティ弦楽四重奏団のチェリストであったJ. デーゲンと「パールトリオ」を結成し、スメタナ音楽祭でデビュー、チェコフィルハーモニックの定期演奏会はじめヨーロッパと日本で活動する。
２００２年には、スロバキア室内オーケストラの芸術監督であるエバルト・ダネル、アンサンブル金沢のソリストのルドヴィート・カンタと組んで「ラ・ミューズトリオ」を結成し日本各地で公演を続けている。
２００４年には、ミハル・カニュカとのデュオSUPER DUOでアムステルダム・コンセルトヘボー、プラハのスークホールなどの名ホールでの定期演奏会を含むヨーロッパ４カ国で喝采を浴びた。２００６年には、チェコのパルドビツェシンフォニーオーケストラ等と共演、好評を得る。２００７年には、カニュカとのデュオでヨーロッパ４カ国に再び招かれる。
ＣＤは多くリリースされ、中でもカニュカとのＣＤは、フランスの「ル・モンド」音楽誌の最高評である４つ星を受賞、J. ビエロフラーヴェク指揮プラハフィルハーモニアと共演したＣＤは、チェコラジオ放送局芸術部の最高評を受ける等、海外でも高く評価されている。１９９１年に神戸市文化奨励賞、１９９５年に兵庫県芸術文化奨励賞、２００２年にロドニー賞等を受賞している。リッツ・ミュージック主宰。

Rumi Itoh began to learn the piano under Late Teiichi Higashi from her very early age. She made a debut at a concert at the age of 18. Since then, she frequently had solo recitals and appeared as a soloist with orchestras such as Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Late Takashi Asahina.
During 1988-1992, she joined in Janacek String Quartet as a soloist and made a good success at many cities in Japan as well as in Europe. In 1993 she formed 'Pearl Trio' with Bohumil Smejkal and Johannes Degen, and in the following year they made a debut at Smetana Music Festival. Subsequently Pearl Trio continued to play in Japan and in Europe, and was invited to concerts in chamber music series at Czech Philharmonic and also in Japan Festival held at many cities in Czech. In 2002 she founded 'La Muse Trio' with Ewald Danel and Ludovit Kanta and they now continue to have regular concerts in Japan. Since 1989, she has been inviting to Japan outstanding artists such as Frantisek Novotny, Michal Kanka and Pavel Hula and enjoying duo concerts in many cities including Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe. In 2004 and 2007 she had European duo tour with M. Kanka and received standing ovations at halls in many European cities with including Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Suk Hall in Czech. In 2006 she was invited by Czech Republic to orchestral concerts of Komorni Pardubice Filharmonic Orchestra (cond. Leos Svarovsky) and Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinu (cond. Charles Olivieri-Munroe), and made a good success.
A series of recordings for duo and trio have been released from King Record, Victor, Praga Digitals and so on. Among all, the recording with M. Kanka has gained Four Stars of the highest evaluation in the music magazine 'Le Mond de la Music' in France. Recently the disc of her co-work with Jiri Belohlavek (cond.), F. Novotny (vn), M. Kanka (vc) and Prague Philharmonia has received Five Stars nominated by Arts Division of Czech Radio Station. In Japan, she had such honors as Kobe Culture Promotion Award in 1991, Hyogo Art & Culture Promotion Award in 1995 and Rodony Award for Kobe honorable citizens in 2002. She manages and promotes Rit's Music.

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