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| Furuya Sisters Concert at The Commonwealth Club in Richmond, VA on Oct. 8, 2015 |
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| "Music at Pequot Library" Presents The Furuya Sisters in Fairfield, CT on Jan. 17, 2016 |
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| Furuya Sisters Concert Live at University of Connecticut on Oct. 26, 2014 (Photo by Morty Ortega) |
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| Furuya Sisters Concert Live at University of Connecticut on Oct. 26, 2014 (Photo by Morty Ortega) |
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| Harumi Furuya in live performance at UConn on Oct. 26, 2014 (Photo by Morty Ortega) |
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| Sakiko Furuya in live performance at UConn on Oct. 26, 2014 (Photo by Morty Ortega) |
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| Mimi Furuya in live performance at UConn on Oct. 26, 2014 (Photo by Morty Ortega) |
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The Furuya Sisters performed at The White House for Holiday Performance 2015 on Dec. 12, 2015 Saturday.
They performed Bach, Chopin, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn, and The Star-Spangled Banner on the
piano, violin, and cello in the Grand Foyer at The White House. |
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Touring The White House after performance, here pictured in our favorite East Room, with portraits of GEORGE WASHINGTON
and TEDDY ROOSEVELT in the back. Many more beautiful classic portraits at The White House were impressive reminders of an
artistic age long since gone. (Hopefully we'll get it back this century.) |
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| With portrait of Martha Washington in the back, in the East Room of The White House. |
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| Touring The White House after performing on Dec. 12, 2015. |
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| The Furuya Sisters at The White House on Dec. 12, 2015 after performing in the Grand Foyer. |
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| The Furuya Sisters before performance with Rev. Jesse Jackson, at Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Dec. 8, 2015 at a Qatar Embassy Event. |
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The Furuya Sisters after performance with H.E. Japanese Ambassador Sasae at his Residence in DC on Dec. 10, 2015.
The Furuya Sisters performed both national anthems and classical masterpieces from Bach to Tchaikovsky for 800 guests at the Japanese Ambassador's Residence at the Emperor's Birthday Reception on Dec. 10, 2015 at the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II. |
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"He was a great man," spoke Japanese Ambassador Sasae about Furuya Sisters' great-granduncle the 44th Prime Minister of Japan Baron
KIJURO SHIDEHARA. In 1945 when the War ended, Emperor called on Shidehara (then in internal exile) to become Japan's Prime Minister.
Shidehara became Ambassador to the US in 1919, and then became Japan's Foreign Minister. He is known for Shidehara Diplomacy -
pacifist & liberal diplomacy in the 1920s - until the militarists ousted him in 1931. As the immediate postwar Prime Minister of Japan,
Shidehara worked closely with General Douglas MacArthur. Shidehara authored the postwar Japanese Constitution's Article 9
"Peace Clause" that banned all weapons & military in Japan. |
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Baron Kijūrō Shidehara on the cover of TIME magazine on Oct. 12, 1931 (Vol. 18, No.15) -
2 months before he was ousted from the position of Foreign Minister of Japan by the militarists.
Photo caption: "Someone told me I resemble Roosevelt."
Shidehara was a good friend of Teddy Roosevelt, whose son later visited him in Japan.
Baron Kijuro is Furuya Sisters' mother Atsuko Shidehara Furuya's granduncle. |
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It was thanks to the supreme legendary violinist JASCHA HEIFETZ that the Furuya Sisters came to perform at the Japan Embassy event.
Being a devout Heifetz fan & disciple, Harumi contacts everyone who has to do with Heifetz, and so contacted a New York Times author
Dr. Schoenbaum who wrote a piece on Heifetz. The author is also an amateur violinist who plays in the same orchestra as the
financial counselor at the Japan Embassy, Mr. Okada, a cellist — who invited the Sisters to the Embassy event. |
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Before performance in the Japanese tea room at the Japanese Ambassador's Residence. Pictured with Mr. Hiroshi Okada who
invited the Furuya Sisters to perform at the Embassy event on Dec. 10, 2015. |
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(Left to right): Legendary pianist CY WALTER, his son Mark Walter, Mimi, Harumi & Sakiko on March 30, 2016 in New York City -
holding Cy Walter's centennial CD volumes "Sublimities" showcasing all-time favorite songs performed by Cy Walter and
leading singers of the 1940s & 1950s including Marlene Dietrich, Frank Sinatra, and Fred Astaire. |
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Hollywood legend SOPHIA LOREN kindly invited Furuya Sisters to meet her after the show on March 17, 2016. (Sakiko is missing
because she was sick that day.) Conversation with Miss Loren throughout the photo shoot revolved around legendary actor
ROBERT TAYLOR who was also a cellist. |
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| After concert in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2016 at the Church of Epiphany at Metro Center |
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| After concert on stage on October 18, 2016 at the Church of Epiphany at Metro Center in Downtown Washington, DC |
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| Pianist Sakiko Furuya performing in concert on October 18, 2016 at the Church of Epiphany at Metro Center in Washington, DC |
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| Furuya Sisters Concert presented by The Harvard Club of Virginia at The Commonwealth Club in Richmond, VA on Oct. 8, 2015 |
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| Furuya Sisters with their concert presenter Kim Chaffee, President of The Harvard Club of Virginia on Oct. 8, 2015 |
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LIVE on TV: The Furuya Sisters were special guests on HAN Network Broadcasting on "Arts & Leisure TV Show" with Steve
Coulter & Sally Sanders on Jan. 7, 2016 — getting the word out about their upcoming concert in Southport, CT on Jan. 17, 2016. |
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| Mimi Furuya performing Bach Solo at Pequot Library Concert Hall in Southport, CT on Jan. 17, 2016. |
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Sakiko Furuya performing Chopin's Andante Spinato et Grande Polonaise Brillante
at Pequot Library Concert Hall in Southport, CT on Jan. 17, 2016. |
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| Harumi Furuya performing Bach Solo at Pequot Library Concert Hall in Fairfield, CT on Jan. 17, 2016. |
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| Harumi, Sakiko & Mimi Furuya (left to right) performing Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in Fairfield, CT on Jan. 17, 2016. |
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| The Furuya Sisters were guests on The Debbie Nigro Show on AM 1490 WGCH on Dec. 2, 2015. Pictured here with Debbie Nigro. |
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| Furuya Sisters were guests on the hour-long radio show "Speaking of Music" with Robert Sherman on WVOX AM1460 on Oct. 27, 2015. |
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Mimi Furuya performing Bach Solo at the Season Opening Concert at
The Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series on Nov. 1, 2015. |
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| Harumi & Sakiko Furuya performing at The Union Arts Center on Nov. 21, 2015. |
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| Harumi & Sakiko Furuya performing at the Harvard Club of Westchester's event at a Bedford mansion on Nov. 6, 2015 |
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Harumi & Sakiko Furuya performing at The Chaminade Club concert on Nov. 10, 2015. Following the performance,
one gentleman audience in the back bought the entire collection of Furuya Sisters' recordings: 15 CDs and a DVD. |
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With youngest audience members Zoe (7), Sadie (3), and Makenna (9) on Nov. 10, 2015. Their mother Carrie (pictured)
said three-year-old Sadie started clapping in the middle of the Tchaikovsky Trio because she was so excited! |
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| Furuya Sisters Concert at The Crawford Park Mansion in Rye Brook, NY on March 22, 2015 (Photo by Kazue Block) |
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| Furuya Sisters & Rudolf Golez after concert at The National Opera Center in New York City, Sept. 22, 2015 |
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With U.S. Congresswoman Nita Lowey (NY) and Kathleen & Mark Bonistall (founders of Peace Outside Campus) on April 19, 2015
(Photo by Ken Lax) |
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| Furuya Sisters Concert at Steinway Hall in New York City on Nov. 1, 2014 |
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| Furuya Sisters with composer Eric Ewazen in New York City on Jan. 19, 2015 |
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| Furuya Sisters Concert at Forte Pianos NJ Schimmel Recital Hall in Paramus, NJ on Dec. 6, 2014 |
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| Mimi Furuya preparing for the Furuya Sisters Concert at the Carnegie Room, Nyack Library on Nov. 21, 2014 |
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| Furuya Sisters with young audience members Sekana (6) and Rush (8) after concert in New York City, Sept. 22, 2015 |
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| Furuya Sisters on live radio show Arts & Leisure Hour with Steve Coulter & Sally Sanders on Hersam Acorn Radio on May 8, 2015 |
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| Mimi Furuya with co-host Sally Sanders (left) on live radio show Arts & Leisure Hour on Hersam Acorn Radio on May 8, 2015 |
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With audience members from New York and Tennessee at the Furuya Sisters' concert in New Jersey on June 27, 2015
From left to right: Bernadine Kelley, Mimi & Sakiko Furuya, Jadia & Aliyah Walker |
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Furuya Sisters performing at C.V. Rich Mansion in White Plains, NY at The 4th Annual Lindsey Night Gala on April 19, 2015
(Photo by Ken Lax) |
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| Ben Young operating global livestream behind the scenes at The National Opera Center in New York City on June 5, 2015 |
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Children who appreciate the Furuya Sisters' music and or study music with them in 2015. If you want to study with
the Furuya Sisters in person or via Skype, please email info@furuyasisters.com |
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| Furuya Sisters' Skype students worldwide -- all shots are natural (i.e. not posed) and taken during real, live online lessons during 2016-2017. |
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| Furuya Sisters' Student Concert at Steinway Hall, New York City on Feb. 5, 2017 |
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| Furuya Sisters with youngest audience members Ethan and Kayla Greenblatt after concert on October 18, 2014 |
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