Fukui (Harmony Hall)

Today we had the pleasure of playing in Fukui's Harmony Hall.  It's one of those space that makes a performer feel at ease, open, and secure.  The acoustics, the lighting, the audience, even the view outside the hall was beautiful.  Any mistake made on the stage simply seeped into its soft wood and melted in its light.  We took a train through flooded terraced rice fields reflecting the mountains and setting sun behind them.

Musician's entrance to Fukui Harmony Hall
one long road through rice fields to get here

 

Harmony Hall

warming up backstage

the waiting audience, through bars and basses

Sado-san speaks before the concert

Rostropovich's stamp of approval