Yuka Shibuya

Yuka Shibuya / Satoko Inoue: Works for Piano

by John Eyles
December 4, 2021

For years the Japanese Ftarri label has enjoyed an enviably high reputation for its releases by improvising musicians from Japan, such as Toshimaru Nakamura and Seijiro Mutayama, as well as further afield, such as the duo of Rhodri Davies and John Butcher, or The International Nothing (clarinettists Kai Fagaschinski and MIchael Thieke). In September 2021, in an adventurous move, a companion label, Ftarri Classical, was launched with three releases, the first of which was Works for Piano. (For those who ...