Piano Forest

[Magin Sriubas]

Forestof Piano is a story that follows Kai Ichinose, a boy who lives in the red light district but escapes at night to play the piano in the forest. Shuhei Amamiya, the grade-school son of a professional pianist, transfers to Moriwaki Elementary, Kai's elementary school. But it doesn't take long before Shuhei is picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest, leading to his meeting with Kai, who seems to be the only one capable of getting sound out of the thought-to-be broken piano. Kai's ability earns him the respect of Shuhei and his music teacher, former master pianist Sosuke Ajino. Both Shuhei and Ajino try to get Kai to take proper piano lessons, but Kai is at first resistant to refining his piano-playing technique. However, after hearing Sosuke play a Chopin piece he just can't seem to play himself, he relents.

Forest of Piano is written and illustrated by Makoto Isshiki. It was published by Kodansha in Japan, who first serialized the series in the seinen manga magazine Young Magazine Uppers from 1998 to 2004, and later in Weekly Morning from 2004 to 2015.[3] The series was published into 26 tankōbon volumes, with the first volume being released on August 6, 1999,[8] and the final volume released on December 22, 2015.[9]

An anime television series adaptation produced by Gaina aired from April 8, 2018, to April 14, 2019, on NHK.[38][4] The first season is directed by Gaku Nakatani. Ryūtarō Suzuki as the series director, Aki Itami and Mika Abe are in charge of series composition, and Sumie Kinoshita is handling character designs. Harumi Fuuki is composing the series' music.[39] The anime was originally listed to air for 12 episodes,[40] but was later announced to air for 24 episodes.[41] The 24 episodes will air in two seasons, with the first season airing from April to July 2018, and the second season airing from January to April 2019.[42] Hiroyuki Yamaga will take over as director for the second season, while the most of the staff and cast will reprise their roles.[43] Netflix have announced that they had acquired exclusive streaming rights for the series worldwide, and simulcast the series in Japan, and released the series globally in September 2018.[44]

The movie adaptation debuted in 9th place at the Japanese box office the week it came out, unusually high for a non-franchise animated film.[46] By the end of the year, it had grossed the equivalent of $1,555,297, ranking 119 on the overall yearly box office chart for Japan.[47] In South Korea, the film played for 50 weeks and grossed the equivalent of $182,884.[48] The film was nominated for the 2008 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.[49]

Pop music genres have become increasingly buried under the visual spectacle of the performance, and there are certainly examples of it on both ends of the spectrum, when it comes to the poetic sophistication of pure performances, such as the simple set ups of a single singer with a guitar or a lone pianist, or the crude overblown nature of Broadway hit concerts: smoke machines, multi-coloured light shows and confetti included. Everything in between may equate to the gigantic ventures of the more organic nature of live orchestral performances, which is a topic that will be brought up later.

because of spoiler warning i didnt read full post. I think i will watch it first then read the post. I am learning piano for a month now, so i am naturally intersted in movie about piano. But i have few Q.

Piano tuning is the adjustment of the tuning pins so that all the strings are of the proper tension (pitch), to have the correct sounding musical intervals. An out-of-tune piano can discourage even novice musicians.

Dear Dr. Trochimczyk,

I really enjoyed reading you words and felt them very close to my heart. I stumbled upon Piano no Mori one sleepless night, compelled by the name I decided to give it a go. I have never followed anime before, but this story and the gentle way it was presented captured me under its spell, making me almost an addict! I keep watching it over and over again and finding little treasures. As a musician I understand the "drama" around performance, competitions, styles and craft. But most of all, I acknowledge the long, and sometimes painful journey to finding our unique voice, to "play your own piano," touch hearts and souls and allow music to transform the world around us. Because I am not an anime follower, the technicalities did not bother me. I would have preferred to have the same approach to "physical movement" of hands and the gestures of season one, in the second season, to follow and match the score in our heads. Nevertheless, the music, performances and the insightful lessons offered by Mr. Ajino, Kai and the other characters are blissful pearls in an ocean of memories and wisdom. Piano no Mori warms my heart, inspires me to be a better artist, to remember what really matters and to put forward my best effort and express what's deeply within and in need to be shared.

I also loved the way it presented Poland, its landscapes, the people and the memories, the reverence to the land and to an incredible music poet, Chopin.

Thank you for sharing Rilke's poem, for your own Chopin with Cherries and this emotive and appreciative insight into the Series. I love it! It's a balm for darker days and an inspiration for challenging practice times. I appreciate learning that Piano no Mori's has left a deep impression in other pianist as well. I feel accompanied now.

All the best.

Dear Dr. Trochimczyk,

Thank you for your article. I am also a great fan of the uplifting Forest of Piano anime series. The playing, in particular, is really inspiring, but it is not, I have to point out, by Ashkenazy. Although he was the pianist for the film, the anime series has different pianists as the models for the various characters in the story and Competition. The pianist behind Kai's creative interpretations and beautiful sound has never been revealed; rumor has it that he may turn out to be an entrant in this year's Chopin Competition. The other pianists are: Niu Niu (Wei Pang), Juliette Journaux (Sophie Ormesson), Szymon Nehring (Lech Szymanowski), Kyohei Sorita (Sosuke Ajino) and Takagi Ryoma (Shuhei Amamiya). The performances by younger versions of the characters are by "junior" pianists. I thought you'd like to know so that you can follow these fine artists.

All the best.

One follow-up to my comment-- I just learned that two of the Forest of Piano pianists are slated to be in the Chopin Competition this fall. They are Szymon Nehring (Lech Szymanowski) and Kyohei Sorita (Ajino). Hoping against hope for the Kai reveal.

Shhei Amamiya est un garon de bonne famille dont le rve est de devenir un grand pianiste, comme son pre. Un jour, il dmnage de Tokyo pour aller vivre quelque temps chez sa grand-mre malade Moriwaki. Dans sa nouvelle cole, il rencontre Ka Ichinose, un jeune garon issu d'une famille pauvre, et devient son ami. Dans leur classe, pour tre respect, il faut aller jouer d'un piano abandonn dans la fort et que l'on dit cass. Ka, qui se dit propritaire du piano, se rvle tre le seul pouvoir en jouer et est de surcrot trs dou. Cette rencontre marque le dbut de l'apprentissage du piano entre deux enfants talentueux : l'un fils de bonne famille, l'autre enfant des rues, mais ayant en commun une passion : le piano. Tous deux se prparent et participent un concours musical, montr la fin de ce dessin anim, dont le morceau impos est la Sonate pour piano no 8 en la mineur de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Au dbut de l't, Shuhei Amamiya, un garon de cinquime anne, emmnage dans la ville rurale de Moriwaki pendant quelque temps pour tre auprs de sa grand-mre malade. Il prsente ses camarades de classe son rve de devenir pianiste professionnel. Rapidement, il devient la cible de "Kimpira", la brute de la classe, qui dit Shuhei d'aller tester son courage en jouant sur un "piano dtraquer et miteux" laiss dans la fort prs de l'cole. Une rumeur sinistre dit que le son du piano cass peut mystrieusement tre entendu la nuit. Selon un des lves, des promeneurs ont dcouvert un cadavre sur place et ce serait l'esprit de cette personne qui viendrait la nuit pour en jouer. Shuhei ne sait que faire de cette demande soudaine, mais il est sauv de Kimpira par son camarade de classe Kai Ichinose, qui prtend qu'on peut tirer des sons de n'importe quel piano et confirme Shuhei que le piano fonctionne trs bien. Kimpira et Kai se lancent dans une bagarre dont vient les sparer le professeur de musique Sosuke Ajino, surnomm "Ajino le croque-mort" par les lves. Aprs l'cole, Kai invite Shuhei dans la "fort des pianos". Au fond de la fort, il y a un piano queue et on peut voir la lumire du soleil passer travers les arbres. Shuhei, qui a pris des leons de piano spciales, essaie de jouer du piano, mais il ne produit aucun son. Kai, quant lui, parvient jouer du piano. Celui-ci affirme que c'est son piano et que c'est donc pour cela qu'il peut en jouer car le piano lui ouvre son cœur, au contraire de Shuhei. Lorsque Shuhei demande Kai d'en jouer, celui-ci enlve ses chaussures pour jouer pied nu du piano dans la fort. La sonorit du piano de Kai est mystrieusement attrayante et Shuhei est trs touch par le son que produit Kai. Pourtant, Kai dit qu'il n'a jamais appris jouer du piano de sa vie et donne comme raison qu'il est pauvre et donc ne peut pas s'en payer et prcise qu'il ne voit pas l'intrt d'tre assis couter un professeur. Kai choque Shuhei qui se consacre la pratique du piano pour devenir un pianiste professionnel comme son pre.

Shuhei invite Kai chez lui et le laisse jouer du piano, mais le jeu de Kai sur un piano ordinaire est trangement insupportable couter. Shuhei lui demande donc de jouer lentement pour s'exercer, mais Kai trouve cela ennuyant. Pour Kai le piano c'est un jeu alors que pour Shuhei c'est un devoir pour plus tard tre pianiste. C'est lors de cet aprs-midi que les deux lves apprennent la vritable identit de Sosuke Ajino. Autrefois il tait un pianiste clbre qui faisait rver les filles. tudiant, il a remporter tous les concours nationaux puis aprs avoir obtenu il a eu un dbut de carrire trs prometteur. Mais 5 ans aprs ses dbuts, il a eu un grave accident qui lui a valu une svre blessure au bras gauche, mettant un terme sa carrire de pianiste, et caus la mort de sa fiance. Le lendemain, la mre de Shuhei demande Sosuke Ajino de devenir le professeur particulier de son fils mais celui-ci refuse. Shuhei raconte ensuite Sosuke Ajino, comment Kai est le seul savoir jouer du piano dans la fort et quel point le son est merveilleux. Aprs la rvlation de Shuhei, Ajino entre dans la "fort du piano" la nuit avec pour but de pouvoir entendre le son de son piano nouveau. En effet, le piano a t spcialement conu pour Sosuke Ajino et il tait le seul pouvoir en jouer. Aprs l'accident, il a souhaiter revoir une dernire fois le piano qu'il avait cd. Le piano a t la proprit d'un cabaret puis lorsqu'il a fait faillite ils l'ont abandonn dans la fort. Mais lorsque Ajino retrouve le piano dans la fort il est incapable d'en jouer. Lorsqu'il entre dans la fort le soir mme de sa discussion avec Shuhei, il trouve Kai en train de jouer du piano. Le son touche galement la corde sensible d'Ajino qui n'en revient pas. Ajino propose Kai de jouer du piano ensemble mais se voit confronter un refus. Kai a l'impression d'tre drang dans un moment intime et rentre chez lui en colre.

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