Yoko Nishii meeting her numerous colleagues and friends in Croatia
Oraj is a nice village above the town of Lovran with spectacular view to the sea.

Yoko Nishii preparing her piano program for her friends in Villa Astra in the town of Lovran.

graduate piano studies at the Ino Mirković High Music School in 2000.
In the first row, Natasha and Volodimir Balyk, distinguished musicians living in the town of Lovran.
Her host was Vjeko Martinko, director of Villa Astra (standing behind the table).

who was the first person that she met in Croatia.
| Yoko Nishii’s piano concerts in Croatia in September 2016
Rovinj – èetvrtak 8. rujna u 20.30 sati Sisak – srijeda 14. rujna u 19:30 sati Vinkovci – subota 17. rujna u 20 sati Cavtat – utorak 20. rujna u 20:30 sati Kotor (Crna Gora) – èetvrtak 22. rujna u 20 sati Ludbreg – èetvrtak, 29. rujna u 19 sati Zaprešić – subota 1. listopada Program A €‘Rovinj Robert Schumann (1810-56): Kreisleriana Op.16 Program B Dora Pejačević (1885-1923): Rose  YOKO NISHII, glasovir U samo dvije godine završava četverogodišnji studij (2000.), potom postiže stupanj magistra glazbene umjetnosti (srpanj 2001.), te nastavlja usavršavanje na poslijediplomskom studiju na Muzièkoj akademiji u Zagrebu kao stipendistica japanske Vlade (2005. – 2007.) – sve u klasi Jevgenija Zarafiantsa, kojemu je bila i asistentica na Visokoj školi “€œIno Mirković” (2001. – 2003.). Sada predaje na Umjetnièkoj akademiji u Aichiju u Japanu. Pobjednica je i finalistica brojnih međunarodnih natjecanja. U Hrvatskoj je održala brojne zapažene solistièke recitale, a nastupala je i u Italiji, Sloveniji te u Japanu. Ustrajno radi na istraživanju i promociji skladatelja i glazbe iz Hrvatske. U veljaèi 2015. objavila je prvi CD u svijetu s cjelovitim glasovirskim opusom Dore Pejačević u izdanju japanskih diskografskih kuća “Herb Classics”€ i u rujnu 2015. je održala 11 koncertnih turneja u Hrvatskoj u povodu 130. godišnjice rođenja Dore Pejačević. YOKO NISHII, piano |
Yoko Nishii playing Rose in the Dora Pejačević memorial room of the Pejačević Palace in the town of Našice, on Dora’s piano.

Photo by Elizabeta Drašković, 1912. Source www.mgz.hr
Dora Pejačević (10 September 1885 — 5 March 1923): Walzer-Capricen, Suite for Piano, Op. 28, written in 1910. Performed by Yoko Nishii in 2013 (live)
These excellent inventive little piano pieces, in the form of a piano suite, are a high-point in the solo-piano oeuvre of Pejačević.
They are full of imagination; a listener will be surprised by how different of character they are,
even though most of them don’t exceed 1-2 minutes in length.


Delicate origami work for Lidija and Nataša under the guidance of Yoko Nishii


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Announcement of Yoko Nishii’s concert in Rovinj.

Rovinj, Croatia. Photo by Yoko Nishii, Japan.


Rovinj

Announcement of Yoko Nishii’s concert in the town of Sisak near Zagreb

Yoko Nishii in the town of Sisak near Zagreb, in the local synagogue.

Yoko-san near the Kupa river in Sisak

Yoko-san in a restaurant in Sisak: smuđ (perch fish) for four people. Behind her Mr. Milan Lavrnja and his wife Marina.

Announcement of Yoko Nishii’s concert in Vinkovci


Immediately after the concert in Vinkovci

Yoko Nishii in Vinkovci, among swans.

Yoko Nishii in the town of Cavtat near Dubrovnik, participating at the Epidaurus Festival. Paintings by Luce Đuraš.

Cavtat and its breathtaking surroundings

Ivana Marija Vidović, the founder and director of the Epidaurus Festival in Cavtat, Croatia, with Yoko Nishii of Japan,
both wonderful pianists and great interpretors of pianistic oeuvre of Dora Pejačević, the first significant Croatian woman composer.

From right to left: Yoko, Ivana Marija, her mother Franica Vidović-Kramups and Luce Đuraš (painter) in good spirits, immediately after Yoko’s concert in Cavtat.

The City of Dubrovnik, one of the most beautiful cities on the Mediterranean. Photo by Yoko Nishii.

Two islets, Sv. Juraj and Gospa od Škrpjela, in front of the town of Perast, in the Kotor bay, Boka kotorska. Photo by Yoko Nishii.
Gospa od Škrpjela (Lady of the Rock) is an artificial islet with a Catholic church on it, containing valuable works of art of
distinguished Croatian painter Tripo Kokolja (1661-1713).


Yoko Nishii in Budapest, with a gift from Dr. Gordan Grlić Radman, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Hungary: Croatian – Hungarian Dictionary.
The concert hall was stuffed with attendants including many Croatians living in Hungary.
| Japanska pijanistica Yoko Nishii izvela djela Dore Pejačević u Budimpešti Na inicijativu Veleposlanstva RH u Budimpešti, a u suradnji s Veleposlanstvom Japana u Budimpešti, u dvorani mađarskog Muzeja glazbene povijesti, održan je 27. rujna 2016. solistièki koncert japanske pijanistice Yoko Nishii. Kuriozitet ovog kulturnog projekta, kako su to istaknuli i domaćini, vlp. Gordan Grlić Radman i njegov japanski kolega Junichi Kosuge u svom obraćanju nazoènima, jest èinjenica da on predstavlja svojevrsnu poveznicu triju država: hrvatske, japanske i mađarske. Pijanistièki koncert Yoko Nishii, ovom prigodom, obuhvatio je kompozicije hrvatske skladateljice Dore Pejačević, japanskog Hisatada Otaka, nezaobilaznog Ferenca LisztaÂÂÂÂÂ te èuvene preludije Sergeija Rachmaninoffa. ![]() Inscription on the building of Croatian kindergarten, primary school,
gymnasium and Collegium in Budapest, Hungary, where Yoko Nishii was lodged. Yoko Nishii rođena je u Iseu, u Japanu, a nakon što je diplomirala na sveučilištu u Tokiju francusku književnost, 1998. upisala je Muzièku akademiju Ino Mirković u Lovranu. Od 2005.-2007. polaznica je naprednog studija na Muzièkoj akademiji u Zagrebu. Trenutaèno poduèava na umjetnièkoj akademiji u Japanu. Održala je brojne solo recitale i dobitnica je više nagrada, i to u Hrvatskoj, Sloveniji, Italiji te dakako Japanu. Aktivno radi na istraživanju i upoznavanju hrvatskih skladatelja i njihove glazbe. U veljaèi 2015. objavila je prvi japanski CD u svijetu pod naslovom “Herb Classics”, a koji ukljuèuje kompletna solo klavirska djela Dore Pejačević. U rujnu 2015. održala je turneju od 11 koncerata diljem Hrvatske, u povodu 130. rođendana Dore Pejačević. ![]() Nakon koncerta, dva su veleposlanstva, hrvatsko i japansko, priredili domjenak na kojemu se služilo japanski sake i hrvatsko vino te pršut, sir i masline. Svoju potporu dalo je i predstavništvo „Mlinar“ u Mađarskoj ponudom asortimana svojih pekarskih proizvoda. Na taj je naèin kulturni događaj dobio i zamjetnu dimenziju gastronomske promocije Republike Hrvatske. ![]() Yoko Nishii with Marin Skenderović, the head of the
Croatian National Tourist Board in Hungary Izvor hu.mvep.hr |

Yoko Nishii with Marina Šikora, the first secretary of Croatian ambassador,
by an Easter egg in front of Croatian Embassy in Budapest.
Yoko Nishii with (left to right) H.E. Mr. Junichi Kosuge, Japanese Ambassador to Hungary, H.E.ÂÂÂÂÂ Dr. Ralph Scheide, AustrianÂÂÂÂÂ Ambassador to Hungary,

In front of the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Budapest.
Photo by the courtesy of Yoko Nishii.
Announcement of Yoko Nishii’s concert in Ludbreg.
Drawing of Ludbreg from 1895
Announcement of Yoko Nishii’s concert in Zaprešić near Zagreb.
Yoko Nishii in Zaprešić
Dr. Zvonimir Marić (former Croatian diplomat in Hungary and Slovakia; [PDF]), a Catholic priest, Yoko Nishii, Dr. Andjelko Mijatović (Croatian historian),
at the Chapel of the Queen of Croatians on the mount Medvednica near Zagreb

The ceiling of the chapel is decorated with Coats of Arms of various Croatian regions, cities and towns
Yoko Nishii with Alemka Hazler, organist at the chapel (and literary translator), in a friendly chat in Japanese!
The chapel, very popular among montaineers, has been completed in 1933.
On the upper left corner, a shield representing Croatian Coat of Arms.


Beautiful decorations inspired by Croatian pre-Romanesque art from the end of 8th to 11th centuries.
Yoko Nishii, Japanese pianist, Dr. Zvonimir Marić (former Croatian diplomat) and Dr. Anđelko Mijatović (Croatian historian),
in the parish hall of the Chapel of the Queen of Croatians.
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