Ambassador of Japan presents the Ragazze Quartet
By Bonnie Klap, Editor in Chief.
His Excellency Mr. Masaru Tsuji, Ambassador of Japan, welcomed a number of guests in his residence to attend a concert by the young, Dutch string quartet ‘Ragazze Quartet.’ In his welcoming remarks Ambassador Tsuji explained the connection between the Dutch string quartet and Japan, being the fact that the four young ladies will be travelling to Japan in May to compete at the prestigious, 8th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and Festa. The members of the Ragazze Quartet, one of whom told the audience that they are “practicing like maniacs,” played pieces of Joseph Haydn, Claude Debussy and the Japanese composer Akira Nishimura.
