{"id":1967,"date":"2010-11-18T21:50:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T19:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2016-02-29T12:43:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T10:43:30","slug":"takashi-ochi-the-great-japanese-german-mandolinist-died-at-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1967","title":{"rendered":"Takashi Ochi &#8211; The great Japanese-German Mandolinist died at 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Takashi Ochi<\/strong> (jap. \u8d8a\u667a \u656c, <em>Ochi Takashi<\/em>; * 30. Oktober 1934 in Imabari; \u2020 14. November 2010 in Heppenheim, Hessen<sup id=\"cite_ref-0\">[1]<\/sup>) was a German-Japanese mandolinist, mandolin teacher, composer and editor.<\/p>\n<p>German text and translation to English from the German Wikipedia article about Takashi Ochi with the most important information:<\/p>\n<p><em>Takashi Ochi wurde am 30. Oktober 1934 im japanischen Imabari geboren. Seinen ersten Mandolinenunterricht erhielt er im Alter von 13 Jahren. Nach Erlangung der Hochschulreife an der Fremdsprachen-Universit\u00e4t Tokyo im Jahr 1954 studierte er die Fremdsprachen Italienisch und Englisch sowie Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Gleichzeitig absolvierte er ein 8-semestriges Studium am Hiruma-Privatkonservatorium in Tokio mit den Hauptinstrumenten Mandoline und Gitarre. Nach der Konzertreifepr\u00fcfung schloss er eine dreij\u00e4hrige p\u00e4dagogische Ausbildung zum Instrumentallehrer am gleichen Konservatorium an. Nach seinem Studienabschluss war er mehrere Jahre am Hiruma-Konservatorium als Dozent f\u00fcr Mandoline und Gitarre t\u00e4tig. Daneben gab er solistisch und mit verschiedenen japanischen Orchestern zahlreiche Konzerte und nahm an der Produktion etlicher Rundfunk- und Fernsehaufnahmen teil.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Takashi Ochi was born on Oct. 30th in Imabari, Japan. He got his first mandolin lesson at the age of 13. in 1954 he studied the Italian and English language as well as economics at the foreign-language university of Tokyo. At the same time he studied mandolin and guitar for four years that the private Hiruma-conservatory. After his concert diploma he continued for three years with the pedagogical studies as a teacher for mandolin and guitar. After his diploma he worked for several years as a teacher at the Hiruma-conservatory. At the same time he gave many solo concerts and concerts with several Japanese orchestras and took part in many radio and TV productions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Im Jahr 1961 kam Takashi Ochi durch Vermittlung von Siegfried Behrend nach Deutschland und wohnte lange Jahre im saarl\u00e4ndischen Saarlouis. 1966 heiratete er die Deutsche Silvia K\u00f6rner. Seit 1973 besa\u00df er die Deutsche Staatsangeh\u00f6rigkeit. Seit 1977 wohnte Ochi in Heppenheim. Von 1977 bis zu seinem Ruhestand im Jahre 1999 wirkte er an der St\u00e4dtischen Musikschule Mannheim als Fachgruppenleiter f\u00fcr Zupfinstrumente. Dar\u00fcber hinaus war er regelm\u00e4\u00dfig als Dozent in der Bundesakademie f\u00fcr musikalische Jugendbildung Trossingen und bei zahlreichen Seminaren in der ganzen Bundesrepublik t\u00e4tig. Ferner wurde Ochi regelm\u00e4\u00dfig als Juror zu nationalen und internationalen Wettbewerben, beispielsweise Jugend musiziert, verpflichtet.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In 1961 Takashi Ochi came to Germany by a contact with [the German guitarist] Siegfried Behrend, and he lived in Saarlouis (district Saarland) for many years. In 1966 he married the German Sylvia K\u00f6rner. Since 1973 he had the German citizenship. Since 1977 Ochi lived in Heppenheim (region of Mannheim and Heidelberg).<\/p>\n<p>From 1977 until his retirement in 1999 he worked as the leader of the plucked instruments departement at the music school of Mannheim. He was a regular teacher at the Bundesakademie f\u00fcr musikalische Jugendbildung Trossingen (music academy for musical education of the youth) and at many seminars all over Germany. He was also regularly invited as a juror\u00a0 for national and international music competitions, for example the German competition Jugend Musiziert.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><em>K\u00fcnstlerisches Wirken<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Ab 1961 war Takashi Ochi an mehreren saarl\u00e4ndischen Musikschulen als freier Musiklehrer t\u00e4tig und wirkte als Dozent in Meisterkursen des Bundes f\u00fcr Zupf- und Volksmusik Saar (BZVS) sowie des Bundes deutscher Zupfmusiker mit. Von 1961 bis 1974 war er Konzertmeister und Solist des Saarl\u00e4ndischen Zupforchesters (Ltg. Siegfried Behrend)<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\">[2]<\/sup> und von 1968 bis 1990 des Deutschen Zupforchesters (ebenfalls unter der Leitung von Behrend). In diese Zeit f\u00e4llt auch die enge musikalische Zusammenarbeit mit dem Cembalisten und Organisten Wilhelm Krumbach, mit dem zusammen er mehrere hundert Kammermusikwerke beim Saarl\u00e4ndischen Rundfunk einspielte. Er begleitete namhafte S\u00e4nger wie Hermann Prey, Edith Mathis und Ingeborg Hallstein und spielte unter Dirigenten wie Karl Ristenpart, Hans Zender, Paul Angerer, Bruno Maderna u.a. Gemeinsam mit seiner Frau, die ebenfalls Mandolinistin ist, konzertierte Ochi in nahezu allen europ\u00e4ischen L\u00e4ndern und mehrmals in Japan. Seine Diskographie umfasst \u00fcber 40 Schallplatten und CDs, die bei Philips, Thorophon, Avanta, HMS, Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor und einigen japanischen und italienischen Labels erschienen sind. Takashi Ochi hat auch einige kleinere eigene Kompositionen geschaffen, z.B. Se&#8217;i doh f\u00fcr Mandoline solo. Mehrere Komponisten haben Ochi Werke gewidmet, u.a.: Fried Walter, Wolfgang Hofmann, Bernd Scholz, Stanley Weiner und Siegfried Behrend. Das Werk Takashi Ochiana des Komponisten Heinrich Konietzny ist eine direkte Referenz an den Mandolinisten.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Works<\/h2>\n<p>From 1961 Takashi Ochi was a teacher for several music schools in the district of Saarland and was teaching at the master seminars of the Bund f\u00fcr Zupf- und Volksmusik Saar (BZVS &#8211; association for plucked instruments and folkmusic in the district of Saarland). From 1961 to 1974 he was concert master and soloist of the mandolin orchstra of the Saarland (Saarl\u00e4ndisches Zupforchester) conducted by Siegfried Behrend and from 1968 to 1990 of the German mandolin orchestra (Deutsches Zupforchester, also conducted by Siegfried Behrend).<\/p>\n<p>During this years he worked intensly with the harpsichordist and organist Wilhem Krumbach with whom he recorded several hundred chamber music works for the Radio Saarland (Saarl\u00e4ndischer Rundfunk). He accompanied famous singers like Hermann Prey, Edith Mathis and Ingeborg Hallstein and played under conductors like Karl Ristenpart, Hans Zender, Paul Angerer, Bruno Maderna and others.<\/p>\n<p>Together with his wife who is a mandolinist as well he played in almost all European countries and for several time in Japan. He has recorded more then 40 LPs and CDs for Philips, Thorophon, Avanta, HMS, Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor and some Japanese and Italian labels.<\/p>\n<p>Takashi Ochi has also composed some smaller compositions like Se&#8217;i doh for mandolin solo. Several composers have dedicated works for Takashi Ochi,\u00a0 for example Fried Walter, Wolfgang Hofmann, Bernd Scholz, Stanley Weiner and Siegfried Behrend. The composition <strong>Ochiana <\/strong>by Heinrich Konietzny is a direct reference to the mandolinst.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So much from Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>I have met Takashi Ochi several times since the late 1970s. When I attended a seminar for conducting in Trossingen Takashi Ochi was my teacher for mandolin and mandola. I have met him during a workshop of the German Mandolinorchestra\u00a0 (Deutsches Zupforchester) in Eichst\u00e4tt (Bavaria), and several times when he played the solo part for\u00a0 pieces by Heinrich Konietzny or the Vivaldi Mandolin concerto with the mandolin orchestra of Baden (Badisches Zupforchester) or other mandolin orchestras in Germany. Takashi Ochi was a very friendly and nice person, but also a very good teacher and he helped me very much to improve my mandolin technique. During the 60s and 70s he was probaly the most influental mandolin player in Germany.\u00a0 I have last met him at the Eurofestival Zupfmusik in Bruchsal this year.<\/p>\n<p>I have found only two videos related to Takashi Ochi at the moment &#8211; I hope that some more videos will be added in the future:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Hermann Prey &#8211; Komm liebe Zither, KV351 &#8211; W. A. Mozart<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>W. A. Mozart, Komm liebe Zither, KV351<\/p>\n<p>Baritone: Hermann Prey<br \/>\nMandolin: Takashi Ochi<\/p>\n<p>Recording: Phonogram GmbH, 1974<\/p>\n<p>Illustrated with a photo of zither virtuoso, John Christian (&#8220;J. C.&#8221;) Scherer III (1876-1956).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hermann Prey - Komm liebe Zither, KV351 - W. A. Mozart\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K0gzAeNxTz0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Youtube Playlist &#8211; Takashi Ochi<\/h2>\n<p>Includes recordings by Takashi Ochi and compositions by Takashi Ochi played by others<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Takashi Ochi - Mandolinenvirtuose des 20. Jahrhunderts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLD2AD4614F9272A22\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Further information:<\/h2>\n<p>Wikipedia (German) about Takashi Ochi with some original sources: <a href=\"http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Takashi_Ochi\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Takashi_Ochi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Press review of a workshop of the German Zupforchestra with Takashi and Sylvia Ochi in 1969: 1969 &#8211; Frankfurter Rundschau, Das Deutsche Zupforchester probt in Trossingen<\/strong>, available as pdf\u00a0 on Page: <a title=\"8-1_Download_Presse_files\/1969 - Frankfurter Rundschau, Das Deutsche Zupforchester probt in Trossingen.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hmo-hamburger-mandolinen-orchester.eu\/8-1_Download_Presse_files\/1969%20-%20Frankfurter%20Rundschau,%20Das%20Deutsche%20Zupforchester%20probt%20in%20Trossingen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Hamburger Mandolinen Orchester &#8211; Downloads Presse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hommage for 70th birthday of Takashi Ochi by Edwin Mertes, on the service page of the SZO (German &#8211; with some nice pictures): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.szo-online.de\/szo\/?Service\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.szo-online.de\/szo\/?Service<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fotogalerie Takashi Ochi: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thauron.de\/Ochi\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.thauron.de\/Ochi\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Post about Takashi Ochi and the German Plucked String Orchestra:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link: Siegfried Behrend and the German Plucked String Orchestra 1971 \u2013 with Takashi Ochi (Mandolin)\" href=\"..\/?p=3542\" rel=\"bookmark\">Siegfried Behrend and the German Plucked String Orchestra 1971 \u2013 with Takashi Ochi (Mandolin)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takashi Ochi (jap. \u8d8a\u667a \u656c, Ochi Takashi; * 30. Oktober 1934 in Imabari; \u2020 14. November 2010 in Heppenheim, Hessen[1]) was a German-Japanese mandolinist, mandolin teacher, composer and editor. German text and translation to English from the German Wikipedia article about Takashi Ochi with the most important information: Takashi Ochi wurde am 30. 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