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A very Mozarty March

March 21, 2024

Photograph of Anna in rehearsal with the Alina Orchestra

Hello – a little update! It has been a wonderfully rich period already and for some reason a lot to do with Mozart… Back in December I had the opportunity […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Basset Clarinet, Concerto, Mozart, Workshop

Season’s Greetings

December 17, 2023

Photograph of two clarinets standing on the floor

As 2023 comes to an end I just wanted to jump on to wish everyone a lovely winter break. It has been quite a year and there have been many […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Concerto, Concerts, Japan, Tokyo

New CD coming out soon!

August 29, 2023

Photograph of Anna with colleagues recording a CD of music by Edward Cowie

Hello and happy summer! I am delighted to share that next month (September 2023) a new clarinet and piano disc will be coming out: “Where the Wood Thrush Forever Sings”. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CD, Recording

A belated Happy New Year!

January 13, 2023

Photograph of Anna with members of the Atea Quintet and Charles HIne

A very quick hello and 2023 greetings! Last year was quite a whirlwind and this year has already been quite eventful. I began the year quite unwell but am all […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Quintet

Autumn is here!

October 5, 2022

Photograph of musicians at Burton Bradstock Festival 2022

Happy October everyone – as it gets chillier and darker, here is a quick look back at the last few months… In May I could enjoy working on the Royal […]

Filed Under: News

Happy May!

May 2, 2022

Photograph of a coffee cup

Greetings from sunny Nagano, where it has been lovely to have a week of relaxation and peace with family! This is a mountainous region with lots of beauty spots and […]

Filed Under: News

A little greeting after a long hiatus!

February 24, 2022

Photograph of flowers in a glass vase

Hello! It has been a good long while since I’ve updated anything, but this is a quick note to say everything is OK and this year feels like it is […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Workshop

A more springlike time

May 5, 2021

Photo collage of Anna, Florian, and Meghan, a train station, and cherry blossoms

Hello everyone and happy April! After being more regular with posts in winter, apologies for a bit of silence. This is a bit of a catch-up and update. Returning to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bath Philharmonia, Clarinet, NYO, Perivale, RBC

Final week in Japan…

March 1, 2021

A photo of plum blossoms in bloom

With mixed feelings I am counting down the days until flying back home to London. I’m looking forward to my own bed and being able to understand what’s being said […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Earthquake, Japan, NYO, Perivale, Trio

Atéa’s third “Chamber Music Zoom”

February 15, 2021

Poster for the Atea Quintet's chamber music zoom 3 on 20th March 2021

I’m very happy to share that my wind quintet are holding another online day-long workshop, Chamber Music Zoom! We held the first of these events last summer, covering three quintets […]

Filed Under: Life in lockdown, News Tagged With: Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Horn, Oboe, Online, Quintet, Workshop, Zoom

Coffee

January 28, 2021

Photograph of a bag of coffee, a book on coffee, and a black coffee

Anna turns coffee critic with a guide to her top ten places for a coffee in Tokyo!

Filed Under: Coffee Tagged With: Coffee, Japan, Tokyo

Hiroshima cancelled as covid cases continue to rise…

January 20, 2021

A view of Tokyo with Mt Fuji in the background against the sunset

Greetings from sunny Tokyo! This is just a short post to share about the Hiroshima concert which was cancelled, and why it was both expected and unexpected. I’m sure the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Clarinet, Concerto, Concerts, Hiroshima, Mozart, Tokyo

Hope for the future: first live concerts of 2021!

January 17, 2021

Photograph of a bunch of flowers

A huge thank you to all those who joined one or both of the concerts on Monday, whether in person or online! It has been such a joy to rehearse, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Clarinet, Clarinet Candy, Concerts, Online, Snakes, Solo, Trio

Featured in ‘The Clarinet’ magazine!

January 8, 2021

The first page of an interview article in the ICA Clarinet magazine

A belated Happy New Year! Despite these challenging times and constant uncertainty, especially for the Arts, I feel fortunate to have ended 2020 being inspired once again by the young […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Clarinet, ICA, Magazine, NYO, Pedagogy

Clarinet maintenance and hair cuts

December 29, 2020

Images from Japan: coffee, vegetables, strawberries, trees, a cake, and flowers

I hope you all had a restful and quiet Christmas break, whatever the limitations… My greatest gift was being able to eat with my grandparents, having finished the self-isolation! On […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Clarinet, Humidity, Japan, Reeds, Sushi, Tokyo

‘Anna Hashimoto from Lockdown London’, published in Pipers, Japanese wind magazine!

December 21, 2020

A scan of the first two pages of Anna's Japanese article

The 14 days of self isolation is nearly over…and it seems surreal to be seeing London reported every day on Japanese news. How quickly the situation has changed, and I […]

Filed Under: Life in lockdown, News Tagged With: Article, Japan, Lockdown, London, Magazine, Pipers, Wind

One week in Japan: how I am coping with self isolation

December 16, 2020

A photograph from Anna's window in Tokyo showing Mt Fuji

Greetings from a sunny crisp winter day in Tokyo! I’ve now passed the halfway mark of self-isolation and am enjoying it so far. This is a short post to share […]

Filed Under: Life in lockdown, News Tagged With: Clarinet, Self-isolation, Spindle, Tips, Tokyo

Greetings from Japan!

December 11, 2020

A photograph of thing sto keep Anna busy during her 14 day isolation

Hello from Day 1 of my 14-day self-isolation in Tokyo. Since travel to Japan is still fairly strict, I thought it would be interesting to share the journey process thus […]

Filed Under: Life in lockdown, News Tagged With: Japan

My longest trip to Japan! (and other news)

December 3, 2020

Image of the three clarinet players involved in teh concert

Hello from Tier 2 London! Despite the end of lockdown, I will pretty much spend the next week isolating as much as possible to prepare to fly to Japan on […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Clarinet, Concerts, Hiroshima, Japan, Spinning, Tokyo

When Zoom meetings become more and more surreal

November 24, 2020

Images showing stages of fleece spinning, from raw fleece, washing, drying, carding, and spun into a bobbin

Greetings to everyone, we’ve made it through two weeks of Lockdown 2 now in the UK! I thought I would share some of what I’ve been up to this week… […]

Filed Under: Life in lockdown Tagged With: Amigurumi, Atéa, Autumn, Bath Philharmonia, Spinning wheel, Workshop, Zoom

How do online workshops work? Here is some feedback!

November 11, 2020

A picture of a crochet green bird sitting in a crochet nest

I hope everyone is well and managing this second lockdown. My days have not changed so much as I have mostly worked from home this year, and in the last […]

Filed Under: Life in lockdown, News Tagged With: Clarinet, Lockdown, Online, Workshop, Zoom

Hallowe’en and Spooky music: Richard Bullen

October 31, 2020

A photo from the premiere of Hikinuki: Richard Bullen on the right and Anna on stage

Happy Hallowe’en everyone! Every time it gets to this time of year I think back to spooky pieces I’ve come across, and the composer who immediately springs to mind is […]

Filed Under: Life in lockdown Tagged With: Clarinet, Commissions, Richard Bullen, Royal Academy of Music

Learning from children: a week of musical workshops

October 25, 2020

Photograph of the workshop leaders standing together

Workshops with the Chineke Orchestra in primary and secondary schools with music by Beethoven, Sancho, and Wilson.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Beethoven, Chineke, Education, Greenwich, Juilliard, Royal Academy of Music, Sancho, School, Wilson, Woolwich Works, Workshop

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