Mitsusuki Harada

En 1945, el bombardeo de Hiroshima despertó el inmenso y terrorífico poder que residía en el interior del joven Toyo Harada; un poder que, llegado el día, utilizaría para construir un mundo mejor. Con la existencia de los superpoderosos psiots revelada al mundo y su Fundación Harbinger prácticamente en ruinas, Harada está en el punto de mira, y el hombre más poderoso del mundo va a convertirse también en el más peligroso…

From narrowly surviving World War II through enduring the profound rigors of traditional Zen training, Tangen Harada’s fascinating life story and teachings present a classic picture of the Buddhist journey from suffering to realization.

Promoción editorial: De pequeño, Yui pasaba el tiempo con un chico mayor que él que vivía en el mismo vecindario. Un día, su madre lo descubrió y el chico se esfumó de su vida de repente. Yui no ha sido capaz de olvidarle desde ese fatídico día. Después de mucho tiempo, se lo encuentra por la calle de casualidad. Pero ya no es el chico cariñoso que conocía.

Viola Space in Tokyo is one of the world’s most important musical festivals dedicated to the viola and the music composed for it. Founded by Nobuko Imai – well-known to BIS followers as well as to lovers of the viola – it celebrates its 10th anniversary, and BIS was invited to document some of the 150 works that have been performed over the years. The program spans over more than 70 years, and the list of composer includes Schnittke, Per Nørgård, Penderecki and Oedoen Partos. Nobuko Imai herself performs two of the most exciting works on the two discs: György Ligeti’s Sonata for Viola Solo and Toshio Hosokawa’s Voyage VI for Viola and Strings. This last piece was composed only last year, and is dedicated Nobuko Imai. It forms part of a series of concertos “in which the soloist symbolizes man while the ensemble represents the universe, nature and world that surrounds us within and without”, in the composer’s own description. Among these a modern classic such as György Kurtág’s Hommage à R. Sch. – in which violist Junji Suganuma is joined by a clarinet and a piano – may be mentioned, as well as Viola, Viola, a constantly surprising duo by George Benjamin.