寺神戶 亮- 巴洛克小提琴

寺神戸．亮先生23歲已是東京愛樂首席，長達3年。之後到巴洛克小提琴名師史瓦濟斯・庫伊肯（Sigiswald KUIJKEN）門下追夢巴洛克小提琴，而他更成為庫伊肯心中三大嫡傳弟子之一。也因此，寺神戸先生目前任教荷蘭海牙皇家音樂院、布魯塞爾皇家音樂學院，對於巴洛克音樂傳承，有著強烈使命感。另兩位則已曾由古樂團邀約來臺演出。

他長期擔任歐洲古樂復興運動大師們組成的比利時小樂集古樂團（La Petite Bande）首席，1987年以來，一直以首席身分活躍歐洲和日韓。其間與許多著名巴洛克樂團合作，包括深具盛名的法國繁盛藝術古樂團（Les Arts Florissants ），法國皇家禮拜堂合唱團( La Chapelle Royale)，比利時根特古樂聲樂團 (Collegium Vocale Gent)。近年來受邀至日本巴赫古樂團(Bach Collegium Japan ) 擔任首席，並於歐美澳各地巡迴獨奏演出。

寺神戸先生的特色是，他不滿足於首席，後來更追隨恩師腳步，指揮巴洛克樂團。1994年起，他成為東京 Hokutopia 北とぴあ 國際音樂節的主要音樂家之一，首度擔任指揮，至今已快30年。演出涵蓋蒙特威爾第、普賽爾、拉摩、克里斯托夫、海頓、莫札特等歌劇作品。把他的個人魅力與影響力，從古樂發源地，帶回亞洲。

除了歐洲教職，寺神戸先生現在也常常前往首爾延世大學教學，並於韓國舉辦音樂會。將他的使命繼續延伸，也使得亞洲聽眾，有福欣賞他數十年指揮並演出巴洛克音樂的功力。

RYO TERAKADO - Baroque Violin

The Bolivian-born Japanese violinist and conductor, Ryo TERAKADO, started to play violin at the age of 4. He won the 2nd prize in the All Japan Youth Musical Competition when he was 14 years old. He studied violin, chamber music and conducting at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1983, he won the 3rd prize in the All Japan Music Competition. At the time when graduating Toho Gakuen, he was invited as a concertmaster of The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, where he served for 2 years.

Ryo TERAKADO’s interest in Baroque music already started before: When he was 19, he started to play Baroque violin by himself. Some years later, he founded a Baroque ensemble Concert Spirituel together with Masahiro Arita (flute), who influenced him a lot, and Hidemi SUZUKI (cello). In 1985, he came to the Netherlands to study the Baroque violin at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague under guidance of Sigiswald KUIJKEN. In 1989 He received a soloist diploma.

Since 1987, Ryo TERAKADO has played with many Baroque orchestras in Europe and Japan as a concertmaster: Les Arts Florissants, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Tokyo Bach Mozart Orchestra etc. Presently he is the concertmaster of La Petite Bande and Bach Collegium Japan. He plays regularly concertos by i.e. J. S. BACH, Antonio VIVALDI, W. A. MOZART with the above-mentioned orchestras. Besides that he is also invited frequently to Italy, Poland, France and Australia as a soloist. In 1987 he founded the Tokyo Baroque Trio together with Christophe ROUSSET (harpsichord) and Kaori UEMURA (viola da Gamba). Several tours were made in Japan, and many concerts in Europe. This group is now renewed with another harpsichordist: Siebe HENSTRA, and called Tokyo Baroque in order to expand the group.

Since 1994, Ryo TERAKADO is one of the main artists in Hokutopia International Music Festival in Tokyo, where he debuted as a conductor. He has conducted operas by MONTEVERDI, PURCELL, RAMEAU, GLUCK, HAYDN and W. A. MOZART, including PURCELL’s Dido and Aeneas, RAMEAU’s Pigmarion, REBEL’s Les Elemens, etc. with collaboration of Natalie VAN PARIJS (Baroque Dance) and Les Fragment Reunis, Jean-Philippe CORRIGOU (lighting) and Yoko ARIMATU (Costume). He also conducted other concert performances: J. S. BACH’s Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046-1051), PURCELL’s Fairy Queen, extract of Lully Operas, W. A. MOZART's Symphonies and extract of the opera Idomeneo, etc. In 1997, Orchestra of the Festival became Les Boreades which will be conducted by Ryo TERAKADO permanently.

Ryo TERAKADO founded an ensemble & orchestra Nova Pratica in 1999 together with Susan WILLIAMS (trumpet), Stratton BULL (counter-tenor) and Fons VAN DER LINDEN (harpsichord). It's base is in Maastricht (Holland). He also founded the string quartet Mito dell'Arco which consists of Ryo TERAKADO, Dmitry BADIAROV (violin), Yosiko MORITA (viola), Hidemi SUZUKI (cello). Debuted in Japan in September 1999. Besides other activities of solo, conducting, and chamber music, he also makes tours in Japan with the Kuijken Ensemble with BARTHOLD, Wieland KUIJKEN and Robert KOHNEN.

From 1990 to 1992, Ryo TERAKADO taught baroque violin at Paris Conservatory (CNSMP). Currently he teaches at the Hague Royal Conservatory (Holland) since 1991, and at the Toho Gakuen School of Music (Japan).

His discography can be found in Ricercar (Belgium), Accent (Germany), BIS (Sweden), Denon (Japan) and Passacaille (Belgium)..