{"id":16837,"date":"2011-02-14T08:50:31","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T12:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=16837"},"modified":"2011-02-14T08:50:31","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T12:50:31","slug":"wit-life-154-congratulations-to-japanese-grammy-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/14\/wit-life-154-congratulations-to-japanese-grammy-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"WIT Life #154: Congratulations to Japanese Grammy Winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"

WITLife<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is a periodic series written<\/strong><\/em> by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator <\/strong><\/em>Stacy Smith<\/strong><\/a> <\/em>(Kumamo<\/strong><\/em>to-ken CIR, 2000-03). She starts<\/strong><\/em> her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she shar<\/strong><\/em>es s<\/strong><\/em>ome of the interesting tidbits and trends together with her own observations.<\/strong><\/em>\"\"<\/p>\n

A bit of bright news in light of the Japanese government’s confirmation<\/a> that its country’s economy has indeed dropped to #2 in the world. \u00a0 Omedetou to the following Grammy winners!<\/p>\n

Pop Instrumental Album<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTake Your Pick,\u201d Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto (guitarist in the popular Japanese rock duo B’z, pictured here on right)<\/p>\n

Opera Recording<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSaariaho: L\u2019Amour De Loin,\u201d (Japanese American) Kent Nagano<\/a>, conductor; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Rundfunkchor Berlin<\/p>\n

Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mitsuko Uchida<\/a> (\u201cMozart<\/a>: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24,\u201d Cleveland Orchestra<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Other winners include Japanese classical pianist Mitsuko Uchida who received Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra, while the Best Contemporary Jazz Album award went to the Stanley Clarke Band, which includes Japanese jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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