東京藝術大学楽理科卒。民族音楽学専攻。故小泉文夫教授に師事。

1972年タミルナード州立音楽大学留学。ヴィーナーを故Rajalakshmi Narayanan氏、故Kalpakam Swaminathan氏および、故Nageswara Rao氏に師事。以後50年に渡り、研修を続ける。

近年インドでも演奏活動を開始。研究論文「南インド古典音楽で演奏されるラーガの現状について」音楽之友社、研究報告「Flexibility in Karnatic Music」国立民族学博物館刊などがある。日本女子体育大学名誉教授

 

Yuko Matoba　Japan (Bio-data)

Born in 1949．Yuko Matoba is Honorary Professor of Japan Women’s College of Physical Education（Tokyo）.  She was there teaching Western music and theory.

She graduated Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Musicology in Japan. She received music instruction under the guidance of Prof. Fumio Koizumi, Ethnomusicolosist.

 She studied Carnatic music at Gt. music college of Tamil Nadu in 1972. Since that time she continued studying and has been active in Veena performing and research work.

She learned veena from Smt.Rajalakshmi Narayanan,Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan, Sri M. Nageswara Rao, Smt. M. Sarada, Smt. N. Vijayalakshmi.  She had also rhythm training from Prof. N. Govindarajan.

She had veena concert with Smt.N.Vijayalakshmi by Sri Tyagaraja Samajam, Nadopasana & Sri Ram Samaj(cromepet) in 2007. Veena Navaratri at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and MLA Concerts by Guru Kaaraikudi Mani(Chennai)in 2013.  Recently She participates regularly to VEEA MAHOTSAVAM(Chennai) held in September organized by Sri. Kannan Balakrishnan. She also had concerts in Mysore, Udupi and Kannur. She introduces Carnatic music through concerts and Lecture demonstrations in Japan,too.

Her writings in Japanese and English are:

Musical Aspects of Baul Music {Musical Voices of Asia 1980 by the Japan Foundation}: Present-day use of Ragas in South Indian Classical Music {The Sounds of the Nations 1986 Ongakunotomo publishers}: Indian Classical Music {Japanese Music・Asian Music 1989}: Rhythmic pattern arrangemaent in South Indian Classical Music improvisation {The Annual Report of Physical Education 2001}: Flexibility in Karnatic Music-A comparative Analisis of “Maha Ganapatim”{Music and Society in South Asia; Perspective from Japan, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan 2008}