Yves Rechsteiner
Pipe Organ Recital feat. Takana Miyamoto

Yves Rechsteiner studied organ and harpsichord at the Geneva Conservatory, and specialised on forte-piano and basso continuo at the Schola Cantorum of Basel.

Pricewinner of several international competitions (Genève, Prag, Bruges…), he was appointed basso continuo teacher and head of the Early Music Department at the Conservatoire Supérieur of Lyon in 1995.

Apart from his activity as a soloist or accompanist, he makes regular arrangements and transcriptions for the organ. His personal projects and recordings cover the baroque repertoire as well as the symphonic music, including collaborations with traditional or jazz players:
He records Bach on pedal-harpsichord in 2002, creates Alpbarock ensemble dedicated to swiss popular music in 2005, and is awarded “Diapason d’or” in 2010 for his Rameau arrangements. He records his organ version of Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique in 2013.
Since 2014 he is touring world-wide with percussionist Henri-Charles Caget and the guitarist Fred Maurin with Rock the Organ, a program devoted to the music of Frank Zappa and other progressiv rock bands.
The same year he became artistic director of the festival Toulouse les Orgues where he opened the music field to non-classical programs and artists.
From 2021 he is touring with contorsionist Lise Pauton a show with his transcription for organ of Bach’s Sonatas and Partita for violin.
He conceived a movable grand organ « L’Explorateur » constructed in 2022 by Tony Decap with an innovative technology allowing live control of each pipe pressure.

Yves Rechsteiner studied organ and harpsichord at the Geneva Conservatory, and specialised on forte-piano and basso continuo at the Schola Cantorum of Basel.

Prizewinner of several international competitions (Genève, Prag, Bruges…), he was appointed basso continuo teacher and head of the Early Music Department at the Conservatoire Supérieur of Lyon in 1995.

Apart from his activity as a soloist or accompanist, he makes regular arrangements and transcriptions for the organ. His personal projects and recordings cover the baroque repertoire as well as the symphonic music, including collaborations with traditional or jazz players.
The same year he became artistic director of the festival Toulouse les Orgues where he opened the music field to non-classical programs and artists.
He conceived a movable concert organ « L’Explorateur » made to perform in places without pipe organs.

Takana Miyamoto is a multi award winning, internationally acclaimed concert pianist, vocalist, composer, arranger and an educator. She has traveled and performed in over 30 countries worldwide, and currently bases herself in back Japan since 2013.

Takana’s music go beyond genres ranging from jazz, pops, rock, film music, semi-classical to full orchestra. Her story-telling piano sound and music writing are featured on several albums and concerts of the multi-Grammy nominated jazz artists Kirk Whalum (sax), Nnenna Freelon (voc), Rene Marie (voc), Grammy winner Irene Cara, and Japanese greats such as Junko Yagami (winner of Women Songwriter’s Hall of Fame 2022/USA), Chikuzen Sato, Lisa Ono, May J., Ayaka, Sarah Alainn, Miki Imai, Maki Oguro, Jun-ichi Inagaki, TOKU, SUGIZO (Luna Sea / X-Japan) , Billboard Classics series, and SNOOPY Christmas Orchestra, Ishidagumi among many others.

Born and raised in Yuki, Ibaraki, Japan, Takana’s first music lesson was at age 4. She decided to make a career being a composer at age 14 and became deeply drawn to jazz piano, fascinated by the music of Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and Dave Grusin while attending Berklee College of Music. She recorded her first jazz piano trio album in 1997, made the nationwide TV debut on BET ‘Jazz Central’, and started her international performing career as a concert pianist. After graduating with an honor and several awards, with a dual degree in Film Scoring and Jazz Composition, Takana relocated to New York city, where she won the First place in Randy Edman Piano Competition in 1998. Takana joined the world tour of the multi- Grammy nominated vocalist, Nnenna Freelon, and is featured as a pianist, arranger and musical director in ‘Soulcall’ which received 2 Grammy nominations in 2001.

Takana moved to Atlanta, GA in 2002, received the ‘Rising Star’ recognition from the International Jazz Society, and completed the master’s program in Jazz Pedagogy at Georgia State University. She was awarded the US permanent residency based on her contribution in the music field. She was selected as one of ‘GA’s most powerful and influential women’ (2002), Elite Asian from Asian American Community in GA, (2005) and ‘GA’s 25 most influential Asian'(2012), ‘the Atlanta’s best jazz act’ (2005 and 2006) in Creative Loafing, and the honorary member for the Japan America Society of Georgia (2009).

As a composer, Takana has scored for several motion picture productions, theatre and TV shows, as well as for big bands and concert orchestras. (voted ‘GA’s most influential women’ as a composer in 2003.)

Takana’s latest release ‘Wonderful World’ (2020) received the Best Popular Album award from Music Penclub Japan. In 2023, She was appointed to be the hall advisor (in jazz genre) for the renowned concert hall ‘MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall’ in Kanagawa.