On December 2021, 12, Waseda University School of Political Science and Economics held "Campus Piano" at Waseda University International Literature Museum (Haruki Murakami Library).Twenty-eight people played the piano on the university campus version of the station piano and street piano, which are becoming widespread all over the country, and Harami-chan, a pop pianist, and Yoshiko Iwasaki, a jazz pianist, visited as guests.
This event was held in September 2021 at the "Waseda University School of Political Science and Economics'Connecting'Event" planning competition, in which the plans proposed by the students were realized."Team Piano forte" by three fourth-year students of the Faculty of Political Science and Economics who proposed the campus piano and won the highest award. A campus using a grand piano used in the jazz cafe "Peter Cat" run by Haruki Murakami at the International House of Literature (Haruki Murakami Library), which opened in October 9. Realized the piano.
Waseda University students, faculty and staff, and 157 general citizens visited the venue on the day.There is no need to make a reservation in advance, and there are free songs to play, so some people arrange Christmas songs and popular popular songs.Performance by Mr. Satoshi Kikuchi (1st year doctoral student in the Graduate School of Political Science) and Risako Sakamoto (3rd year student at Waseda University) who graduated from the Moscow Conservatory of Russia and now wears a pair of grass shoes of a university student and a pianist. Twenty-eight people showed off various musical instruments and fascinated the audience.While working as a staff member of the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Hiroshi Sasaki, who has won numerous awards as a piano player, has performed two songs such as Debussy's "Moonlight". "I was very happy to be able to connect with everyone, including students, through live music in the Corona disaster," he said.
With the new coronavirus demanding distance from people and refraining from conversation, Campus Piano is an event that fulfills the desire to connect with someone, share emotions, and express yourself. It became. It was a day that deepened not only the "connections between students" but also the "connections between students and faculty members".The second event is also expected.
