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Church of Beethoven OP Presents ORiHANA
For our March show, Church of Beethoven is excited to bring another international musical duo - ORiHANA . Our performance will be Sunday February 20th at 3:00 in the acoustically perfect Good Shepherd Church in Oak Park
ORiHANA is a Chicago based J-POP / Anime cover duo founded by award-winning
musicians, Moldovan violinist Olya Prohorova and Japanese pianist Hana Fujisaki.
Enamored by heartfelt Japanese pop melodies from an early age, violinist Olya
Prohorova founded ORiHANA as a result of discovering Japanese pop music through
anime while living in Moldova, Eastern Europe. Her love for Japanese culture first
emerged into her project, Hanauta, which she created with her long-time friend, flutist
Erina Koyasu. Hanauta focused on bridging Eastern European and Japanese traditional
music, and ultimately incited the creation of ORiHANA - a modern j-pop project focusing
on beloved songs from anime tv series and movies, as well as popular songs by celebrated
Japanese musicians like Spitz, Mika Nakashima, Angela Aki, Suneohair, YUI, Kenshi Yonezu
and others. ORiHANA brings a fresh take to well-known songs, rearranging them for violin
and piano / keys while implementing Olyas classical and Hanas jazz education. Their
work can be seen on the ORiHANA YouTube Channel and Instagram.
About the musicians.
Violinist Olya Prohorova is a versatile musician enjoying a career in multiple music
genres - from classical, to rock, country and bluegrass. Ms. Prohorova studied under prof.
Mark Lakirovich at Chicago College of Performing Arts, and was a student of Svetlana
Balaescul at Ciprian Porumbescu music school in Moldova. She performed as a soloist,
chamber and orchestral musician with a variety of symphonic and chamber orchestras
from her native Moldova, as well as Italy, North America, Germany, Japan and Canada,
such as the National Moldovan Chamber Organ Hall Orchestra, Fox Valley Symphony in
Illinois, National Moldovan Philharmonic Orchestra, Central European Initiative (CEI) Youth
Orchestra, Orchestre de la Francophonie, Toho Gakuen Academy Orchestra. She held the
concertmaster position at the Chicago College of Performing Arts Symphony, Chamber
and Baroque orchestras. Ms. Prohorova is a prizewinner of numerous national and
international competitions in Romania (George Georgescu competition), Moldova (Eugen
Koka, Russian Music Virtuosi, Zlata Tkach competitions), Belarus (Mikhail Kleofas Oginski
Chamber Music Competition), Italy (Cremona International Music Academies), United
States (North Shore Music Club Award 2013, Lakeview Scholarship Recipient 2014-2015).
Hana Fujisaki is one of the most sought-after Chicago based pianist, organist,
composer and music educator. She earned awards at multiple music competitions as an
organist and composer, namely the Yamaha Electone Festival, Luminarts Jazz
Competition, Elmhurst Jazz Festival and others. Hana studied organ at Yamaha Music
School in Tokyo, Japan, and later went on to pursue her music career in Chicago. She
received her BM from Chicago College of Performing Arts, where she studied jazz with Jim
Trompeter, Scott Mason and Paul Wertico, and a MM from Northwestern University, where
she studied with Jeremy Kahn and Victor Goines. Aside from her US academic degrees,
Hana holds a Yamaha teaching certificate and currently teaches jazz, classical piano and
directs a choir at Harold Washington College. As a performer she plays with a variety of
cultural music projects including Chicago Samba, soul musician Brandon James, Los
Perros Cubanos, Forever Frida project, and most recently, ORiHANA
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LocationGood Shepherd Lutheran Church, Oak Park (View)
611 Randolph St
Oak Park, IL 60302
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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