is a Japanese

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player. In the mid-1970s he recorded a four- LP album set titled ''Special Sound Series'' for

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. Sekitō also performs and teaches as a pianist under the

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Biography

Sekitō's parents were both primary-school teachers and he has two sisters, both of whom are pianists. Sekitō graduated from Osaka Kyoiku University's Special Music Course Composition Department. Often called a Superstar or Genius of Electone, Shigeo Sekito is widely recognized by the Electone community as specially energetic, gifted and outstanding in playing the Electone. He learned piano in his early childhood, began to compose songs at the age of 17, and majored in composition at Osaka Education College. Later, he was charmed to a new instrument called Electone, which was Yamaha's newly debuted electronic transistor organ. A while later, he made his debut at the 1967 Electone Grand Prix. Since his debut, Sekitō has remarkably applied his abundant talents to Electone as a composer and performer. His fresh, energetic, rhythmic and sometimes humorous style of playing has attracted a growing number of fans and enthusiasts to try and play the instrument too. His venture also brought expectations to develop new possibilities in the Electone world. He is actively engaged in numerous concerts and recordings, both at home and abroad, practicing up to 14 to 15 hours a day. Sekito's music is what mostly described as "careful as the devil and daring as the angel itself". According to the ''New Straits Times'', Sekitō had released ten albums by 1991 and averaged two concerts per month, using the rest of his time to teach piano to students. In 1991, Sekitō performed arrangements of works by

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and

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on his EL 90 Electone at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur. Sekitō began the concert by playing his own arrangement of the ''

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'' by Joaquin Rodrigo. Later, he changed his career into a pianist and changed his name into Akisino Ken (秋篠健 / アキシノ・ケン).

Discography

Studio albums

*エレクトーン・ファンタスティック！! EX-21のすべて (196X) *''Special Sound Series Vol. 1'' (1975) *''Special Sound Series Vol. 2'' (1975) *''Special Sound Series Vol. 3'' (1976) *''Special Sound Series Vol. 4'' (1977) *エレクトーンの魅力 - 青い影 / 天使のささやき (1979) *アーティスティック・エレクトーン ''Artistic Electone'' (1985)

Compilations

*華麗なるポピュラー・エレクトーン (1986) *''Holiday in Electone by E-3'' (Unknown)

References

External links

''Special Sound Series Vol. 1'' (1975)''Special Sound Series Vol. 2'' (1975)''Special Sound Series Vol. 3'' (1976)''Special Sound Series Vol. 4'' (1977)Shigeo Sekito Unofficial Website
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