Wei Liu

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My specialty is classical music and I am a violinist.

The Kyoto Institute of Graduate Studies for Informatics, a professional graduate school of IT, is unique in that it offers courses on music culture.This is one of a kind.Music is essential to the human spiritual world and serves as nourishment for the soul, so offering "music lectures" will teach students the importance of holistic education, and we believe this will be an ideal university initiative that "integrates the arts and sciences."

This is an important aspect of my teaching philosophy.In other words, throughout the history of the world, theologians, philosophers, and mathematicians have also been musicians.As educated people today, they are required all the more to be able to view not only vertical knowledge but also horizontal knowledge from a bird's-eye view.I hope to help all those who will play an active role in the global IT industry in the future to develop rich sensibilities, imagination, and creativity through music.

During my teenage years in China, there was a lot of criticism of Western culture, and it was a strict time when playing Beethoven or Mozart was not permitted.We couldn't afford an instrument, so my father found an old violin somewhere and cut it up with a saw to fit a child, so I could practice in secret.In those days, sheet music was not even sold, so over a period of six years, my father hand-copied over 30 books of study materials for me.At that time, learning the violin was a rare event, and there were no teachers nearby, so I traveled three hours by train to attend lessons for several years.Together with my father, I endured hardships and difficulties and continued to forge ahead on the uncharted path of music.

During my 13 years of study at Toho Gakuen College of Music and Tokyo University of the Arts in Japan, I have always asked myself what kind of identity I should have as a violinist when I step onto the musical stage.I would like to share my various experiences through music with you all.