Hoshiko Yamane is a classically trained, Berlin-based, Japanese violinist and composer. She is currently a member of German electronic music group Tangerine Dream.
Yamane has released several solo albums and to date,along with a larger number of recordings of her diverse artistic collaborations with other artists,on a variety of different labels. She has also composed music for various artistic endeavors/projects in the fields of: dance performance, installation art and film,too.
“Her violin sings with the positivity of direct, youthful sunlight. Radiant and energetic, but well-paced and sensitive of its place, her violin is blown as if on the lightest of spring winds; an unraveling series of dawn-lit notes which take flight as soon as the sun rises.” – James Catchpole (‘A Closer Listen’)….from a review of Hoshiko’s third solo album,’Threads’.
As Tukico, her solo side project, she released her first EP, ‘become’, on Hush Hush Records(USA),in early-2020 and solo album,’Primitive’, on Subcontinental Records(India), in Autumn 2020. Tukico perform the electric violin with effects and synthesizer.
As Tangerine Dream ‘s violinist since 2011, Yamane has participated in the recording of the band’s albums since then. Additionally, she has also performed live concerts with her TD bandmates, in many cities throughout: Asia,Canada,Europa(including the UK), and USA. Her debut CD work with Tangerine Dream, came in 2011, with the track, ‘Fay Bewitching the Moon'(from the album, ‘The Island of the Fay’). This was recorded in the studio of Tangerine Dream founder,Edgar Froese. Following Edgar’s sad passing in 2015, the group’s remaining members (Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss, and Hoshiko Yamane) have continued to work together in an effort to fulfill his vision for the group.
Yamane started her classical training when she was four years old. After she graduated from Aich Prafectural University of Art and Music with the Master of Fine Arts for the violin, she moved to Berlin. Later, she graduated with a Diploma in the violin, from the University of Music and Theater in Rostock in Germany. Also, during her studies,she worked with the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester. From 2011-2013, she worked with Jane Birkin on a European tour(with music directed by Nobuyuki Nakajima), performing live concerts in more than thirty countries. Her other projects include Tansik(live music and contemporary dance) and KiSeki(a violin and Klangstein duo)
ヴァイオリニストとして2011年より Edgar Froese率いるTangerine Dreamのメンバーとしてエレキバイオリンを担当。デビュー作となったCD「THE ISLAND OF THE FAY」に収録されている「Fay Wewitching the Moon」での即興演奏が話題となった。多数のFestivalに出演、全米ツアー、ヨーロッパ・ツアーなどに参加。２０１５年、バンド創始者の故エドガー・フローゼ亡き後、最後のメンバーとなったThorsten QuaeschningとUlrich Schnaussと共に３人編成でバンド活動を継続。故エドガーの意志と音楽を継承し、新たな世代へと繋ぐべく、現在も精力的に活動を行っている。2017年、Tangerine Dreamはバンド活動50周年を迎え、これまでの電子音楽の歴史の中でパイオニアとしてのバンド50年の歴史についてのドキュメンタリー映画「Evolution of the sound」がベルリン国際映画祭で初公開され、その後各国の映画館で上映されている。
山根星子は大阪府生まれ。４歳よりヴァイオリンを始め、愛知県立芸術大学音楽学部器楽科（ヴァイオリン）卒業、同大学院修了。2006年大学院修了と同時に渡独し、ロストック音楽大学にてディプロム取得、首席で卒業。在学中よりブランデンブルク国立管弦楽団(Brandenburgisches staatsorckester)にて研修生を務める他、現在もベルリン交響楽団の演奏ツアーに参加するなど、オーケストラでの演奏も積極的に行い演奏技術を高めつつ、オーケストレーションなどを勉強。また、ソロヴァイオリニストとして2011年〜2013年フランスの歌手、女優Jane Birkinのヨーロッパツアーに参加。中島ノブユキ（音楽監督、ピアノ）らとのツアー公演はSerge Gainsbourg via Japanとして２年間に及ぶプロジェクトで、ヨーロッパ内３０カ国以上にも及んだ。特にコンサートでは彼女とのデュエット曲で歌も披露し、観客を沸かせている。
