Thank you Professor Hisashi Hiramatsu for all you did. Your mission was fulfilled. I am in the USA, Knoxville Tennessee and have derived immense joy from watching your band through the past few years. I came to this video after watching a 2018 Rose Parade video. Your vision is bringing happiness to the world.
This man was incredible. Not only did he found the Kyoto Tachibana Wind Band, but he established its mission and direction from Day Zero that continues to this day: bring happiness to the world. He deliberately steered the band away from traditional "militaristic marching" and instead focused on putting smiles on the audiences faces. He succeded beyond his wildest expectations. He walked the entire Rose Bowl parade, all 5.5 miles of it, with the band every year, all the way into his 80s. I'm younger than that but know I could not do it. Because I have received so much happiness and joy from the KT band, i will forever be indebted to Professor Hiramatsu. The world will miss him dearly, particularly in America every Jan. 1.
He was a true Musician and Conductor and brought out the BEST in these Amazingly Talented Young People. Truly Missed around the World. RIP. A Huge Canadian Fan.
I was privileged and honored to have been present in the audience that evening, my wife and I being a host family. That performance will be with us always. His compassion and warmth was a treasure he bestowed on everyone. He was a genius and those that were honored to play under his direction, or to be present at any of his concerts will always remember this great man. Arigatou....
Hi Paul Lovely words and so very true. I have not been fortunate to witness the master conduct and to see him conducting is dream, which eventually came to fruition in his lifetime of hard-work. Those kids on that tour( and I realise that there were alumni in the touring band, but still kids to me), made him a very very proud man and could be seen in the actual parade in which he revelled with the crowds as he marched be side them the entire length of the parade, soaking in the applause from the thousands watching. This man changed the whole concept in school marching bands and just in Japan, but the world over and for that we thank him. Paul and Donna graciously opened their home twice for the students to stay with them and ferry them around. I envy them that great opportunity, even though it was very tiring schedule for them, as much as the kids. Thank you both. That’s it I have said my bit 😂
I am an old man living in the countryside of Japan. Your words always make me cry with joy because of the love I feel for the Kyoto Tachibana Band and the people involved. Thank you so much.
@@yumekoono6103 Thank you very much for your comment. I live on the other side of the world in England and the chance of ever seeing the band live is pretty remote. But with the modern technology made available to us all, I can feel I am there. And yes, I am too an old man and they tug on my heart strings also. Arigato.
I came upon Kyoto Tachibana SHS Band about 5 years ago. Immediately impressed with their talent and abilities. Reading about them in the unofficial fan blog , I learned about Prof Hiramatsu and his concepts for this band. To hold onto those ideas and put them into practice has been a blessing to Japan and the world. He will always live on in the music, dancing and smiles of the young women and men who have performed in orange and black. RIP Sir.
Rest in Peace, Profesor Hiramatsu, you have created a thing of great beauty. The Tachibana Senior High School Band are without doubt the greatest band in the world.
This In tears I write this, that professor Hisashi Hiramatsu was a great genius and wonderful person. His legacy, Kyoto Tachibana HS band is one that is such a valuable and beloved gift. I have great respect for them all, and love them all. A thank you from the heart to all of Tachibana.
I have been privileged to have listened to and watched the happiness of the Kyoto Tachibana High School Bands many times. I have always been very emotional about how Japan suffered and overcame many serious tragedies and my admiration of how the surviving youngsters in all of their school bands overcame their losses and Tachibana in particular have achieved eternal greatness under the wonderful expertise of Professor Hiramatsu who created a new style of musicianship for the world to appreciate. I was amazed by the joint parade performance with Tachibana and The Japan Green Band at the Roses procession only a few days before Professor Hiramatsu passed away. So on the very sad occasion of this memorial video performance, I share with everyone concerned their sadness and of course offer my deepest sympathy and support and wish you all peace.
(※Machine translation.) It has been a year since Mr. Hiramatsu passed away, and I am once again keenly aware of the magnitude of what we have lost for our Green Band. Mr. Hiramatsu performed my composition "Prayer, and with Pride" at a benefit concert held at Kennedy High School in the United States during the 2018 Kyoto Tachibana High School Rose Parade expedition. I wrote this piece right after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and worked very hard to write it in the affected areas. It was a wonderful performance by the Kyoto Tachibana High School students, who really put their hearts into it, and by Mr. Hiramatsu with his wonderful smile. Mr. Hiramatsu, please continue to watch over the Green Band. Now, everyone, please listen to the performance at that time. Junichi Naito
A great tribute to the great man and what he accomplished in his life and how he made Kyoto Tachibana High School Band become what it is now today.🙏 Can I ask if someone can translate the opening words by the man at the beginning of this video. Possibly, who is he and what he does in Kyoto Tachibana High School. Domo Arigato
Please excuse my ignorance, but was some of the music played in this tribute composed by Sir Edward Elgar? It is certainly in his style of music. By coincidence this morning, 18th March 2022, I passed the Elgar statue of memorial in my home City of Worcester, England and near it is temporarily an exhibition of the Knife Angel which was made of 10,000 knives confiscated by the police after knife attacks and murders. It is 8.2296 meters high and weighs three and a half tons. Remembering that Japan was attacked by nuclear bombs, I am hoping that this Tachibana tribute coinciding with my viewing of the two statues is a sign of hope for peace following the Ukraine war and that it does not develop into a full nuclear war. Thank you again Professor Hiramatsu and Tachibana for your wonderful music.
The whole music is titled "Prayer and Pride in My Heart" (english translation) composed by Junichi Naito, and dedicated to the victims of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake. You can search 祈り、そして誇りを胸に to find performance from other bands. KT has performed this piece on several occasions also. Yes, I think there may be some similarity with other music as also happens with other music played by KT. The start even sounds like Yorkshire Ballad by James Barnes which KT also played in marching events.
最近のGoogleの方針変更で、著作権を侵害しない動画であっても、Google側の判断で、広告が入ってしまうようであります。広告が入るを回避するために、私個人の別チャネル（本チャネル）でアップしたのですが、結果同じでありましたね。
平松先生は、私にとっては父のような存在であり、日米グリーンバンド協会の名誉会長の職に就任頂いてからも、約２０年間一度も報酬を求められたことはありませんでした。本当に誠実で慈悲深く、思いやりにあふれた人格者であられました。
本当に偉大な恩人を失い、失意のどん底に落とされましたが、このように平松先生の動画を観るときに私も勇気づけられ、前進する力をいただけます。平松先生に心からの感謝と追悼の意を申し上げたいと思います。
GBA代表 熊谷 讓
このシーンは涙なくては見れません…「祈り、そして誇りを胸に」名曲です
平松先生ありがとうございました
ご冥福をお祈りします
平松先生は、世界一の、ガールズバンドの、礎を、作られましたね、永遠に、忘れないでしょう橘高校永遠に、なれ😮
平松先生にはお会いした事も無いのですが、映像を拝見していますと、何故か温かい心で包まれている様なとても癒される気持ちになるのは私だけでしょうか？
心よりご冥福をお祈り致します❕
コロナ渦の時に京都橘の動画を見つけ、どん底だった私の人生が変わりました。今こうして生きていられてるのも、京都橘吹奏楽部のおかげだと思ってます。その意味で、平松先生は私の命の恩人であるとも言えます。いつも穏やかで、笑顔を絶やさず、そこにいるだけで周りを和ませる素敵な方でした。この平松先生指揮による「祈り、そして誇りを胸に」の演奏シーンはいつ見ても涙が溢れて来ます。私の人生を救ってくれた平松先生と京都橘吹奏楽部の皆さんに、心からの感謝を申し上げたいと思います。いつまでも天国で見守っていて下さい。改めてご冥福をお祈り致します。
Thank you Professor Hisashi Hiramatsu for all you did. Your mission was fulfilled. I am in the USA, Knoxville Tennessee and have derived immense joy from watching your band through the past few years. I came to this video after watching a 2018 Rose Parade video. Your vision is bringing happiness to the world.
平松先生ありがとうございました。
素晴らしい方ですね。京都橘吹奏楽部の創部以来60年、吹奏楽の普及にご尽力されたと思います。
いつも穏やかな笑顔がとても印象的でした。最近京都橘吹奏楽部の古い動画を観るといつも柔かで生徒さん一人ひとりを見る目が優しいお父さんの様で、この様な方に指導を受けて幸せだったと思います。京都橘吹奏楽部が今日あるのも納得できます。そして吹奏楽界にとって大変な重鎮だったと思いますが、権威とか肩書などには頓着されない素敵な人生を歩まれた方なのだと思っています。ご冥福をお祈りいたします。
ローズパレードで長距離を元気一杯で並走されたお姿を忘れません。
幾度となく観てきた映像ですが、素敵な編集でアップしていただきありがとうございます。
映像からでも暖かさ、優しさ平松先生のお人柄が伝わって来ます。お亡くなりになられた事にとても、ショックを受けております。心よりご冥福をお祈り致します🙏！
京都橘高校吹奏楽部に大きく貢献された事は素晴らしいですね。生徒さん達への指導も立派だったと思います。今の橘高校吹奏楽部が有るのは、平松先生のご尽力が大きいと思います。また、その意思を引き継いで頑張った、田中先生も素晴らしいと思います。「元気いっぱい、笑顔いっぱい、夢いっぱい」。これからも、この
スローガンを胸に、残された方々は頑張ってください。そして、平松先生のご冥福をお祈りします。
本当にいつ見ても温厚そうな方でしたね😢
京都橘がいまあるのは平松先生がいたからで、これからもOB.OGや現役の生徒さん達もみなさんでこういった会を定期的にやっていただけたら嬉しいです😊
派手なパフォーマンスなどなくても京都橘イズムを継承して素晴らしい座奏を披露してもらえればと思います
This man was incredible. Not only did he found the Kyoto Tachibana Wind Band, but he established its mission and direction from Day Zero that continues to this day: bring happiness to the world. He deliberately steered the band away from traditional "militaristic marching" and instead focused on putting smiles on the audiences faces. He succeded beyond his wildest expectations. He walked the entire Rose Bowl parade, all 5.5 miles of it, with the band every year, all the way into his 80s. I'm younger than that but know I could not do it. Because I have received so much happiness and joy from the KT band, i will forever be indebted to Professor Hiramatsu. The world will miss him dearly, particularly in America every Jan. 1.
He was a true Musician and Conductor and brought out the BEST in these Amazingly Talented Young People. Truly Missed around the World. RIP. A Huge Canadian Fan.
看了感覺到在流眼淚
謝謝平松先生
I was privileged and honored to have been present in the audience that evening, my wife and I being a host family. That performance will be with us always. His compassion and warmth was a treasure he bestowed on everyone. He was a genius and those that were honored to play under his direction, or to be present at any of his concerts will always remember this great man. Arigatou....
Hi Paul
Lovely words and so very true.
I have not been fortunate to witness the master conduct and to see him conducting is dream, which eventually came to fruition in his lifetime of hard-work.
Those kids on that tour( and I realise that there were alumni in the touring band, but still kids to me), made him a very very proud man and could be seen in the actual parade in which he revelled with the crowds as he marched be side them the entire length of the parade, soaking in the applause from the thousands watching.
This man changed the whole concept in school marching bands and just in Japan, but the world over and for that we thank him.
Paul and Donna graciously opened their home twice for the students to stay with them and ferry them around. I envy them that great opportunity, even though it was very tiring schedule for them, as much as the kids. Thank you both.
That’s it I have said my bit 😂
I am an old man living in the countryside of Japan. Your words always make me cry with joy because of the love I feel for the Kyoto Tachibana Band and the people involved. Thank you so much.
@@yumekoono6103
Thank you very much for your comment. I live on the other side of the world in England and the chance of ever seeing the band live is pretty remote. But with the modern technology made available to us all, I can feel I am there. And yes, I am too an old man and they tug on my heart strings also.
Arigato.
I came upon Kyoto Tachibana SHS Band about 5 years ago. Immediately impressed with their talent and abilities. Reading about them in the unofficial fan blog , I learned about Prof Hiramatsu and his concepts for this band. To hold onto those ideas and put them into practice has been a blessing to Japan and the world. He will always live on in the music, dancing and smiles of the young women and men who have performed in orange and black. RIP Sir.
WONDERFUL TO HEAR THEM PLAYING. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. WORLDS BEST MARCHING BAND - ALWAYS WATCHING FROM VIETNAMESE ?
“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
― Rumi, 13th century Persian poet and scholar
Rest in Peace, Profesor Hiramatsu, you have created a thing of great beauty. The Tachibana Senior High School Band are without doubt the greatest band in the world.
This In tears I write this, that professor Hisashi Hiramatsu was a great genius and wonderful person. His legacy, Kyoto Tachibana HS band is one that is such a valuable and beloved gift. I have great respect for them all, and love them all. A thank you from the heart to all of Tachibana.
I have been privileged to have listened to and watched the happiness of the Kyoto Tachibana High School Bands many times. I have always been very emotional about how Japan suffered and overcame many serious tragedies and my admiration of how the surviving youngsters in all of their school bands overcame their losses and Tachibana in particular have achieved eternal greatness under the wonderful expertise of Professor Hiramatsu who created a new style of musicianship for the world to appreciate. I was amazed by the joint parade performance with Tachibana and The Japan Green Band at the Roses procession only a few days before Professor Hiramatsu passed away. So on the very sad occasion of this memorial video performance, I share with everyone concerned their sadness and of course offer my deepest sympathy and support and wish you all peace.
A fitting tribute to a Great Man and his Wonderful Band - RIP Hiramatsu-sensai !
(※Machine translation.)
It has been a year since Mr. Hiramatsu passed away, and I am once again keenly aware of the magnitude of what we have lost for our Green Band.
Mr. Hiramatsu performed my composition "Prayer, and with Pride" at a benefit concert held at Kennedy High School in the United States during the 2018 Kyoto Tachibana High School Rose Parade expedition.
I wrote this piece right after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and worked very hard to write it in the affected areas.
It was a wonderful performance by the Kyoto Tachibana High School students, who really put their hearts into it, and by Mr. Hiramatsu with his wonderful smile.
Mr. Hiramatsu, please continue to watch over the Green Band.
Now, everyone, please listen to the performance at that time.
Junichi Naito
Very emotional. Thank you very much! What a great loss, indeed. His spirit will live on forever.
ご冥福をお祈りします
ありがとうございました
😥🙏💯💯💯💯💯🏆
A great tribute to the great man and what he accomplished in his life and how he made Kyoto Tachibana High School Band become what it is now today.🙏
Can I ask if someone can translate the opening words by the man at the beginning of this video. Possibly, who is he and what he does in Kyoto Tachibana High School.
Domo Arigato
GOOD AFTERNOON CAN I USE THIS VIDEO FOR REPORTING? I AM A REPORTER IN TAIWAN........
Please excuse my ignorance, but was some of the music played in this tribute composed by Sir Edward Elgar? It is certainly in his style of music. By coincidence this morning, 18th March 2022, I passed the Elgar statue of memorial in my home City of Worcester, England and near it is temporarily an exhibition of the Knife Angel which was made of 10,000 knives confiscated by the police after knife attacks and murders. It is 8.2296 meters high and weighs three and a half tons. Remembering that Japan was attacked by nuclear bombs, I am hoping that this Tachibana tribute coinciding with my viewing of the two statues is a sign of hope for peace following the Ukraine war and that it does not develop into a full nuclear war. Thank you again Professor Hiramatsu and Tachibana for your wonderful music.
The whole music is titled "Prayer and Pride in My Heart" (english translation) composed by Junichi Naito, and dedicated to the victims of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake. You can search 祈り、そして誇りを胸に to find performance from other bands. KT has performed this piece on several occasions also. Yes, I think there may be some similarity with other music as also happens with other music played by KT. The start even sounds like Yorkshire Ballad by James Barnes which KT also played in marching events.
@@naranja21 Thank you. That is very interesting
素晴らしい曲ですね、平松先生も天国でウクライナ戦争に対して平和の指揮を執っていらっしゃると思います🦹♀
橘は平松先生から始まり田中先生と今は兼松先生に、忘れて行けないのは、阿野次男先生がサポートして呉れて居ることです私は阿野先生と、吹奏楽部の、子供達が練習を、している動画が、が好きです😮
WONDERFUL TO HEAR THEM PLAYING. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. WORLDS BEST MARCHING BAND - ALWAYS WATCHING FROM VIETNAMESE ?