▲ Well-known guitarist Yoshinobu Iwanoga, performing in Yonsei (Photographed by Bang Hyun-duk) | ||
Yoshinobu is an eminent Japanese guitarist, both domestically and internationally known and a winner of the First Japan Guitar Recital, Italy Garniano International Guitar Recital, and Paris International Guitar Recital. After the year 2000, he advanced to the world stage and gained much popularity all around Europe, Africa, and South-East Asia.
At Yonsei, he played his favorite Spanish guitar music, starting with melodies soft and sweet to passionate and dramatic. "Most of my concerts in Korea are mainly organized around universities, and I would be really glad and delighted if Korean students feel my music with their hearts as well as their ears. I want my music to be melodies heard from inside the soul." he said, with a lovely smile on his face. He has performed concerts and given master classes in Japan, Korea, Taiwans and the U.S.