A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Auftakt Upbeat
Movement in different directions. Conductor’s hands go down, spectators’ necks go up. Only the curtain must wait.

 

 

Bratsche Viola
Faye sometimes handles it more lovingly than she does Ishii-Eto, producing harmony in the instrument and disharmony in marriage.

 

 

Curriculum vitae Résumé
Brilliant literary self-portrait. Subject to wilful distortion. You will find Kimbo Ishii-Eto’s résumé here.

 

 

 

Dirigent Conductor
According to Celibidache a secret dictator, who fortunally is satisfied just with music.

 

 

 

Eiche Oak
Provides raw material for batons and instruments. Of no other use.

 

 

 

Faye
Not a musician; plays the viola. Her music resounds like no other in Kimbo Ishii-Eto’s heart.

 

 

Gage Fee
Concert organizers should bear in mind that half of all fees are allocated for taxes and social security, one third is for the agent, one quarter for expenses, and what little is left goes to the wife and child. Conductors should be offered bread and water during negociations.

 

 

Hirn Brain
Registers all incoming sounds, which can lead to unusual deformations with conductors. It judges, develops and anticipates sounds all at once. Requires long rehearsals to the dismay of musicians and to the delight of the public.

 

 

Ishii-Eto, Kimbo, Kimbo Ishii-Eto
Subject of this home page. His friends maintain that he transforms his combination of Chinese, Japanesem Austrian and American charm directly into music. He himself claims to be a relatively undistinguished member of his family: his grandfather is a famous painter, his uncle runs one of Asia’s leading mainboard producers and even his kid sister is a pop star in Japan.

 

 

 

Japan
Exports sushi, gameboys and hybrid beings who eat the former while manipulating the latter: diligent conductors.

 

 

 

 

Komponist Composer
According to some self-important maestros, a scribbler of false tempos:
“I conducted well, and he composed badly”.

 

 

 

Lärm Noise
Comparable in effect to a hammer hitting an anvil till it hurts.

 

 

 

 

Music
Like noise, but the ears want to hear it.

 

 

 

 

Nose
Music lovers consider it a useless piece of anatomy.

 

 

 

 

Ohr Ear
Funnel-shaped outgrowth, which hears some things it likes, some it dislikes and many things it shouldn’t. Often bitten in bed.

 

 

 

Plan
Expectation of what’s to come, although it never comes as expected. Which proves that the orchestra’s idea doesn’t always have to coincide with the conductor’s in order to succeed.

 

 

Querulant Griper
Claims to have heard sounds the conductor never let occur.
Euphemism:music critic.

 

 

 

 

Rattle, Simon
Role model.

 

 

 

 

Singing
According to Debussy, an unnecessary activity during an opera, which he defined as “pleasant entertainement which would be even better without singing”.

 

 

 

Taktstock Baton
Unfortunately too short to hit underachieving musicians.

 

 

 

 

Urknall Big Bang
The proof that in the beginning there were neither conductors nor the public. Conductors would have turned it into celestial harmony, and with a concert public it would be labelled a world premier performance.

 

 

Violin
A vengeful piece of wood, which Ishii-Eto tried unsuccesfully to tame 30 years ago. Ten years later it struck back, and numb fingers put an end to his career as a violinist and made him a condcutor.

 

 

 

 

World
Somehow managed to be created without a conductor lifting his baton.

 

 

 

X-beliebiges Arbitrairiness
Unknown in Ishii-Eto’s performances. Everything is in its place.

 

 

 

 

Y-Achse Axis of Y
Fortunately other ways of measuring space exist. Concutors need x and z axises as well.

 

 

Zunge Tongue
Indispensable for music performance. Singers need it for vocalises, clarinettists for moistining, and Ishii-Eto for showing his states of ecstasy.