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Shigeo Mito is a Japanese lutenist, theorbist and vihuelista. He was born in Osaka. He came to Europe in 1980 to study at the Estatal Conservatorio Superior de Musica Oscar Espla Alicante and the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. He then studied with José Miguel Moreno, Hopkinson Smith and Jordi Savall. After his return to Japan, he gives many recitals and holds workshops for lute and vihuela.
His listed works include L’instruction de luth Renaissance (1992), L’instruction de luth Baroque 1 & 2 (1993), J. S. Bach Œuvres pour luth (2001) and a Suite pour luth BWV1007. His listed recordings include J. S. Bach S. L. Weiss Œuvres pour luth; O Gloriosa Domina and Endechas Si los delfines mueren de amores, each described as vihuela music; and Let’s travel around Europe by Lute Music, Part 1 the Renaissance era and Part 2 the Baroque era.
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