Mr. Kiyotane Hayashi has been photographing musicians since the 1st Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy & Festival. His photographs are full of images that make you feel as if you can hear the music. Here are a number of photographs of the musicians with full of warmth and humanity.

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Maurice Gendron & Keiko Toyama(1980)

Helmut Winschermann(1980)

Helmut Winshhermann(1980)

Helmut Winshhermann(1980)

Maurice Gendron(1980)

Waldemar Doling(1980)

Yoshihara Sumire(1980)

Edith Picht-Axenfeld(1981)

Günther Passin(1981)

Knut Guettler(1981)

Helmut Winschermann and his students(1982)

Karl Leister and his students(1982)

Group photo(1983)

Karl Engel(1983)

Ernst Haefliger and his students(1984)

Isang Yun & Burkhard Glaetzner(1984)

Josef Páleníček(1984)

Rodney Slatford(1984)

Rodney Slatford(1984)

Gerhard Puchelt(1985)

Koji Toyoda & Toshi Ichiyanagi(1985)

Milan Turković(1985)

Toru Takemitsu & Burkhard Glaetzner(1985)

Ernst Haefliger(1986)

Saschko Gawriloff and his students(1986)

Alan Civil(1987)

Ingo Sinnhoffer(1987)

Jörg Ewald Dähler & Ernst Haefliger(1987)

Klaus Schilde(1987)

Otto Winter(1987)

Christian Lardé and his students(1988)

Christian Lardé(1988)

Maurice Gendron & Koji Toyoda(1988)

Heinz Medjimorec(1989)

Hirofumi Fukai(1989)

Ulf Rodenhäuser(1989)

Kiyotane Hayashi　
He started his career as a photographer of folk and rock music, and has been shooting classical music since the early 1980s. In 2019, he received the Special Award of the 29th Nippon Steel Music Awards. He is a member of the Japan Photographers Association (JPSA).