"Love Transcending Time and Space" - IDAKI SHIN Concert

On December 4, 1997, Saito performed on the pipe organ of the Duomo of Monreale, Sicily, Italy, which is renowned for its brilliant Byzantine mosaic. On December 5, he gave a benefit concert at the Teatro Massimo, an important cultural heritage of Palermo, the capital city of Sicily, and one of the largest theaters in Europe. The proceeds from the ticket sales of this concert were donated to Telefono Azzurro, a nation-wide free-toll helpline operated by volunteers for children in trouble or in danger.

  • Performer; Idaki Shin
  • Date; 4th Dec. 1997 "the Duomo of Monreale"
    5th Dec. Teatro Massimo
Idaki Shin message

"Love Transcending Time and Space"

The brilliance and beauty inside our hearts reflects what human life was originally intended to be, and is life itself, blessed with love.

The pipe organ of the Duomo of Monreale Stricken with a serious disease in my teens, I was on the brink of death several times, hovering between life and death. The feeling of a slight hope just managed to save my life. Tears filled my eyes. Then I spent over a decade or so, till I grasped that this subtle feeling is an eternal guide for life, emerging from deep inside my body. As I grew conscious of it, my poor physical condition started to recover; sometimes gradually, dramatically at other times. I have encountered within myself countless lives of others who are injured internally and spiritually, which resonate with each other and are assimilated into a vast space and then healed. With no will or intention at all on my part, this life-to-life encounter occurs repeatedly within my body, and then unites itself with nature. I understood that this is the very work of love. Later I became able to express this state of being through piano improvisations, where a series of these inner encounters and communications takes place naturally. I sincerely wish that every one of you will be able to feel true love at the center of your life, which shall continue to shine forever in this vast universe.

Thank you very much.