AKIYO LAMBERT KAI
ランベール甲斐あきよ
Music Belle
Lyre Music Society
With the Lyre -
Connecting People in Art, Therapy, Education and Healthcare
Lyre, Voice, Music Production
Based in Japan and France, I have been active as a performer and music teacher for over 40 years.
I encountered the lyre in 2000, and drawing on research into the playing techniques of various instruments, I established a solo lyre style.
I am currently studying harpsichord in the early music department at the conservatoire, while also having resumed the study of voice after many years' pause.
Concept
A single sound —
it becomes a force by which the true self heals itself.
It does not arise from trying to heal.
It is not for comparing oneself with others, nor for being evaluated.
Listening closely to silence, generating and playing the true sound oneself.
Within that accumulation, healing occurs naturally.
There are things that can only grow through continuing with a humble heart.
Sforza Castle in Milan, Italy
Lyre workshop in Tokyo, Japan
Saint-Étienne Cathedral of Auxerre, Burgundy, France
Lyre Method
Learning correct fundamentals and training the ear.
As a musician, I have explored the lyre not merely as a therapeutic tool but as an instrument in its own right, and by tracing its history, I have established a unique method that integrates "therapy and performance" — the Akiyo Lyre Method.
Beyond its potential as a therapeutic tool, this method develops the instrument's potential as one that can be played solo.
In sound, the performer's true "face" and "heart" are revealed, impossible to hide.
It is not simply about tracing the score skillfully without mistakes.
Listening closely — how to create a single tone, how to let it resonate, what music to play with it.
Each performer faces themselves through sound,
acquiring performance technique while, over time, cultivating their inner self.
That is the Akiyo Lyre Method.