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    Ayako Shirasaki - Tour Northern Germany - Oct. 2009

    Jan Matthies Music Management is very pleased to present Ayako Shirasaki in northern Germany in October 2009!
    After being so well received by the audience during the 1. International Jazz Solo Piano Festival, she is coming back to Germany. Tickets are available now. 
    This time she shows her full range, playing solo with a new program, the […]

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