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MASAE GIMBAYASHI – Album « Je te veux » Classic variations Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd Distribution Sergent Major Company Ltd – The Orchard “In this album improvisation is integrated between Satie and Gershwin, a sign of her unique musicality cultivated in jazz. The music of the past and its "now" light up like a mirror. The selection of music, and of course the performance itself are perfect. The excellent quality of the recording that captures the sound of the piano undoubtedly increases its value. ”- Shin-ichi Numabé music critic, Japan Masae Gimbayashi - Album Je te veux - on Apple Music Masaé GImbayashi Masaé performs in Europe and Japan, USA, invited to the Festivals such as Normandy Impressionist, Albert Roussel Festival, Bray Norman jazz festival, 150th anniversary of Franco-Japanese friendships, 150th opening of the port of Yokohama, Festival des Bell towers... Winner of national and international competitions, student of Jay Gottlieb and...

On Friday (June 12), spotted via an SEC filing that Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) had acquired 4 million Class A shares in Warner Music Group in a transaction worth around $100m. Those 4m shares equated to 5.2% of outstanding Class A shares, and 0.8% of Warner Music Group as an entire company. We’ve subsequently learned, via an additional filing also lodged with the SEC on Friday (see below), that China’s Tencent Holdings – the majority owner of TME – has itself acquired a separate stake in Warner of the same size as TME’s (4 million shares / 0.8% of Warner’s company). Tencent Holdings did so via its 100% subsidiary, Huang River Investment Ltd. Both of these transactions took place on Wednesday, June 3, the day Warner floated a portion of its company on the Nasdaq. And both of them were worth circa $100m. This means that the Wall Street Journal’s earlier report suggesting that Tencent was considering a $200m acquisition of WMG shares was right on the money. It ...