Akiyama Quartet 2nd Concert

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Name of the organization or individual

Akiyama Quartet

subsidy category

start-up subsidy

Grant Type

single year

FY 2022 3rd Startup Subsidy

Akiyama Quartet 2nd Concert Photo: Nanako Sakurai

Akiyama Quartet 2nd Concert Photo: Nanako Sakurai

Akiyama Quartet 2nd Concert Photo: Nanako Sakurai

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Business Overview

Contents: What did the composers see, feel, and talk about? Through music, we reconsider the world we live in. [Performers] Aiko Sakurai (sop.)/Yuki Akiyama (pf.)/Nao Saihashi (vn.)/Tetsuzo Iijima (vc.) [Main Program] ・ Yuki Akiyama: Songs-Transcriptions – Flow my tears (after J, Dowland) (commissioned premiere) (2023) ・ Shostakovich: 7 Romances by Alexander Broeck 127 (1967) ・ Duparque (arranged by Yuki Akiyama): To the land where the war broke out (1869-70) ・ Charino: Vanitas [still life in one act for voice, cello and piano] (1981) 4. “Broken Mirror ” (stardust), etc. [Staff] Flyer, flyer, ticket design, video photography: Seiya Takahashi/photography, logo design: Nanako Sakurai

implementation period

Thursday, August 3, 2023

Place of implementation

Marie Konzerto (Itabashi Ward, Tokyo)

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Profile

[Akiyama Quartet]
Formed by classmates from the Tokyo University of the Arts, this is a quartet with a piano trio and vocal music that has never been seen on a permanent basis. They are highly praised for their unprecedented program structure and the technical ability of the members to perform various songs. Activities are carried out for the following three purposes.
1)This program seamlessly connects chamber music works of all ages, styles, and languages, and does not simply incorporate works that have few opportunities to be performed, but brings new appeal and aesthetic value to each work through the program as a whole.
2)Among chamber music works, the unknown possibilities of songs, which are rarely taken up at concerts, are explored widely by touching on works for duos and trios.
3)By including new works and commissioned premieres of arrangements in every performance, it supports the creative activities of composers and musicians in the composition of chamber music and songs.