Vocalist Ryoko Aoki Concert Series: The 10 Commemorative Performance of "Contemporary Music x Noh"
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- Name of the organization or individual
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- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 5(2023) 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
"Contemporary Music x Noh" is a performance to present new contemporary music composed for the Noh vocal "utai" (chant), and 40 composers from 19 countries have contributed their music since it started in 2010. In this performance, in commemoration of the 10 th performance, in addition to the world premiere, a selection of pieces from the repertoire of Noh vocal music was performed. The world premieres of new music by Anurice Van Palais and Naoki Sakata, and the Japanese premieres of Claude Ledoux were performed by young string players such as the vocalist Ryoko Aoki, violinists Tatsuki Narita and Ryosuke Suo, viola player Satoshi Tojo, and cello player Fumino Uemura.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Thursday, November 30, 2023
- Venues
- Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Small Hall (Taito Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
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Founded in 2007 by Noh vocalist Ryoko Aoki, this ensemble pursues and practices the fusion of Noh and contemporary music. It commissions internationally active contemporary music composers to produce works using Noh 'utai' (chant) as a material, and presents a new culture based on traditional Japanese culture and reviews the cultural significance of traditional performing arts in modern times. The aim is to reconstruct the Japanese sense of beauty nurtured through history and tradition and to transmit it to the world.