vocalconsort initium; 8th concert: Profound Japanese choral music
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- vocalconsort initium
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY Reiwa 5(2023) 2nd Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
This is the 8th performance organized by vocalconcert initium, a new professional chamber choir founded in Tokyo in 2015. Under the title "Profound Japanese Choral Music," the author shines a spotlight on works by Japanese composers of the same period, and attempts to clarify the relationship between Japanese language and music and the relationship between language and music, and to modernize the criticality of choral music in the context of classical music, while developing compositions with various compositions and acoustic rules. Conductor: YANAGISHIMA Kota, M. Lovell/C. Gotwald < < Soupir > > (Poem: S. Mallarme) KONDO Yuzuru < < Toiki > > (Poem: Translated by S. Mallarme Poem: Satoshi UEDA) Conductor: TANI Ikunari Seisui < < Whispering Chubism > > MANABE Naoyuki < < Three Poems/Death > > (Poems by J. Eichendorf, R. M. Rilke, Minako Oba) MIYAKE Yuta < < Conception I by the text of TERAYAMA Shuji > > (poem: TERAYAMA Shuji) Piano: ODA Hiroyuki Conductor: YANAGISHIMA Kota < < Jomon Rensho > > (poem: SOZAKON)
- Period of Activity / Project
- Friday, May 31, 2024
- Venues
- Toyosu Culture Center Hall (Koto Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
【vocal concert initiative 】
The vocal concert initiative is a chamber choir founded in 2015 by conductors Iku Tani (Austria) and Kota Yanagishima (Germany), who studied in Europe. All members have their own musical careers and are exploring the possibilities of multi-vocal musical performances. In February 2015, he made his debut with Liem "My Soul Is Dead Sad" and Eisler "Against War". They have successfully performed 8 independent concerts in Tokyo, and in November 2019 they held their 4th concert as part of the Kitatopia International Music Festival. In 2022, Morten Schuldt-Jensen was invited to give concerts and conducting master classes.