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The third Kei Yamazawa Cello Recital: "A Collection of Works by Japanese Composers"

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Name of the organization or individual
Kei Yamazawa
subsidy category
Creation Grant
Grant Type
single year individual

Reiwa 4(2022) 2nd Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant

Business Overview

The third in a series of concerts featuring cello works by Japanese composers. This time they performed cello works by 5 composers with the theme of composers born in 1953. The performance is available on YouTube. Nohira Ichiro: BATT (2012) Kanno Yoshihiro: Stars II (1998) Nishimura Akira: Karavinka no Uta (2017) Yoshimatsu Takashi: From 3 Songs from Far Away "Furusato" (2017) Nohira Ichiro: Texture of Confusion IV (2003) Takahashi Hiroshi: Ransho (2017) Nishimura Akira: Ode (2012) Yamazawa Kei (cello), Otaki Takuya (piano)

Period of Activity / Project
Saturday, October 7, 2023 - Friday, December 15
Venues
Tokyo Concerts Lab * Information such as project outline is provided by organizations and individuals who provide subsidies.

Profile

Kei Yamazawa
Won 1st prize in "Kyoraku XI" of the 11 Contemporary Music Performance Competition and received the 24 Asahi Contemporary Music Award. He has made it his life's work to explore the possibilities of the cello and has actively commissioned numerous composers. Since 2015, Mindtree has held an annual recital of unaccompanied cello pieces written since the 20 century. In 21, he launched the "Collection of Works by Japanese Composers" series, which is held regularly.