Reigakusha Children's Gagaku Concert 2021
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Reigakusha
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY2 Reiwa 2020 2nd Term Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program]
Business Overview
Although gagaku is a traditional Japanese art with a history of more than 1000 years, it is a genre that has extremely few opportunities to listen to it compared to other Japanese and Western music. In order to pass on the traditional Gagaku to the next generation, he aimed to increase the number of people interested in Gagaku, increase the number of people who appreciate Gagaku, and further spread Gagaku by holding introductory Gagaku performances for many people, especially for children and people who listen to Gagaku for the first time. They performed "Kanjoraku," a piece of classical gagaku accompanied by dance, "Karabo Kaze ni Nori," a piece with narration for children by Sukeyasu Shiba, the founder of Reigakusha, and "Hoshi no Tententen," a piece by Akiko Yamane that focuses on the fun of the sounds of gagaku itself, and introduced the multifaceted appeal of gagaku. They also held a workshop for children to experience gagaku instruments.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, July 17, 2021
- Venues
- Hondo of Senbiya Hall (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
[Reigakusha]
Gagaku performance group. It was established by Sukeyasu SHIBA in 1985. Current music director Miyata Mayumi. Since its establishment, it has actively engaged not only in the current classical pieces of Gagaku, but also in the reproduction of abolished pieces, the restoration of Shosoin instruments, and the performance of modern pieces. He has so far commissioned new works by Joji YUASA, Satoshi HITOTSUYANAGI, Shinichiro IKEBE, Michio Kitazume, Toshio HOSOKAWA, Toshiro SARUTANI, Nao ISAJI, Akikiko YAMANE and others. In addition, Toru TAKEMITSU's' Shuteiga Ichigu '(Autumn Garden Poetry) has been one of the important repertoire pieces since the foundation, and has been repeatedly performed in Japan and abroad. In 2002, he received the Kenzo Nakajima Music Award Special Prize. He received the 16 Keizo SAJI Award for his performance of 'The Reigakusha 13 Gagaku Concert ~ Toru TAKEMITSU Autumn Garden Poetry.'. In 2020, he won the ENEOS Music Award in the Japanese music category.