The 7th Ryogoku Art Festival 2022
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- General Incorporated Association Monten
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 4(2022) 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
Ryogoku Art Festival (RAF for short) is a music festival set in downtown Ryogoku. RAF was established in 2015 as a project to challenge the possibilities of diverse piano music. The artistic director changes every year, making it a festival of unique two-piano music. In this year's project, Asako Miyaki, a composer and spatial sound writer, was invited as artistic director, and the possibility of piano music and the possibility of Monten Hall as a space was explored by using a Steinway piano installed in the hall and two pianos created virtually using technology. Titled "Virtual Communities: Echolalia, Topophilia" the concert and symposium will be held in a hybrid of streaming and in-person at the venue, with an immersive environment using multi-speakers at the venue and on-demand viewing using VR video and virtual surround sound at the streaming. Three programs were held. Artistic director: Asako Miyaki Art direction: Jun Kosaka Spatial sound design, system planning: Etsuhisa Suzuki Virtual surround technology advisor: Takuya Kanna Performers: Masanori Oishi, Sumion Hayashibara, Koumi Kosaka, Mikako Mizuno, etc.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Monday, Tuesday, August 9, 2022 - 22nd
- Venues
- Ryogoku Monten Hall (Sumida Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
[General Incorporated Association Monten (Ryogoku Monten Hall)]
Since its opening in 1989, Monchu Ceiling Hall, the predecessor of Ryogoku Monten Hall, has enthusiastically introduced and performed various music and performances from traditional to pioneering modern music. Under the theme of "Traditional and Modern," it strives to provide high-quality musical experiences and cultivate a wide audience.