The Shakuhachi 5 『The 2nd Concert』

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Name of the organization or individual

The Shakuhachi 5

subsidy category

start-up subsidy

Grant Type

single year

FY 2021 1st Startup Subsidy

"Shara Soju" (Mara trees) (Akira NISHIMURA)

"Shape of Wind" by Tai Xin Liao

Gyogumo '(Yukika MAKINO)

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Business Overview

This is the second regular performance by "The Shakuhachi 5" which pursues the contemporary music of the shakuhachi. The program centered on commissioning new pieces (Nishimura's works), soliciting new pieces (Taishin's works), revisiting masterpieces (Makino and Moroi's works), and discovering past pieces (Nakamata's works), and the performance showed the variety of expressions and possibilities of the shakuhachi. Program 1. Yutaka Makino "Gyogumo" (1980) 2. Shinkio Nakamata "Space for 3 Shakuhachi" (1969) 3. Ryo Taishin "Shape of Wind" (2021) World premiere commissioned by public 4. Toru Takemitsu from "SONGS" 5. Makoto Moroi "Dialogue Godai" (1972) 6. Akira Nishimura "Sarasouki for 5 Shakuhachi" (2021) World premiere commissioned by public

implementation period

Performance: Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Distribution: Saturday, April 2, 2022 - 17th (Fri)

Place of implementation

Performance: Toyosu Civic Center Hall
(Koto-ku, Tokyo) Distribution: TwitCast

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Profile

[The Shakuhachi 5]
Akito Kohama, Aoyama Kawamura, Suzon Kuroda, Akihisa Kominato, and Kenichi Tajima form a super school shakuhachi group that continues to pursue not only classical but also modern expressions. In 2020, he recorded "Longing from afar," a telework piece by composer Masaru Fujikura, with his own conducting and released a video. This is his practical debut. They performed the world premiere of "Shakuhachi Five" (commissioned) composed by Masaru Fujikura at the inaugural concert, and "Sarasouki" (commissioned) composed by Akira Nishimura at the second regular concert.