Noh vocalist Ryoko Aoki's new music commission world premiere series "Contemporary music x Noh" Vol. 9
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- Name of the organization or individual
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- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 3(2021) 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
The new songs commissioned by Noh vocalist Ryoko Aoki are presented in the world premiere series "Contemporary Music x Noh". 39 composers from around the world have contributed their songs to this series. This year, three internationally active composers, Mikel Urquiza (Spain), Silvia Borzelli (Italy), and Yasutami Inamori (Japan), were commissioned. He performed the world premiere of three new songs, a chant and a cello, with Uemura Fumino, a talented cellist active in Japan and abroad. We also invited Yuji Numano, a professor at Toho Gakuen University, who is in the news for his introduction to contemporary music, “History of Contemporary Music: The Future of Art Continuing to Struggle ” (Chuko Shinsho), to talk about“ Contemporary Music and Utai ”.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Wednesday, January 12, 2022
- Venues
- Suntory Hall Blue Rose (Minato-ku, Tokyo) * Information such as project outline is provided by organizations and individuals that provide subsidies.
Profile
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Founded in 2007 by Noh vocalist Ryoko Aoki, this ensemble pursues and practices the fusion of Noh and contemporary music. It commissions internationally active contemporary music composers to produce works using Noh 'utai' (chant) as a material, and presents a new culture based on traditional Japanese culture and reviews the cultural significance of traditional performing arts in modern times. The aim is to reconstruct the Japanese sense of beauty nurtured through history and tradition and to transmit it to the world.