Yuji Takahashi Concert III
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Yuji Takahashi Concert Executive Committee
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 2 (2020) 1st Term Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program]
Business Overview
This is the third solo exhibition of works by Yuji Takahashi, a leading Japanese composer and pianist who will turn 80 next year. The program includes early works from the 60's, which are said to have been lost, as well as recent works and world premieres, and follows the footsteps of a composer over 80 years old with the audience. 【 Planning 】 Yoichi Sugiyama 【 Program 】・ Hashi II (1965) ・ Hashi III (1968) ・ World premiere ・Phonourloupes (2019) ・ World premiere ・ Phonogenes (indoor ensemble and tape) (1962) ・ Gandalva (1994) ・ Le Doubre de Paganini (1986) ・ Swan ga Kuwariwa (1995)
- Period of Activity / Project
- January 24, 2021
- Venues
- Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Small Hall (Taito Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
【 Sugiyama Yoichi 】
He studied music by Akira Miyoshi, Franco Donatoni and Sandro Gorli, and conductors by Emilio Pomarico and Morihiro Okabe. Commissioned by the Milan Musica Festival and the Venice Biennale, his works include chamber music by Tokyo Genon Keikaku, Kunko Kato, Japanese music for Kazue Sawai and Nanae Yoshimura, and choral works for the Tokyo Mixed Choir. He received the Italian Copyright Society Award, the Keizo Saji Award from the Suntory Foundation for the Arts, and the 68 Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists. As a conductor, he has performed in Japan including the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and premiered a new opera at the Reggio Emilia Cavallerica Theater. He teaches at the Claudio Abbado Conservatory of Milan.