THE KEY
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Key Project Executive Committee
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY30 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 2nd term
Business Overview
A site-specific musical drama based on composer Francesca Leroy's novel "The Key" by Tanizaki Junichiro. The original story is told to readers through diaries written on the premise that the relationships between the four characters can be stolen from each other. In order to express the world of the original work, including the relationships between the characters told through diaries in the family, the music is played in four separate rooms. It consists of four trios. Each is placed in four rooms of the house, and each trio realistically expresses the individual drama of the original four characters (Husband, wife, daughter, Kimura) with different instruments, songs, and dances. On the other hand, it is a work in which the audience has a different experience by going around the house and appreciating each piece of music/story as if looking into it. [Performers and Staff] Composition/Direction: Francesca Leroy Baritone: Kei Matsudaira Shakuhachi: Kohei Matsumoto Contrabass: Yukiko Shiina Soprano: Akane Kudo Cello: Yuri Kubota Sho: Atsumi Kojima Mezzo Soprano: Chieko Noda Kotsuzumi: Mikako Ogawa Violin: Kyoju Hayakawa Dance: Shozo Ayaka Biwa: Akiko Kubota Clarinet: Hiroko Miyake Choreography: Kae Ishimoto Drama Turku: Alexander Luther Lighting: Makoto Uemura Planning Production: Naoya Yamashita
- Period of Activity / Project
- Sunday, May 19, 2019 – 26th (Sun)
- Venues
- The atelier of the former Taira Kushida Chusei (Taito Ward, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
【 The Key Project Executive Committee 】
It was established in 2017 by composer Francesca Leroy and producer Naoya Yamashita for the premiere of "The Key". In May 2018, it was premiered at Nakamachi no ie (Adachi Ward), in May 2019 it was premiered at the former Taira Kushida Chusei (Taito Ward), and in August 2019, it was performed in the Contemporary Opera Festival 'Tete a tete' in London, where it was highly praised.
Francesca Leroy
Composer. Graduated from the Scottish Conservatory of Music. Studied music under David Fennessy. 2015: Went to Japan on a scholarship from the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. He continues to collaborate with Japanese artists. He studied how to play Japanese musical instruments such as the shakuhachi (Japanese flute), sho (Japanese flute) and biwa (Japanese lute), and composed many pieces of music using both Japanese and Western musical instruments.