2019 Yumemakura Performance 'Outside Society'
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Yumemakura
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY30 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 2nd term
Business Overview
A narrative musical drama based on Ayuo's autobiography Outside Society. The theme is cultural clashes between families from different cultures and issues of identity. They will play music incorporating elements of medieval European music, traditional Japanese music, Orient music and progressive rock.
Ayuo: song, guitar, bouzouki, ukulele, libretto, video, lyrics and music Akiichi Nakamura: shakuhachi Hisako Hisako: 25 stringed koto Yoko Ueno: song, accordion, bass, percussion Junzo Tateiwa: percussion, drums
- Period of Activity / Project
- Wednesday, July 3, 2019
- Venues
- Sumida Triphony Hall, small hall (Sumida Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
[Yumemakura]
Yumemakura was established in 2015 in collaboration with Akiichi Nakamura, a shakuhachi player who was also influenced by Jung's ideas, to read a libretto composed by Ayuo and to perform a work for music called "The Dream Diary of Carl Jung". Music created by Ayuo, a musician who has always lived in an environment where multiple ethnic groups, cultures, customs and languages intermingle, will be performed by voice, Japanese traditional instruments, Asian percussion instruments and an ensemble of Western instruments. This is a group of musicians who are familiar with the music of various styles and ethnicities, who fully demonstrate their skills, harmonize the music of different cultures and the sound of instruments, and create and transmit new music that is truly multicultural and multi-ethnic.
[Ayuo]
Born as the first son of Yuji Takahashi, a composer and pianist. Raised in New York, he was influenced by American experimental music, literature and art of the late 60s. My parents divorced and married several times, and my parents grew up in a mixture of cultures and religions, including Iranian-American, Irish-American, and British. This environment created Ayuo's cultural background. He released 18 solo albums in Japan and the United States. He has performed with Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Zorn and many other artists. Strongly influenced by the music of medieval minstrels, he continues to create the world connection seen in ancient music with his unique sound. In recent years, he has released musical plays based on the literary works of Duras and Winterson, works based on the ancient ideas of Rumi and the words of Zeami and others. Genres range from new classics to avant-garde psychedelics and world music.