Yuji Takahashi's Concert I/Utagaki
*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
FY30 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 1st term
Business Overview
This is a solo exhibition of the works of Yuji Takahashi, a leading Japanese composer and pianist who turned 80. The program includes early works from the 60's that were said to have been lost, recent works, and new works, and follows the footsteps of the 80 year-old composer with the audience. Program: • Chromamorph I (1964) Flute, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Vibraphone, Violin, Contrabass • Operation Euler (1968) Oboe Duo • Aekana Hikari (new work, world premiere in 2018) Flute, Clarinet, Vibraphone, Trumpet, Trombone, Contrabass, 4 Violins, 4 Cello • 6 Elements (1964) 4 Violins • Sa (1999) Horn • "Utagaki" for Solo Piano and 30 Instruments (1971)
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, December 29, 2018
- Venues
- Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[Yoichi Sugiyama] (Planning and Conducting)
He studied music composition with Akira Miyoshi, Franco Donatoni and Sandro Gorli, and conductors with Emilio Pomarico and Morihiro Okabe. Commissioned by the Milan Musica Festival and the Venice Biennale, his works include chamber music by Tokyo Genon Keikaku and 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.