Tokyo Sinfonietta Regular Concerts in 2018 (the 43 th and 44 th)
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- Name of the organization or individual
- Tokyo Sinfonietta
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY30 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 1st term
Business Overview
The 43 th Regular Concert featured works commissioned by Music From Japan, a New York-based organization dedicated to introducing contemporary Japanese music, as well as works by composers recommended by the North American Music Critics Association. Tokuhide Niimi: "Piano Quintet: The Shape of Soul" - Japan premiere - Naoko Hishinuma: "In the Deep Sea II" Julia Woolf: "The Vermeer Room" - Japan premiere - Zosha Di Castro: "Cortège" - Japan premiere - Anthony Chang: "vis-a`-vis" - Japan premiere - Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura Performance: Tokyo Sinfonietta The 44 th Regular Concert features percussion instruments. Three percussionists belonging to the Tokyo Sinfonietta performed percussion works by Japanese composers and performed concertos by young Dutch composers for the first time in Japan with percussionists invited from the Netherlands as soloists. Maki Ishii: "Thirteen Drums" Satoshi Hitotsuyanagi: "Trio Interlink" Toru Takemitsu: "Tree of Rain" Eui Laukens: "Percussion Concerto" - Japan premiere - Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura Performance: Tokyo Sinfonietta Percussion: Toshiyuki Matsukura, Mitsuyo Wada, Yoko Ishizaki, Dominic Frashauers
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, July 7, 2018, Monday, December 10
- Venues
- Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Small Hall (Taito-ku, Tokyo) (July) Toppan Hall (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) (December)
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Profile
【 Tokyo Sinfonietta 】
Tokyo Sinfonietta was established in 1994 with the aim of introducing contemporary music through outstanding performances and being directly involved with the creation of current composers. Since then, she has held regular concerts in Tokyo, performed at various music festivals, and performed at major contemporary music festivals around the world, starting with France and Germany in 1996. Through these activities, he has picked up works by more than 140 contemporary composers, commissioned new pieces from 16 composers of different generations, and performed world and Japanese premieres.