Contemporary Japanese music "Ko"
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- NHK Japanese Music Technician Training Association Ensemble Contemporary Japanese Music "Ko"
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY30 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 1st term
Business Overview
Gendai hogaku 'ko' is a musical group established by members selected from the alumni association of the NHK Hogaku Technician Training Association. This is the first performance since it was established to reevaluate and revitalize the vast archive of contemporary Japanese music and to actively introduce the works of contemporary composers. Program 1. Ki-yukyu for koto and sangen/Toshio Funakawa (1962) 2. Shitake Symphony No. 2/Bondai Fujii (1965) 3. Ryukyukyukyushuifu/Akira Miyoshi (1986) 4. Nichirin-genei/Yoshihiro Kanno (2000) 5. Nunc Stans - Tokijiku -/Atsuhiko GONDAI (commissioned new work, world premiere) Conductor: Yasuaki ITAKURA (2,4, 5) Performance: Contemporary Japanese music "Ko"
- Period of Activity / Project
- Monday, November 5, 2018
- Venues
- Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Small Hall (Taito Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
【NHK Traditional Japanese Music Technicians Fostering Association Ensemble Gendai Traditional Japanese Music “Ko ”】
NHK Traditional Japanese Music Technicians Fostering Association has produced many famous performers from 1955 to 2010 with the aim of fostering performers who are ready to respond to modern traditional Japanese music works across schools. In order to further deepen their knowledge and activities regarding“ modern traditional Japanese music, ” they held auditions from graduates, selected members, and formed “Gendai Traditional Japanese Music“ Ko ” as a professional performance group.
In the Japanese music scene after World War II, "modern Japanese music" which has left a huge archive is now rediscovered and revitalized as a modern heritage to be passed on to the future, and the activities are focused on actively introducing and commissioning ambitious new works with high requirements by modern composers with outstanding performances.