Music, Poetry and Drama Baikal Black Sea Project
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Jun Kawasaki Music Poetry and Drama Research Institute
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY29 Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program] 1st term
Business Overview
In this project, the musical poetry drama "The end always ends before it ends" will be the path to "Eurasian Opera" and will be co-created with foreign artists. Following on from last year's performances in Armenia and Russia, this year's "Music Poetry and Drama Baikal Black Sea Project" will take place in Russia (Irkutsk, Buryatia, Ulan-Ude), Turkey and Ukraine in July, and in Tokyo in September. ■ Program ・ "The end always ends before it ends" Performances in Uran-Ude, Irkutsk ・ Collaborations with singers, musicians and dancers in Istanbul and Odessa ・ In the Tokyo performance, there will be a screening of videos and talks about the past process, overseas performances and collaborations. ■ Direction and Music Composition: Jun Kawasaki ■ Performers Aya, Hiroyo Miura, Akira Yoshimatsu, Kentaro Tsuda, Satoshi Tsuboi, Aki Ozawa (guitar), Jun Kawasaki (contrabass), Seika Miki (vocals), Jae-cheol Choi (Korean drum) ■ Staff: Hideto Mikyo, Yoshitoshi Shirasawa ■ Guests: Mariya Karnieva (vocals/Russia), Aksana Giambarova (singer/Russia), Lyudmila Zamashchkova (violin/Russia), Ilya Lunshkin (clarinet/Russia), Saadet Türkyoz (vocals/Turkey), Selen Gyurun (Vocals, Piano/Turkey), Dujug Demir (cello/Turkey), Anya Tchaikovskaya (vocals/Ukraine), Vitali Tkachuk (traditional flute/Ukraine), Ouroboros (dance theater/Ukraine), Keiko Komori (clarinet/Tokyo), Jan Gremovotsky (violin/Tokyo), Shinichiro Kanda (piano/Tokyo)
- Period of Activity / Project
- Tuesday, July 11, 2017 – Sunday, September 17
- Venues
- EDISON Craft Bar (Irkutsk), Old Munich (Irkutsk), “Voice of Nomads” International Music Festival outdoor stage (Ulan-Ude), Ethno-Gallery Orda (Ulan-Ude), Bant Mag. Mekan (Istanbul), PÜR ISTANBUL (Istanbul), Bakırköy Istanbul Municipal Theater (Istanbul), Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art (Odessa), Koen-dori Classics (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
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Profile
【 Jun Kawasaki Music Poetry and Drama Research Institute 】
Music poetry and drama as a new possibility of performing art is created by combining elements such as song, body and voice. In 2015, the Theater X Music, Poetry and Dramatic Institute performed 2 works, "The Forsaken Stars" and "The End Always Ends Before It Ends" (100 year anniversary of Tadeusz Kantor's birth/Theater X). In 2016, he collaborated with Berlin violinist Ayumi Paul, performed in Armenia and Russia, and held workshops. Led by director and composer Kawasaki, performers from various fields such as dancers, voice performers, singers, and musicians gather to explore the possibilities of expression through repeated dialogues in the study group, and explore the path to Eurasian opera through collaborations around the world.