European performance of gagaku
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- Name of the organization or individual
- Gagaku European Performance Executive Committee
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY29 Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program] 1st term
Business Overview
The members are centered around the former chief musician of the Gakubu (Music Department), Shikibu-shoku (Board of Ceremonies) of the Imperial Household Agency, and they perform instrumental music and poetry of gagaku in four European countries. In this project, "Kagurauta," which is said to be a secret piece of gagaku, and pieces such as "Choshi" and "Jobuki," which are not usually performed on stage, are planned to be performed by combining solo and rebuki. In addition, the lecture will introduce the history of gagaku, the instruments, and the aesthetic sense and values of the Japanese handed down for more than 1300 years, including the method and form of performance. The performance in Ireland will mark 60 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Ireland.
- Period of Activity / Project
- June 20, 2017 - July 3
- Venues
- Antiguo Hospital Santa Maria la Rica (Alcala de Henares) Patio de cristales del Museo Arqueologico Regional (Alcala de Henares)/Spain St. Cacilien Schnuettgen Museum (Koln) Tenri Gagaku Studio Tenri Japanisch-Deutsche Kulturwerkstatt (Koln)/Germany Theatre No d'Aix en Provence/France St Ann's Church (Dublin) St. Patrick`s Gateway center (Waterford) Chester Beatty Library (Dublin)/Ireland
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Profile
[Gagaku European Performance Executive Committee]
In 2011, Naoyuki Manabe, who had been an envoy of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and had organized many overseas performances, invited gagaku musicians such as Hideaki Toyoyo, former chief musical director of the Imperial Household Agency, Shogo Anzai, Nagao Okubo, Goro Ikebe and others to this performance. His individual activities include performing at home and abroad, promoting music, writing, mixing with contemporary music, and teaching.