Orquesta Libre plays three-sentence opera
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Hanai Ltd.
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY26 Phase II Creation Grant [Single-year grant program]
Business Overview
The play and stage music of Brecht's masterpiece "Sanmon Opera" are translated into Japanese, and this is a new form of entertainment that is different from a play, a concert or a musical, and progresses through drama, music and kodan storytelling. Orquesta Libre, a band made up of musicians with Japan's leading performance and expressiveness, and songs by Kanda Kyoko, currently the most powerful female kodan storyteller, Matsuzumi Yohei, an up-and-coming actor, and Yanagihara Yoichiro, a former member of "Tama," play an organic and multifaceted relationship.
- Period of Activity / Project
- October 7, 2014 to 8
- Venues
- Asahi Art Square (Sumida Ward, Tokyo)
Profile
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki
Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University. He started his career in the jazz area in Kansai when he was a student. He worked as a member of a band that led jazz and avant pop. He has performed with a wide range of musicians, from pop music to jazz, rock, contemporary music and Japanese music. He manages various groups such as the large jazz group Orquesta Libre and percussion ensemble "Orquesta Nudge! Nudge!". In recent years, he has been invited to the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in Denmark. He was also involved in many musical productions for stage plays, TV and movies by Bungakuza, Koki Mitani and Yukio Ninagawa.