Ryogoku Art Festival 2023（at Ryogoku Monten Hall）Photo：yamasin(g)
Ryogoku Art Festival 2023（at SUMIDA TRIPHONY HALL small hall）Photo：yamasin(g)
Featuring entertainment film researcher SATO Toshiaki as this year’s artistic director, the festival offered four programs at two venues under the umbrella title “Film, music, and dialog.” Film music, which utilizes genres such as classical music, contemporary music, jazz, and pop, could be regarded as an intersection of all sorts of music. Using film music as a point of contact, organizers put together a program of concerts making contemporary music seem familiar to everyone.
[The 1st Night Program]
-European film and dialog: Concert with koto and piano starring NISHI Yoko
Performers: NISHI Yoko (koto), YOSHIMORI Makoto (piano)
[The 2nd night program]
-Hollywood movies, music, and dialog: Concert with guitar and piano starring YAMADA Gaku
Performers: YAMADA Gaku (guitar), KAWAMURA Erika (piano)
[The 3rd Night Program]
-Japanese film, music, and dialog: Concert with two pianos starring HAYASHI Masaki
Performers: HAYASHI Masaki, TANAKA Nobumasa (piano)
[The 4th Night Program]
-Film, music, and dialog: Illuminating film with music
Performers: NISHI Yoko (koto), YAMADA Gaku (guitar), HAYASHI Masaki, TANAKA Nobumasa, YOSHIMORI Makoto, KAWAMURA Erika, YAMADA Takashi, IRIKAWA Shun
Monten（ Ryogoku Monten Hall ）
General Incorporated Association Monten (Ryogoku Monten Hall)
After its opening in 1989, Monnaka Tenjo Hall staged an ambitious and varied program of music and performances with the aim of offering a high-quality experience of art and fostering a broad audience base, oscillating between the two poles of “tradition and modernity.” In 2013 it moved to Ryogoku and changed its name to Ryogoku Monten Hall to reflect its standing as a new art space. The venue operates by leveraging partnerships with artists from various genres and local communities. It creates new forms of culture by constantly holding experimental events.
KUROSAKI Yaeko
Chief Director
Monten
1F, Murasawa Bldg. 1
1-3-9 Ryogoku, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0026
Tel：+81-(0)3-6666-9491
Fax：+81-(0)3-6666-9491
E-mail：Contact@monten.jp
Ryogoku Monten Hall, Sumida City, Tokyo
SUMIDA TRIPHONY HALL small hall, Sumaida City, Tokyo
