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First term of fiscal year 2023 Creation Grant [Category I : Single Year]

The 9th Tsugumi Yamamoto Koto 25-strings KOTO Recital
Taguru Michishirube

  • Organization : Tsugumi Yamamoto
  • Section : Artistic and creative activity in Tokyo
  • Type of Grant Program : Single Individual
  • Art Forms : Japanese Traditional Art
TsugumiYamamoto Recital, 2023 Photo: Shinya Watabe
TsugumiYamamoto Recital, 2023 Photo: Shinya Watabe
TsugumiYamamoto Recital,2023 Photo: Shinya Watabe

Outline

This concert entitled “The 9th Tsugumi Yamamoto 25-string KOTO Recital Taguru Michishirube” featured a program of four works.
It incorporated the meaning of drawing ourselves towards the path we should be taking and unhesitatingly going forward in the direction of what pulls us. There was an unexpected encounter for the first time in over a century with a 13-string Koto made by Koto craftsman Tasuke Kikuoka. Its classical elegance and refined tone enchanted the audience and brought hush to the venue. As a contemporary Koto, the 25-string Koto is able to express a variety of music and radiates a timeless sound. The performance embodied the ever-changing world of the Koto, transcending time and space.

1.“Rokudan no shirabe” (composed by Yatsuhashi Kengyo)
2. “Sound After The Silence” (words and composition by Akira Inoue with text by R.S.Thomas)
3. “Running on the water surface (Minamo wo Kakeru): for 25-string Koto and Trombone” (composed by Kumiko Takahashi)
4. “Pipa Xing per Koto a 25 corde” (composed by Akira Ifukube)

The 9th Tsugumi Yamamoto Koto 25-strings KOTO Recital Taguru Michishirube

Craftsman Tasuke Kikuoka

“Rokudan no shirabe” Yatsuhashi kengyo

Akira Inoue

“Running on the water surface (Minamo wo Kakeru) : for 25 stings Koto and Trombone” Kumiko Takahashi

“Pipa Xing per Koto a 25 corde “ Akira Ifukube

Profile

TsugumiYamamoto
Yamamoto studied the koto and sangen under Ayako Kariya from an early age. As an intern with the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Artist Training Program, she studied under 25-string koto pioneer
Soju Nosaka, and since then she has primarily been active as a
25-string koto player. She has released the 25-string koto solo albums
Tsumugu[Spinning the thread] and The Beginning.
Every year she holds a recital, where she presents new commissioned
Works by composers including Akira Inoue, Jyoji Sawada, Kumiko Takahashi, Kazuyuki Taguchi, Aki Mori, and Makoto Nomura, etc.
She engages in projects covering a wide range of genres including
contemporary music, improvisational performance, and pop music,
always keeping in mind the integration of the koto and the self as she
continues to communicate the appeal/explore the potential of the
25-string koto in Japan and overseas.

Contact

Tsugumi Yamamoto
amisound@gmail.com

Period of Activity / Project

December14,2023

Venues

Suginami Pubric small hall, Suginami City, Tokyo

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