Concerts performed at tangible cultural properties in Ome City. Focusing on an ensemble of period instruments and vocal music, the performances featured live sound in accordance with musicotta’s emphasis on human scale and made use of the reverberation and soundscapes of the spaces used.
5/18 “Madrigal everywhere” by Ensemble Festino at Fukushima-ke Jutaku
6/15 The musical concert at the Tsukumo-tei at rainy evening by Duo Rurie (Asami Orihara, Takayuki Kanai), Maya Ogura
7/6 Music in CINEMA NEKO Theater by Yuru-Aco (Saya Hasegawa, Takayuki Kanai), Miho Takiue, Noritsune Morooka
musicotta
A group that plans and implements classical music performances and workshops. By utilizing Japanese houses, outdoor stages, restaurants, and other locations, it reassesses relationships and distance in musical settings, and reconsiders conventional perspectives on music history and works.
Focusing mainly on period instruments and vocal music, musicotta is characterized by actions on a human scale, utilizing videos and websites for post-pandemic methods of learning and engagement, including explanatory videos exploring the context of works as well as archives of filmed performances.
Takayuki Kanai
musicotta@yuru-aco.com
Fukushima-ke Jutaku (House of Fukushima Family), Ome City, Tokyo
Tsukumo-tei Residence, Ome City, Tokyo
Cinema Neko Movie Theater, Ome City, Tokyo