“Point de Vue” is a concert series of contemporary music produced by composer Teruaki SUZUKI and Tomohiro MORIYAMA. The performances, which focus on the premiering of works by Japanese composers, have been held annually since 2007. Rather than champion a message in terms of common syntax and style, the various composers who have featured so far create works by finding a mutual viewpoint (Point de Vue) that stems from their individual musical ideals and values. This concert series provides an arena for the intersection of their perceptions and statements. The series will also feature a special performance of a work by Akira MIYOSHI (1933-2013) who made an enormous contribution to the Japanese music world, in the hope of finding a broader audience for his music.
Alongside new works by the six composers Kentaro SHUTO, Teruaki SUZUKI, Tetsutaro MASUI, Ryohei MORI, Tomohiro MORIYAMA and Akio YASURAOKA, the 2016 concert series – the tenth of its kind – will feature Akira MIYOSHI’s ‘HENGE-TAN-EI’ for mixed chorus, shakuhachi, percussion and 17-stringed koto. Performers include Keiiti SIMIZU (conductor), Ryozan SAKATA (shakuhachi), Sosei HANAOKA (17-stringed koto), Akikuni TAKAHASHI (tsuzumi), Keiko TADA (ōkawa), Ayano SAITOH (percussion) and the Matubara mixed chorus.