talk & concert 2011-2012
In 2007, a Noh performer, Ryoko Aoki, performed Joji Yuasa's "Snow Falling Down" (1972) 35 years after it was first premiered. It inspired many young composers and musicians and it led to a number of innovative collaborations with her. During last season, ensemble-no completed Vol. 1 of this project to some acclaim. This year Vol. 2 will be shown at an exciting new venue, SHIBAURA HOUSE in Tokyo, built by the well-known architect, Kazuyo Sejima.
ensemble-no is active with concerts not only in Japan but also in Europe.
Vol.1 2011.10.28 19:00- talk & concert Oliver Schneller new work
Vol.2 2012.1.19 18:30- talk & concert Juha T. Koskinen / Federico Gardella new works
Vol.3 2012.2.1 18:30- talk & concert Claire-Melanie Sinnhuber / Malika Kishino new works
Vol.4 2012.2.17 19:00- talk & concert Noriko Baba new work
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composers Oliver Schneller
Oliver Schneller was born in Cologne studied composition at Columbia University in New York where he completed his doctorate in composition with Tristan Murail in 2002. From 2002-2004 he worked in Paris as a "compositeur en recherche" at IRCAM where he also received important orientations from Helmut Lachenmann, Brian Ferneyhough, George Benjamin and Jonathan Harvey.
The focus of Oliver Schneller's compositional work lies in the creation of networks between musical instruments, architectural spaces and live computer processing. Often his works include spatial parameters such as particular combinations of instruments and loud speakers distributed throughout the performance space. His works have been presented at numerous international festivals and have been performed by ensembles such as Ensemble modern, Ensemble Intercontemporain, ensemble recherche, musikFabrik, Ictus and Court-Circuit.
Schneller has held residencies at Cincinnati Conservatory, Takefu Festival, ZKM Karlsruhe, Experimentalstudio des SWR Freiburg and is the recipient of the 2010 Siemens Award for Composition, the Fromm Prize (Harvard University), 2 ASCAP Awards, and fellowships from the Tanglewood Music Center, Columbia University and the German Academy in Rome Villa Massimo. From 2009-2010 Schneller was on the composition faculty at Stuttgart Conservatory. Since 2011 he serves as professor of composition at the Conservatory of Music in Hannover.Juha T. Koskinen
Juha T. Koskinen (born in 1972) has graduated in composition from Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki. He continued his studies at the Conservatory of Lyon and at IRCAM in Paris. His composition teachers have been Kaija Saariaho and Philippe Manoury. Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) has commissioned four works for orchestra from Koskinen, the most important ones are Hehkuva graniitti (Incandescent Granite) (2001) and Symphony No. 1 (2006). In 2004 his composition Sogni di Dante (Dante's Dreams) received the Takefu International Composition Award in Japan. Koskinen's fourth chamber opera Madame de Sade (after Yukio Mishima's play) was premiered in Helsinki in 2010. Bashô Fragments for bass clarinet, cello and electronics had its premiere at Tokyo Opera City on June 2010 with the musicians from the Ensemble Nomad.
Federico Gardella
Federico Gardella was born in Milan in 1979.
He studied composition at the Conservatory of Milan with Alessandro Solbiati and at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Azio Corghi. Significantly important in his artistic development has been the acquaintance with Brian Ferneyhough and Toshio Hosokawa.
He has received various awards at international composition competitions, including the Tansman International Competition of Musical Personalities in Lodz and, in 2009, he was awarded in Japan the Takefu International Composition Award.
His works have been commissioned by Divertimento Ensemble, Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, Résonance Contemporaine, Takefu International Music Festival and Trieste Prima.
His music has been performed in many festivals and music seasons (Bologna: Accademia Filarmonica, Boston: Harvard University, Florence: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Huddersfield: St. Paul's Hall, Lodz: Lodz Philharmonic Hall, Milan: Sala Verdi del Conservatorio, Teatro Dal Verme, New York: Columbia University, Parma: Traiettorie/Casa della Musica, Riga: Festival Arena/Great Guild Concert Hall, Rome: Auditorium Parco della Musica, Royaumont: Voix Nouvelles, Siena: Accademia Musicale Chigiana/Palazzo Chigi Saracini, Takefu: Takefu International Music Festival/Bunka Center, Turin: Unione Musicale/Teatro Vittoria).
His works are published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - SugarMusic S.p.A., Milan.
Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber
Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber was born in 1973, franco-swiss.
First trained as a flutist, Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber has studied composition with Sergio Ortega, Allain Gaussin, Ivan Fedele, Philippe Leroux and Frédéric Durieux.
She graduated in composition from the CNSMDP (National Superior Conservatory of Paris) and attended the one year composition and new technology cursus at the IRCAM.
Her music is played in France and abroad, by ensembles like Aleph, Accroche Note, Contrechamps, Hic et Nunc, Instant Donné, Multilatérale, Nouvel ensemble Moderne, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony orchestra, Vortex, Court-Circuit,
at IRCAM, Musica, Manca, Abbaye de Royaumont, Forum Neues Musiktheater, MaerzMusik, Ars Musica, Why Note, Suntory Summer Festival...
She was awarded the Francis and Mica Salabert Prize in 2006,
and the Georges Enesco composition Prize from SACEM in 2007.
She was composer-in-residence at Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto in 2008, and at present is resident at the Villa Medici in Roma (2010-2011).
Malika Kishino
Born in Kyoto, Malika Kishino started composition after she obtained Bachelor of Laws at Doshisha Uuniversity in 1994.
She obtained Diplôma Supérieur in the class of Yoshihisa Taira at l´Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, Diplôme National d´Etudes Supérieures Musicales for composition in the class of Robert Pascal at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse. She participated the "Composition and Computer Music" program at IRCAM in 2004-05 under the direction of Philippe Leroux.
She has received the grants from some electroacoustic studios in europe include: SWR Experimentalstudio in Freiburg, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Institute für Musik und Akustik (ZKM),Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris (l´Ina GRM) .
Her Awards include: First Prize in the 6th concours of Groupe de Recherche Appliquée en Musique Electroacoustique and Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, fellowship to Academy Schloss Solitude (Germany), Landesregierung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Niedersachsen Schreyahn artist´residency, Djearssi artists residency etc..
Her works have been performed by l´Orchestre National de Lyon, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Oslo Symphoniette, Musik Fabrik at international festivals including Présences Festival of Radio France , Musica in Strasbourg, Ultima Festival in Oslo, Alicante , Festival, Ultraschall Festival in Berlin etc..
Between 2012-13, two portrairt CDs are planed to be published from Telos-Music Record label and co-production of German Music Council and Wergo label.
Her works are published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni in Milano.
Noriko Baba
Born in Niigata (Japan), Noriko Baba obtained a Masters in composition at the University of Fine Arts in Tokyo, and a prize honors at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris in composition. She participates in the annuel composition course at IRCAM and la formation Voix nouvelles of Foundation Royaumont. She was composer-in-residence at Academy Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, and at Academy of France in Madrid (Casa de Velazquez). She was awarded the second prize in composition NHK-Mainichi, and the Prize Georges Wildenstein. Her works are performed at Agora, Die Reich, Archipel, ISCM, Musica, Paris de la musique, by ensembles 2e2m, Intercontemporain, cross.art, Ascolta, Instant donné, Cairn, Neopercusión, Trio arbós, Pasdeloup, etc.
"Pororoca" for the Ensemble Intercontemporain was filmed by Michel Follin, broadcasted on ARTE. She is the winner of the Villa Kujoyama ( Artist-in-residence of the French government ) and will stay from January 2012.
performers
ensemble-no
Ensemble no was found in 2007. It consists of three musicians working on contemporary music in the centre of a Noh performer, Ryoko Aoki. Ensemble no perform contemporary music inspired by Japanese Noh theatre, especially using Noh chant.
Ryoko Aoki / Noh
Ryoko Aoki graduated from the Faculty of Music at the Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music with coursework in Traditional Japanese Music and focus on Noh plays. She obtained a Master of Music from the Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music Graduate School. Currently, she is studying for her Doctorate at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. She also led Noh workshops in the Takefu International Music Festival and at various universities in the UK, Republic of Korea, and Japan.
She has performed "TSUCHIGUMO," a Noh Play, as part of the Japan Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York. In her repertoire, she has also performed the N-Opera MACBETH in New York and London.
She has played several traditional Noh plays, and she has also challenged collaborations with contemporary composers. She has premiered works by Joji Yuasa, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Ken Ito, Kumiko Omura, Mai Kawamura, Akiko Yamane and Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber. She performed Toshio Hosokawa's Japanese folk songs at Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin in 2009. She performed Noh dance in "Xenakis and Japan" produced by Electronic Music Foundation in NYC on February 2010.
Ayako Okubo / Flutes
Ayako Okubo studied flute at Conservatory of Amsterdam with Abbie de Quant, obtained Bachelor Diploma at 2005 with admission to the Master cycle. From 2005, she studied flute with Mario Caroli at Conservatoir National de Region de Strasbourg and chamber music with Armand Angster, obtained Diplome de specialization with the highest honor on 2008. She works currently with ensembles Accroche Note, H A N A T S U miroir and Ensembles Akiyoshidai. and works with composers such as Joji Yuasa, Toshio Hosokawa, Ivan Fedele, Frank Denyer, Chikage Imai, Arileza Farhang, Maurilio Cacciatore and many others, also conductors such as Lucas Vis, Chosei Komatu(Osaka philharmonic Orchestra). She has been invited to the festivals such as Le festival MUSICA (France Strasbourg), Die Klugste Nacht Des Jahres (Germany, Berlin-Potsdam), Akiyoshidai Summer Festival (Japan), Taksefu international music festival (Japan), and many other concerts, projects, and recordings.
Guest performer
Yoshiko Kanda / Percussion
Born in 1970, studied at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and Master's degree of the university with Dr.Makoto ARUGA and Dr.Michiko TAKAHASHI. Yoshiko whose main interest is in comptenporary music, played several concerto for percussion by contemporary composers such as Maki ISHII and Motoharu KAWASHIMA, with Japanese reading orchestras. She has taken part in the Japan premier of a piece by Brian Ferneyhough,the Akiyoshidai International Seminer and Festival for Contemporary Music,and the Asian Composers' Legue Festival in Thailand, while has had recording sessions for broadcasting. She is currently working with young composers who write specially for her. Won the Scholarship Prize form Darmstad International Summer Festival for Contemporary Music in 1996 and 98, and was invited to the festival in 2000. Since 1996, she has been working on a series of her recital.
Francesco Filidei
He has been graduated at the Conservatory of Florence and the CNSMDP of Paris with the first prize. Both as a composer and organist he has been invited in festival and halls like the Berlin Philarmony, the Wiener Theaterhaus, the Biennale of Venice, the Biennale of Monaco, the Ircam of Paris, the Suntory Hall of Tokyo, the Auditorim National di Madrid, Archipel of Geneva, the Auditorium RAI of Turin amongst others. Several monographic concerts of his music have been presented in Japan, Italy, France, Germany and America. He has taught at the Abbey of Royaumont, at the Iowa University, the Academy of Takefu, the University of Santander and he has been composer in residence at the Academy Schloss Solitude di Stuttgart and the Casa de Velazquez of Madrid for two years. He has received awards like the Musikpreis Sazburg Förderpreis 2006, the Takefu International Prix 2007, the Siemens Förderpreis 2008, the Picasso-Miro' medal 2011 UNESCO and he will be Pensionnaire in Villa Medici for 2012. His works are published by RAITRADE.