January 2012archive

Noh × Contemporary Music - talk & concert series 
 
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Vol.3 2012.2.1 18:30- 
talk & concert Claire-Melanie Sinnhuber / Malika Kishino 

1 talk : Claire-Melanie Sinnhuber / Malika Kishino / Ryoko Aoki 

Claire-Melanie Sinnhuber "Sur les pas de Yamamba" for Noh voice and flutes 
(commissioned by ensemble-no 2011) (world premiere) 
Malika Kishino "new work" for Noh voice and flutes 
(commissioned by ensemble-no 2012) (world premiere) 

Ryoko Aoki (Noh voice) Ayako Okubo (flute) 


■venue 

5F Bird Room, SHIBAURA HOUSE 
3-15-4 Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo, Japan 


■ticket 

Vol. 3 ¥3000 
Tickets sale will start one month before the performance. 

BookingTickets → alfalfalfa.ticket.online 


■inquiries 

Tel. 03-6317-2927 [13:00-18:00] 
e-mail: info@alfalfalfa.net 


Noh × Contemporary Music - talk & concert series 
presented by ensemble-no 
managed by NPO alfalfa 
supported by Minato prefecture grant for culture, Asahi Beer Arts Foundation 
in collaboration with SHIBAURA HOUSE 


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Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber 

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 in 2006 (National Superior Conservatory of Paris) and attended the one year composition and new technology cursus at the IRCAM in 2004-2005. 
Her music is played in France and abroad, by ensembles like Aleph, Accroche Note, Contrechamps, Cairn Hic et Nunc, l'Instant Donné, Multilatérale, Nouvel ensemble Moderne, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony orchestra, Vortex, Court-Circuit, Insomnio, Orchestre de chambre de Genève.... at IRCAM, Musica, Manca, Abbaye de Royaumont, Forum Neues Musiktheater, MaerzMusik, Ars Musica, Archipel, Why Note, Suntory Summer Festival, Gaudeamus music week... 
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 Villa Medici in Roma (2010-2011). 
Her music is edited by Jobert, Paris.


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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.


Noh × Contemporary Music - talk & concert series

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1 talk : Juha T. Koskinen / Federico Gardella / Ryoko Aoki

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Juha T. Koskinen "WAYFARING MOON" for Noh voice and flutes 
(commissioned by ensemble-no 2012) (world premiere) 
Federico Gardella "Voice of Wind" for Noh voice and bass flute 
(commissioned by ensemble-no 2012) (world premiere) 

Ryoko Aoki (Noh voice) Ayako Okubo (flute)

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With Ayako Okubo, Federico Gardella, Juha T. Koskinen, Ryoko Aoki 

Noh × Contemporary Music - talk & concert series 

■programme 

Vol.2 2012.1.19 18:30- 
talk & concert Juha T. Koskinen / Federico Gardella 

1 talk : Juha T. Koskinen / Federico Gardella / Ryoko Aoki 

Juha T. Koskinen "WAYFARING MOON" for Noh voice and flutes 
(commissioned by ensemble-no 2012) (world premiere) 
Federico Gardella "Voice of Wind" for Noh voice and bass flute 
(commissioned by ensemble-no 2012) (world premiere) 

Ryoko Aoki (Noh voice) Ayako Okubo (flute) 


■venue 

5F Bird Room, SHIBAURA HOUSE 
3-15-4 Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo, Japan 


■ticket 

Vol. 2 ¥3000 
Tickets sale will start one month before the performance. 

BookingTickets → alfalfalfa.ticket.online 


■inquiries 

Tel. 03-6317-2927 [13:00-18:00] 
e-mail: info@alfalfalfa.net 


Noh × Contemporary Music - talk & concert series 
presented by ensemble-no 
managed by NPO alfalfa 
supported by Minato prefecture grant for culture, Asahi Beer Arts Foundation 
in collaboration with SHIBAURA HOUSE 

Vol.2 talk & concert - Juha T. Koskinen 
  

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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.


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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. He has received various awards at national and international composition competitions, including the Tansman International Competition of Musical Personalities in Lodz and in 2010 he was composer in residence at the Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte. 

His works have been commissioned by Divertimento Ensemble, Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, Résonance Contemporaine and Trieste Prima. 
His music has been performed in many festivals and music seasons (Bologna: Accademia Filarmonica, Boston: Harvard University, Florence: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Teatro Goldoni, Lodz: Lodz Philharmonic Hall, Milan: Festival di Milano Musica, MITO SettembreMusica, Sala Verdi del Conservatorio, Rondò/Palazzina Liberty, 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, Tel Aviv: Hateiva Hall, Turin: MITO SettembreMusica, Unione Musicale/Teatro Vittoria). His music has been performed in several radio broadcasts (Kol Hamusica, Radio Classica, Radio France, Radio Tre) and recorded (La Bottega Discantica). 
His works are published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - SugarMusic S.p.A., Milan.