January 2013archive

Noh × Contemporary Music - talk & concert series 

_92A6337.jpg _92A6341.JPG1 talk : Aurélien Dumont & Ryoko Aoki 
Translator : Kazuko Okamoto 

_92A6348.JPG _92A6378.jpgDumont has been composing the chamber opera "Himistu no neya" for a Noh performer, ensemble and electronic. It was based on Noh "Adachigahara". We did the first version on October 2012 in Paris. Due to this, Dumont got the prize of Salabert Foundation, and also it was reported on the Radio France. This new piece "Yamabushi no inori" will be a part of this opera.

_92A6369.jpgThe librettist of opera "Himistu no neya", Sachiko Oda talked about the opera. 


2 Aurélien Dumont "Yamabushi no inori" for Noh voice and clarinets 
(commissioned by ensemble-no 2013) (world premiere) 

Ryoko Aoki (Noh voice) Takashi Yamane (clarinets) _92A6390.JPG _92A6391.JPG _92A6424.JPG _92A6404.JPG _92A6417.JPG _92A6420.JPG _92A6408.JPG _92A6433.JPG _92A6441.JPG _92A6455.JPGAfter the performance, with Takashi Yamane and Aurélien Dumont. 

It was picked up on theVOGUE official blog.

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Music magazine "Mostly Classic" February 2013 

My performance with the Arditti Quartet was selected as 4th of best concerts in Japan in 2012 by Atsushi Suzuki. 

1.Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra - The 519th Subscription Concert at Suntory Hall 
Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling 
Toshio Hosokawa "Voiceless Voice in Hiroshima" 
(27.10.2012) 

2.Patricia Kopatchinskaja Recital at Toppan Hall 
(13.11.2012) 

3.Iannis Xenakis "ORESTEIA" at Suntory Hall 
Production: La Fura dels Baus 
Orchestra: Tokyo Sinfonietta 
Conductor: Kazuki Yamada 
(31.8.2012) 


5. Ivo Pogorelić Recital in Aomori 
(11.5.2012)

rIMG_1592.jpg Toshio Hosokawa "Silent Flowers" for string quartet with Noh dance [+Ryoko Aoki] 
costume: suzukitakayuki

rIMG_1671.jpgJohn Cage "String Quartet in Four Parts" with Noh dance [+Ryoko Aoki+Shuho]