August 2015archive

2015.7.27 Presentation with Frederic Wake-Walker in Berlin

The next destination is Berlin!

I had a presentation at the Embassy of Japan in Berlin on 27 July . It was a dialogue between me and the British opera director, Frederic Wake-Walker on new opera works inspired by Noh. Firstly, I made a presentation on "New attempts on Noh and contemporary music". Then I showed a part of new creation collaborated with Frederic, followed by a discussion with him and the audience on the possibilities of the new Noh works.

Dialogue and Creation "Noh x Opera" Ryoko Aoki x Frederic Wake-Walker

27 July 2015 (Mon) 6:30 p.m.

Event Hall, Embassy of Japan

After the performance at the Embassy of Japan in Berlin, I and Frederic were invited for a very special dinner by Ambassador Nakane at his residence!!

2015.7.3 Nô × musique contemporaine -Rencontre avec Pascal Dusapin

After tour in Ireland, I went to Paris!!

I will have a presentation with Mario Caroli for Pascal Dusapin.

2015/7/3 18:30-

Nô × musique contemporaine -Rencontre avec Pascal Dusapin

Maison de la Culture du Japon à Paris, France

Presentation "Noh X contemporary music" Ryoko Aoki

Performance

A part of Classical Noh play with tape

Pascal Dusapin "l pesci" for flute

Federico Gardella "Voice of Wind"

Valerio Sannicandro "Trois chants Noh"

Ryoko Aoki (Noh) Mario Caroli (flute)

Talk "Japanese tradition meets contemporary music" : Pascal Dusapin, Ryoko Aoki

After the performance, with Pascal Dusapin and Mario Caroli!

And beer with Pascal Dusapin and his wife, Florence Darel!!

Besides this, I had several meetings for future plans in Paris.

My friend, Japanese fashion designer, Yoshikazu Yamagata took charge of show window at Colette, a high-end Paris boutique!

Nice meeting in Paris with Yoshikazu Yamagata and Noriko Baba for Nopera AOI in December!

2015.6.23-27 Tour in Ireland

I left for Europe in the middle of June as "Japan Cultural Envoy"!!!

The first destination is Ireland!

I had lecture and concerts in Dublin, Sligo and Waterford, organized by Embassy of Japan in Ireland.

Press release: Embassy of Japan in Ireland

On 23 June, I gave a lecture at Trinity College Dublin. Before this, I saw the Book of Kells at the famous Old Library.

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Lecture "Noh from the past to the present - Noh and Contemporary Music -"

The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Full of audiences and full of questions!! I was very glad that people were very interested in it!!

On 25 June, I wen to celebrate Yeats2015 in Sligo because Yeats is known to have been influenced by Noh theatre when he wrote his play "At the Hawk's Well". The theatre was so warm and audiences were also very warm!!

2015/6/25 19:30-

Noh×Contemporary Music

The Factory Performance Space, Sligo, Ireland

Lecture "Noh from the past to the present - Noh and Contemporary Music -"

A part of Classical Noh play with tape

Federico Gardella "Voice of Wind"

Valerio Sannicandro "Trois chants Noh"

Ryoko Aoki (Noh) Susan Doyle (flute)

After the performance, with Susan Doyle! We performed together the first time, but our combination was really perfect!!

Unfortunately I had no time to see the city, but in the night we went to the local pub. By chance we met the audiences who attended the concert, and we had nice chat with Irish whisky!

On 27 June, we went to Waterford for another performance. The flyer is funny, so I took a photo with them:)

We came here because of celebration the opening of the "Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Gardens" on Lafcadio Hearn's birthday. These gardens are expected to enhance Japan-Ireland cultural relations by encouraging Irish people to have a better understanding of Japanese literature and culture through a renewed interest in Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904). Also known by his Japanese name, Koizumi Yakumo, he is the most famous Irish person in Japan and is celebrated for his collections of Japanese legends.