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2019.3 Rehearsing Hosokawa's opera at Tongyeong International Music Festival

4 days after my performance at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, off to Tongyeong in Korea!! For new production of Toshio Hosokawa "Futari Shizuka - The Maiden from the Sea"!! I will have intense 3 weeks (Tongyeong Music Festival in Korea rehearsal for Hosokawa's opera→Eotvos's piece in Porto→3 days performance of Hosokawa opera in Tongyeong) And after 1 week, I will leave for Madrid for concerts!!

The hotel is gorgeous!!

The sea is very beautiful! But I have to work....

Tongyeong Concert Hall

Tongyeong International Music Festival

Rehearsing!! With, Soprano, Sarah Wegener and the director, Thomas Israel!

With opera team!!

Everyday we are rehearsing so hard...but we had a half day off!! So, a bit of sightseeing!!

Tongyeong Central Traditional Market

Our hotel is different world!!

We had a shooting!

With the director, Thomas Israel and the film director, Kika Nicolela!

After the rehearsal, BBQ!!! Early morning next day, I will leave Tongyeong for Porto to play Peter Eötvös's "Secret Kiss"!!

Tongyeong International Music Festival

Toshio Hosokawa "Futari Shizuka - The Maiden from the Sea" (Asia Premiere)

Friday 29 March 2019 22:00-

Saturday 30 March 2019 17:00-

Sunday 31 March 2019 17:00-

Tongyeong Concert Hall, Tongyeong, Korea

Director, Thomas Israel

Shi Yeon Sung, Sarah Wegener, Ryoko Aoki

2019/2 Minato city tourism ambassador

I was appointed as the Minato city tourism ambassador!!

2017.4.8 ISETAN talk session Ryoko Aoki × Ryue Nishisawa

I appeared as the main visual of JAPAN SENSES of Mitsukoshi Isetan, Japanese department store group!! I had the special talk session with the pritzker prize winning architect, Ryue Nishizawa on 8 April at Isetan Shinjuku store!

16:30-17:30, 8 April 2017 JAPAN SENSES special talk session Ryoko Aoki × Ryue Nishisawa Isetan Shinjuku store

After the special talk session with Ryue Nishizawa!!

2016.4 My days in France

On April I went to France for Noriko Baba "Nopera AOI".

At first, we had rehearsals in Reims!

Cathédrale Notre- Dame de Reims

Stained glass window by Marc Chagall is so beautiful!

After the work, I think I deserved one glass of champagne...!

We had rehearsals at Comédie de Reims for a week!

With Mié Coquempot and Jérôme Andrieu!

During this week, we had shooting for the video on the stage.

We will come back to le Manège de Reims for performance "Nopera AOI" in November!!

After Reims, we moved to Paris! Nice apartment near Place des Vosges!

We had rehearsals at CND in Paris!!

Nice bento for lunch!

Rehearsing and rehearsing and rehearsing....

After CND, we finally moved to Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris!

New fashion of the conductor, Pierre Roullier!?

I have changed the costume three times!

Before premiere, many presents!

Premiere! After that, happy reception! I can say it was a big success!

The architect, Tsuyoshi Tane and the fashion designer, Tamae Hirokawa came to see our performance! We will work for Aichi Triennale 2016 this autumn!

After the performance, just drink!

...and the Eiffel Tower...!

We will come back to "Nopera AOI" in November!! Thank you very much!!

2016.3.25 JAPAN HOUSE Forum

I gave a presentation on 25 March at the JAPAN HOUSE Forum organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

「JAPAN HOUSE Forum」

16:00-19:30 25 March 2016 (Fri.)

International House of Japan, Tokyo　

Part 1

Panelist-

Junji Tanigawa

Kenya Hara

Moderator- Chiaki Hayashi

Part 2

Panelist-

Ryoko Aoki

Seichi Saito

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Seijun Nishihata

Kenya Hara

Moderator- Mari Hashimoto

Part 3

Panelist-

Makoto Umehara

Shujiro Kusumoto

Isato Kunisada

Chiaki Hayashi

Kenya Hara

Moderator- Tooru Matsubara

After the JAPAN HOUSE Forum!

Japan Cultural Envoy Forum 2016

I had a report of my activity as Japan Cultural Envoy on 7 March at the Japan Cultural Envoy Forum 2016.

Costume : Yasutoshi Ezumi 写真.jpg

"Japan Cultural Envoy Forum 2016"

This year's "Japan Cultural Envoy Forum" is going to be held in United Nations University on Monday, March 7. In this forum, four envoys who finished their terms either in FY2014 or FY2015 will give a talk about their experiences as a Japan Cultural Envoy, with using visual materials or giving a short performance of their own skills. You will learn what "Japan Cultural Envoy" is all about and how each of them faced the challenge of cultural exchange abroad through this forum.

１．Date and Time: Monday, March 7, 2016 at 2 PM (Doors open at 1:30 PM)

２．Venue: United Nations University (5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)

３．Presenters: 　

【Japan Cultural Envoy】

Ryoko AOKI (Noh Performer)

Akiko SAKURAI (Biwa Player)

Naoyuki YANAGIHARA (The School of Kinsa, Yanagihara School of Traditional Japanese Cuisine)

Tsunao YAMAI (Noh Actor in Komparu School) 　

【Moderator and Speech】

Robert CAMPBELL(Professor of Japanese Literature, Department of Comparative Literature and Culture, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Cultural Envoy website

After Japan Cultural Envoy

On 17 November, I went to see Dr. Masanori Aoyagi, Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, to report my activity in Europe as Japan Cultural Envoy. Suddenly Mr. Hiroshi Hase, the Minister of Culture appeared, I was very surprised....!

2015.10.14 Lecture at Conservatorio di Monopoli Nino Rota

I came to Monopoli for lecture at Conservatorio di Monopoli Nino Rota, which was organized by the composer, Federico Gardella!

Conservatorio di Musica 'Nino Rota' di Monopoli

I talked about Noh and contemporary music.

My lecture was broadcast on the Italian TV by Canale 7!!!

Canale 7

With Prof. Federico Gardella and his students!!

After lecture, we went to Polignano a Mare!

With very important collaborator and friend, Federico Gardella.

I also went to Alberobello!!

Very wonderful meal!!

Very wonderful time! Grazie mille!!!!!!!

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!!