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2012

15.5.2012 
Presentation & Demonstration 
"Women and Japanese Noh Theatre" 
International Research Center "Interweaving Cultures in Performance" 
Berlin Freie University


Archive 
2012

17.2.2012   
SHIBAURA HOUSE, Tamachi, Tokyo 
Noriko Baba "new work" for Noh voice
(commissioned by ensemble-no 2012) (world premiere)  


1.2.2012   
SHIBAURA HOUSE, Tamachi, Tokyo 
Claire-Melanie Sinnhuber "new work" for Noh voice and flutes 
Malika Kishino "new work" for Noh voice and flutes  
(commissioned by ensemble-no 2012) (world premiere)  


21.1.2012    
Japan Society for Contemporary Music, ISCM Japanese Section 
Hamarikyu Asahi Hall, Tokyo 
Naotoshi Osaka "oto-Noh-oto for Noh chanting and electroacoustics" (world premiere) 


19.1.2012   
Noh X Contemporary Music vol.2
SHIBAURA HOUSE, Tamachi, Tokyo 
Juha T. Koskinen "new work" for Noh voice and flutes 
Federico Gardella "new work" for Noh voice and bass flute
(commissioned by ensemble-no 2012) (world premiere)  
 

2011 

7.12.2011   
BORDER LINE  
Ensemble Alter Ego, Peter Eötvos  
Istituto Giapponese di Cultura in Roma, Rome, Italy


3.12.2011  
Concert Mizu No Wo à Strasbourg
Hidehiko Hinohara Music Theatre
Hall Des Chars Laiterie, Strasbourg, France  


2.12.2011  
Concert Mizu No Wo à Strasbourg
Hidehiko Hinohara Music Theatre 
Hall Des Chars Laiterie, Strasbourg, France 


28.10.2011
Noh X Contemporary Music vol.2
SHIBAURA HOUSE, Tamachi, Tokyo 
Oliver Schneller "new work" for Noh voice, percussion and electronics 
(commissioned by ensemble-no 2011) (world premiere)  


27.10.2011
The collaboration with Juha Koskinen (composition) and Jukka Korpihete (light)
Living OZONE Centre, Shinjuku, Tokyo 


16.10.2011
Kyoto International Performing Arts Fetival 
Yoshimasa Ishibashi (Kyupi Kyupi) /Kyoto Soseiza 
Extra VARIABLES
Kyoto Art Theater Shunjuza, Kyoto, Japan


13.9.2011 
Asia-Pacific Weeks "Water Memories" - Noh theater 
Radialsystem V, Berlin, Germany 

A part of Classical Noh play with tape 
Toshio Hosokawa "Atem-Lied" for Bass flute 
Hidehiko Hinohara "Water Memories" for Noh voice 
Valerio Sannicandro "trois chants Noh" from Hagakure for Noh voice and flutes 
Toru Takemitsu "Air" for flute solo 
Toshio Hosokawa from "Japanese Folk Songs" for voice and alto flute

Ryoko Aoki (voice and dance) Klaus Schöpp (flute)


12.9.2011
Radialsystem V, Berlin, Germany 

A part of Classical Noh play with tape 
Toshio Hosokawa "Atem-Lied" for Bass flute 
Hidehiko Hinohara "Water Memories" for Noh voice 
Valerio Sannicandro "trois chants Noh" from Hagakure for Noh voice and flutes 
Toru Takemitsu "Air" for flute solo 
Toshio Hosokawa from "Japanese Folk Songs" for voice and alto flute

Ryoko Aoki (voice and dance) Klaus Schöpp (flute)


11.9.2011 
"Japan" Family day 
Radialsystem V, Berlin, Germany 
Demonstration of Noh "Yashima"


4-11.09.2011 
Takefu International Music Festival 
・Opening Concert 
Traditional Japanese Noh-Theater 
・Temple Concert 
Ryoko Aoki, utai (Noh chant) Tamao Sano, Ikebana (flower arrangement) Felix Renggli (flute)


23.4.2011
HANATSU miroir X Ryoko AOKI - Noh meet contemporary music
Eglise protestante Saint-Pierre le vieux, Strasbourg, France
Joji Yuasa "Maibataraki Ⅱ" (1987)
Chikage Imai "Once upon a time, a man... ~ from Ise Monogatari" (2010)
Joji Yuasa "Terms of temporal detailing" for alto-flute (1989)
Valerio Sannicandro "trois chants Noh" (world premiere)
Kumiko Omura "Ancient Flowers" (2011)


8.4.2011
Chamber Music Night SILENT FLOWERS in Münchener Kammerspiele
Ryoko Aoki and musicians of the Münchener Kammerorchester
Introduction to the Noh theater: Alexander Liebreich in the conversation with Ryoko Aoki
Demonstration of Noh "Yashima"
Claude Vivier, string quartet No. 1
Toshio Hosokawa, Japanese Folk song for alto-flute and voice
Toshio Hosokawa, Silent Flowers for string quartet with Noh dance


21.2.2011
Une matinée autour du Nô in Villa Medici, Rome
Presentation of Noh
Demonstration of Noh "Matsukaze"
Table ronde : Rencontre entre le nô et la musique contemporaine Avec Ryoko Aoki, Isabelle Duthoit, Hidehiko Hinohara et Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber
Performance : deux oeuvres de croisement Ryoko Aoki et Isabelle Duthoit se produiront pour un bref concert/spectacle
Mizu-no Wo (2010) de Hidehiko Hinohara
Ryoko Aoki (Noh voice)
Sur les pas de Tsunemasa (2008) Étude pour chant nô et clarinette
Ryoko Aoki (Noh voice) Isabelle Duthoit (Clarinette)


17.2.2011
guilt Ⅱ in Bonn
Presentation : Guilt in Japanese Noh Theatre
Demonstration of Noh "Yashima"
Toshio Hosokawa "From Japanese Folk Song"
Ryoko Aoki (voice) Kolbeinn Bjarnason (flute) 


8.1.2011
Noh X Contemporary Music - talk & concert 5 composers
Kumiko Omura "Ancient Flowers" for Noh voice, flute and percussion (commissioned by ensemble-no 2011) (world premiere)
Ryoko Aoki (Noh voice) Ayako Okubo (flute) Olivier Maurel (percussion)


4.1.2011
Kenji Sakai "Hyperlink"(world premiere)
Ryoko Aoki (voice), Hiroaki Takaha (conductor), ensemble muromachi


2010

19.12.2010
Chikage Imai "Once upon a time, a man... ~ from Ise Monogatari" for Noh voice and piccolo 
(commissioned jointly by Nakagawa Canal Art and ensemble-no) (2010) 
Ryoko Aoki (Noh voice) Ayako Okubo (piccolo)   


31.10.2010 

Joji Yuasa : Maibataraki Ⅱ for alto flute (1987)
  
Hidehiko Hinohara : «Midz-no Wo» for noh voice (2010) 
Joji Yuasa : Domain for solo flute (1978) 
Chikage Imai : "Once upon a time, a man... ~ from Ise Monogatari" for Noh voice and piccolo 
(commissioned jointly by Nakagawa Canal Art and ensemble-no) (world premiere) 

Ryoko Aoki (Noh chant & dance) Ayako Okubo (flute)


5-12.09.2010 
Takefu International Music Festival

・Temple Concert
Ryoko Aoki, utai (Noh chant)
Tadashi Tajima, shakuhachi
Tamao Sano, Ikebana (flower arrangement)

・New Horizons Concert III  
Federico Gardella : An Die Nacht (world premiere) 
Ryoko Aoki, voice   Isao Nakamura, percussion


1.9.2010 
Hidehiko Hinohara "Mizuno-o" for Noh voice (world premiere)     
Ryoko Aoki (utai: Noh chant)


28.2.2010 
Judson Church (55 Washington Square South, New York City) 

23.2.2010 
Judson Church (55 Washington Square South, New York City) 
Noh "Matsukaze" Ryoko Aoki


2009

24.10.2009 
The Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music Hall 1 
Atsuhiko Gondai : 1,576,800,000 seconds (2008) 


18-25.08.2009
Takefu International Music Festival

・Temple Concert
Mayumi Miyata, sho
Ryoko Aoki, utai (Noh chant)
Tadashi Tajima, shakuhachi
Tamao Sano, Ikebana (flower arrangement)

・Toshio Hosokawa and His Friends 
 Toshio Hosokawa : Kuroda-Bushi from Japanese Folk Songs 
 Ryoko Aoki (voice) Tatsuo Tabei (guitar) 

・New Horizons Concert I 
Mai Kawamura: NIRVANA (world premiere) 
Masakazu Natsuda(cond), Ryoko Aoki(utai, Noh chant), Ritsu Okuda(fl), Yasutaka Henmi(vn), Tomoko Kasai(perc), Seitaro Ishikawa(pf) 

Kumiko Omura: De-ai (text by Hideko Nakayama) (commissioned by TIMF) (world premiere) 
Ryoko Aoki(utai, Noh chant) , Mayumi Miyata(sho) sound clip! 



Scenes from Noh play "Matsukaze" Ryoko Aoki
"Japanese folk songs"
Ryoko Aoki (voice) Katharina Hanstedt (harp)
"Landscape I" "Blossoming"
The Lotus quartet


2008

20.12.2008
French composer meets nô at Temple Gesshin-in, Kyoto 
Organizer:L'Institut franco-japonais du Kansai, Villa Kujoyama

Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber :
Etude pour chant nô et clarinette - Sur les pas de Tsunemasa (world premiere) sound clip!
Ryoko Aoki (utai, Noh chant) Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet)

22.11.2008
"ART COMPLEX 2008 Toshi Ichiyanagi produces Music x Noh x Video Art"
at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall in Yokohama

Yu Kuwabara : Variations from Maho-ningyo (2008) 
Ryoko Aoki (utai, Noh chant) Yoshiko Sato (vla)

Toshi Ichiyanagi : Transfiguration of the space (world premiere) 
Shintaro Ban (Noh) Ryoko Aoki (Noh) 
Toshi Ichiyanagi (pf) Akiko Samukawa (pf)

07.11.2008
Noh play "Hagoromo"
JCI World Congress, Japan Night in New Delhi, India

03-10.09.2008 
Takefu International Music Festival

・Temple Concert
Mayumi Miyata, sho
Ryoko Aoki, utai (Noh chant)
Tadashi Tajima, shakuhachi
Tamao Sano, Ikebana (flower arrangement)

・New Horizons Concert IV
Yu Kuwabara : Variations from Maho-ningyo (2008) 
Ryoko Aoki, utai (Noh chant)
Tomoki Tai, violoncello

30.06.2008
Yu Kuwabara : Variations from Maho-ningyo (world premiere) 
-Noh meets contemporary music- talk & concert Yu Kuwabara

02-03.02.2008
N-OPERA "ASAGAO" the role of Haseo
at BankART1929 Hall in Yokohama


2007

28.09.2007
Concert "ONGAKU×ONGYOKU" -Noh meets contemporary music- 
at sonorium

Joji Yuasa : Snow falling down (1972)
Akiko Yamane : ARIA of Flower" (world premiere) 
Yukiko Watanabe : Re-for Utai & Ensemble (world premiere) 
Taro Yasuno : Breech (world premiere)

02.05.2007 
Drama festival Guardian/Guardian at the Kichijoji Theatre
(organized by the Recruit)
The experimental work that has processed the sounds of Noh chanting and live instruments within sampling system was introduced.

19.02.2007
Joji Yuasa : Snow falling down (world premiere)
at the Tokyo Wander Site Shibuya
Participated in the contemporary music performance as a Noh chanting,
at the event "Voice: the music of Joji Yuasa."


2006

05.08.2006 
Noh play "Makiginu" 
ORCNANA & APPAN International Conference at the Japan Univeristy Art Faculty

28-29.03.2006 
N-OPERA MACBETH the role of Macbeth
at the Britten Theatre in the Royal College of Music in London


2004

09-11.04.2004 
N-OPERA MACBETH the role of Macbeth 
at the Williamsberg & Historical Center in New York

7.2003 
Opera Doctoral Recital of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Collaboration of Opera singers and Noh performers--- "MACBETH"
the role of Macbeth


2003

2.2003 
Noh Play "Makiginu"at Kanze Noh theatre 
Doctoral Recital of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music


2002

9.10.2002
ART-LINK Ueno-Yanaka 2002 
JOSEI-NOH Project / Female only Noh Performance 

5.2002
Opera Doctoral Recital of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Collaboration of Opera singers and Noh performers---Opera "Macbeth" 

30.1.2002
Noh Play "Tamakazura"
Masters Recital at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music


2000

12.2000 
Tokyo International Arts Festival:Communication Programme "Artraial"
Renkakyoukyou―Collaboration of Percussion, Sculpture and Noh "Yamanba"

17.10.2000
The University Art Museum--
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music 
"MA-Exhibition,20 Years After" organized by Arata Isozaki 
Female only Noh Performance-- Noh Play "Yamanba"

8.2000
Pepper's Gallery in Ginza Renkakyoukyou --
Collaboration of Percussion, Sculpture and Noh "Yamanba"

1.2000
Noh Play "Shoujou"
Graduation Recital of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music


1999

9.1999
Noh Play "Kochou" 
at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Noh theatre

08.1999
"NO-OPERA POUR MARCEL DUCHAMP ET JOHN CAGE
-- QUAND TEMPS" composed by Ken Ito 
ARTCAMP Hakushu in Yamanashi


1996

07.1996
Noh Play "Hagoromo" at Oita Noh theatre

03.1996
Noh Play "Tsuchigumo" The Japan Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York