2020.10.20 Noh Singer, Ryoko Aoki Commission Series “Noh × Contemporary Music” Vol.8
Noh singer, Ryoko Aoki commission series “Noh x Contemporary Music” vol.8
National Arts Festival (Agency for Cultural Affairs) FY2020 (vol.75)
SUNTORY FOUNDATION for the ARTS “Keizo Saji Select Concerts” vol.20
20 October 2020 (Tuesday) 19:00-
Akasaka Civic Hall (4-18-13 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
From 2010, a Noh singer, Ryoko Aoki, has organised “Noh × Contemporary Music” to commission international composers to write new pieces for Noh voice. So far, she has premiered 33 pieces in this series and she released her debut CD “Noh × Contemporary Music” in 2014. In this project, we will commission Robert HP Platz, Frédéric Durieux, Diana Rotaru and will premiere their new works on 20 October 2020. In the concert, the composers will talk about composing a new piece for Noh voice online, and then they will be performed. The talk will give audiences a deeper understanding of this new world of contemporary music and Noh.
1. Introduction from Ryoko Aoki
2. Talk & Performance
Robert HP Platz
Robert HP Platz “Ryoko no Nô” for Noh voice and String Quartet (World Premiere)
Frédéric Durieux 
Frédéric Durieux “ATTAN’DATTE” for Noh voice and String Quartet (World Premiere)
Diana Rotaru “Hannya”
Diana Rotaru “Hannya” for Noh voice and String Quartet (World Premiere)
3. Q&A
MC : Arisa Iida
Translator : Yukako Inoue
Stage Manager : Takashi Kawachi
Camera : Eriko Kanamaru
Sound : Umeo Saito Kanae Okakura
Design : Anna Murakami
Costume : ISSEY MIYAKE
Photo : Atsuko Tanaka
You can see the whole concert here.
Thank you very much for your listening to our concert! After the concert, with Toshio Hosokawa.