2020.12.7 Ryoko Aoki x Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra : YouTube Live “Pray for an end to the Covid-19”
On 7 December 2020, I and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra members broadcasted YouTube Live “HO NOH – Pray for an end to the Covid-19” (Live-streaming distant session) especially for people who live in the Netherlands.
From May to July 2020, I have broadcasted “HO NOH – Pray for an end to the Covid-19”. Noh is a Japanese traditional theatre which originated in the 14th century. Noh performers historically performed for religious rituals; for example, to pray for recovery from illness. Now we are suffering from Covid-19 pandemic. I have collaborated with international composers to write new pieces for Noh voice. In this series, we play their pieces to pray for an end to the Covid-19 for the people in the place where composers and musicians live.
We played Noriko Baba “hagomoro suite” which we already played together at Concertgebouw in 2018. This time, I sang at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Japan with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra members at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam as live-streaming distant session.
HO NOH – Pray for an end to the Covid-19 vol.4, For Netherlands
Date: 11:00-11:20 (CET) 7 December 2020
Venue: The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Japan, Tokyo / Recital Hall, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Noriko Baba “hagomoro suite”
Ryoko Aoki (Noh voice, Tokyo)
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra members, Amsterdam
Junko Naito (violin) Sylvia Huang (violin) Saeko Oguma (viola) Fred Edelen (violoncello)
Noriko Baba (Composition, Rome)
Technical direction / live streaming : LUFTZUG
Subsidized by Minato City in Tokyo, Association for Corporate Support of the Arts GBFund
With the cooperation of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Japan, AMATI
You can watch it in this link for free.
https://youtu.be/EDqKapGVgSQ
This project is self funded and it would be very helpful to continue the project if you support via
PayPal https://www.paypal.me/nohvoicemusic or
Peatix https://honohfornetherlandsafter.peatix.com.
Thank you very much for your watching!
Photo (Tokyo) : 427FOTO
Photo (Amsterdam) : Jan Van den Berg