2021.8.22 Suntory Hall Summer Festival 2021
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Suntory Hall Summer Festival 2021
The Producer Series ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPORAIN
From Paris into the World’s Pioneers of “New Music”
East and West
SUN, AUG 22 18:00
Suntory Hall, Main Hall
– Toshio Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka ― The Maiden from the Sea (2017)［Japanese Premiere］
Original Text (Japanese) by Oriza Hirata / Based on Futari Shizuka, A Noh Play
（opera in 1 act (1 scene) / sung in English with Japanese surtitles / concert style）
Soprano: Kerstin Avemo, Noh-Singer: Ryoko Aoki
– Gustav Mahler (arr. Glen Cortese): Das Lied von der Erde (arr. for voices and chamber orchestra) (1908-09/2006)
Mezzo-soprano: Mihoko Fujimura, Tenor: Benjamin Bruns
Conductor: Matthias Pintscher
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble CMA
I made my debut at Suntory Hall on 22 August! In 2017 I performed the world premiere of Toshio Hosokawa “Futari Shizuka – The Maiden from the Sea” with the Ensemble intercontemporain conducted by Matthias Pintscher, the soprano, Kerstin Avemo at the Philharmonie de Paris and Kölner Philharmonie. After 4 years we performed the Japanese premiere of this opera with the original team again! Tickets were sold out and we were very impressed with enthusiastic audience.