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Suntory Music Foundation (chaired by Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi) holds annually Summer Festival at Suntory Hall since 1987. This year's Festival, commemorating its 20th anniversary as well as reopening of Suntory Hall after a major renovation, took place from 1 through 8.
Two special programs of the 20th anniversary were given this year. Opening night concert started with Atsuhiko Gondai’s new commissioned work for sho and organ, followed by orchestral works of 20 years ago. John Cage’s last opera “Europera 5” was Japan premiered as another special program, performed by Akie Amou, Yumi Koyama, Rikuya Terashima with the direction by Tomomi Adachi
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Europera 5
Costume design by Kenjiro Okazaki. |
Jean-Claude Risset was focused as the theme composer in "Suntory Hall International Program for Music Composition", the series of concerts which started in 1986 and have been incorporated a part of the festival since 2004. "Schemes, for violin and orchestra", commissioned by Suntory Hall, was premiered in its Main Hall by violinist Mari Kimura who wrote cadenza herself, under the baton of maestro Kazuyoshi Akiyama.
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Mari Kimura playing cadenza for world premiere performance of “Scheme” |
Kimura also premiered “Variants II”, an interactive piece for violin processed in real time by computer, in the Small Hall concert, among the composer’s chamber works Japan-premiered by Ensemble Nomad conducted by Mr.Norio Sato.
Lecture by Mr.Risset have been given prior to two concerts.
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Lecture and performance
Risset demonstrates “Duet for one pianist”
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In "Music in Current" series in this festival, the newest orchestral and chamber works composed in 2002-2006 have been Japan-premiered.
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Tomoko Mukaiyama performing Gervasoni’s “Fantasia” |
The 17th competition of Akutagawa Award for Music Composition was hold in the framework of the Festival. After the premiere performance of the commissioned work by Yumi Saiki, 15th Akutagawa Award winner, pieces of three finalists of this year were performed by New Japan Philharmonic conducted by Maestro Kazuhiko Komatsu. Three judges, Shin’ichiro Ikebe, Toshi Ichiyanagi and Keiko Harada, discussed in public and finally chose Ms.Noriko Koide's "Keselanpatharan" as winner of the 17th Akutagawa Award for Music Composition. The Foundation has awarded Ms.Koide ¥500,000 and commissioned her to compose a new piece of orchestral music, which is scheduled to premiere in 2009.
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Ms.Noriko Koide, the 17th Akutagawa Award winner |
SUNTORY MUSIC FOUNDATION'S
SUMMER FESTIVAL 2007 at Suntory Hall
Saturday, September 1, 2007 7:00p.m. The Main Hall
SPECIAL PROGRAM OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY < ORCHESTRAL WORKS >
Cond: Pierre-André Valade
Org: Naomi Matsui
Sho: Mayumi Miyata
Vn: Hitoshi Ohoka
Hr: Tsutomu Maruyama, Jonathan Hammil, Hirofumi Wada, Mina Muranaka
Orch: Tokyo Philharminic Orchestra
Atsuhiko Gondai/ khõla/matrix (2007) commissioned work celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Summer Festival World Premiere
Luigi Nono/ 2) No hay caminos, hay que caminar…Andrei Tarkovskij
Toru Takemitsu/ Nostalghia – In Memory of Andrei Tarkovskij –
Gérard Grisey/ Epilogue Japan Premiere
Magnus Lindberg/ Kinetics Japan Premiere
Thursday, September 6, 2007 3:00p.m.,/ 8:00p.m. The Small Hall “Blue Rose”
SPECIAL PROGRAM OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY < OPERA >
John Cage/ Europera 5 (1991) Japan Premiere
Singer 1: Akie Amo
Singer 2: Yumi Koyama
Pf: Rikuya Terashima
Director: Tomomi Adachi
Lighting: Genta Iwamura
Sound: Sumihisa Arima
Victorola: Naoyuki Asahina
Mask&Costume: Kenjiro Okazaki
Stage Manager: Toshiro Isei
Monday, September 3, 2007 7:00p.m. The Small Hall “Blue Rose”
THEME COMPOSER < Jean-Claude Risset >
Suntory Hall International Program for Music Composition No.31
The Composer talks about his works and himself
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7:00p.m. The Main Hall
THEME COMPOSER < Jean-Claude Risset >
Suntory Hall International Program for Music Composition No.31
< ORCHESTRAL WORKS >
Cond: Kazuyoshi Akiyama
Vn: Mari Kimura
Orch: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Fabian Levy/ Coïncidences (1999/2007) Revised version, Premiere
Jean-Claude Risset/ Phases III (1989) Japan Premiere
Jean-Claude Risset/ Schemes (2007, commissioned by Suntory Hall) World Premiere
Jean-Claude Risset/ Phases I, II, IV (1989) Japan Premiere
André Jolivet/ Cinq danses rituelles (1939)
Saturday, September 8, 2007 7:00p.m. The Small Hall “Blue Rose”
THEME COMPOSER < Jean-Claude Risset >
Suntory Hall International Program for Music Composition No.31
< CHAMBER MUSIC >
Cond: Norio Sato
Sop: Masumi Yoshikawa
Vn: Mari Kimura
Pf: Ken-ichi Nakagawa
Disklavier: Jean-Claude Risset
Ensemble Nomad
Sound: Sumihisa Arima
Jean-Claude Risset/ From Music for Little Boy, a play by Pierre Halet on the Hiroshima raid (1968) Naka/ Fall Japan Premiere
Jean-Claude Risset/ Variants II (2007) World Premiere
Jean-Claude Risset/ Dialogues (1975) Japan Premiere
Jean-Claude Risset/ Tri-IX (homage to Iannis Xenakis) (2002) Japan Premiere
Jean-Claude Risset/ Duet for one pianist:Three etudes for interactive YAMAHA Disklavier piano (1991)
Jean-Claude Risset/ Oscura (2005) Japan Premiere
Jean-Claude Risset/ Five Resonant Sound Spaces (2002) Japan Premiere
Jean-Claude Risset/ Mirages III (1978) Japan Premiere
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:00p.m. The Main Hall
MUSIC IN CURRENT < ORCHESTRAL WORKS >
Cond: Tetsuji Honna
Org: Naomi Matsui
Sho: Mayumi Miyata
Cl: Alessandro Carbonare
Pf: Tomoko Mukaiyama
Tp: Osamu Takahashi
Orch: Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra
Atsuhiko Gondai/ khõla/matrix (2007) commissioned work celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Summer Festival
Stefano Gervasoni/ Fantasia (2005) Japan Premiere
Ivan Fedele/ Arco di Vento (2002-04) Japan Premiere
Olga Neuwirth/ ….miramondo multiplo….(2006) Japan Premiere
Johannes Maria Staud/ Apeiron (2004-05)
Friday, September 7, 2007 7:00p.m. The Small Hall “Blue Rose”
MUSIC IN CURRENT < CHAMBER MUSIC >
Cond: Yasuaki Itakura
Fl: Kazushi Saito
Accordion: Stefan Hussong
Tokyo Sinfonietta
Vykintas Baltakas/ (co)ro(na) (2005) Japan Premiere
Uroš Rojko/ Concerto fluido (2001-03) Japan Premiere
David Sawer/ Rebus (2004) Japan Premiere
Mauricio Sotelo/ Appasionato-en un silencio ardiente (2002) Japan Premiere
Liza Lim/ Songs found in dreams (2005)
Sunday, September 2, 2007 3:00p.m. The Main Hall
THE 17TH COMPETITION OF AKUTAGAWA AWARD FOR MUSIC COMPOSITION
Cond: Kazuhiko Komatsu
Pf: Satoshi Inagaki
Orch: New Japan Philharmonic
Yumi Saiki/ Entomophonie VI (2007, commissioned by Suntory Music Foundation for celebrating the 15th Award) World Premiere
< Nominated Works >
Chieko Doi/ The Trace of Waves (2005)
Akiko Yamane/ Dots Collection (2006)
Noriko Koide/ Keselanpatharan (2005)
Jury: Shin-ichiro Ikebe, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Keiko Harada
MC: Miyuki Shiraishi
The Suntory Music Foundation was established in 1969 with the objective of contributing to the development of western-style classical and contemporary music in Japan and chaired by Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. The main activities of the foundation are annual presentation of the Suntory Music Award and Keizo Saji Prize, Akutagawa Award for Music Composition, publication of a Bibliography on Japanese Composition, etc.
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