Main Concert

 

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9th September (Sunday)

Opening Concert
Start: 3 PM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee:Adult 4,000 Yen/                   Student 1,000 Yen
Elgar Salut d’amour Ribon Aida (Vn) and Kei Itoh (Pf)
Beethoven Duetto mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern WoO. 32 Shu Yamamoto (Vla) and Gen Yokosaka (Vc)
J.S.Bach Bourrée I & II, and Gigue from Cello Suite No.3 BWV 1009 Yuya Mizono (Vc)
Berio Lied Masanori Oishi (Sax)
Piazzola SVP Tomomi Ota (Acc)
Kreisler Liebesleid and Tambourin Chinois Op. 3 Kei Sirai (Vn) and Yuya Tsuda (Pf)
Brahms No. 5 and 6 from Ungarische Tänze WoO. 1 Hiroyo Imagawa, Kei Itoh (PF)
Andersen Variations élégiaques Mario Caroli (Fl) and Ken’ichi Nakagawa (Pf)
Sciarrino Come vengono prodotti gli incantesimi? Tosiya Suzuki (Rec)
Takemitsu Voice Yoshie Ueno (Fl)
Staud Donum (Segue II for Pierre Boulez) Tomoki Tai (Vc)
Debussy Cello Sonata D minor Gen Yokosaka (Vc) and Tomoki Kitamura (Pf)
Schubert An die Musik D547 and Du bist Ruh D 776 Yeree Suh (Sop) and Tomoki Kitamura (Pf)
Brahms Wiegenlied Op. 49-4 Yeree Suh (Sop) and Tomoki Kitamura (Pf)

10th September (Monday)

RESONANCE BETWEEN SCHUMANN AND BRAHMS
KEI ITOH PRODUCE CONCERT I
Start: 7:30 PM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee: Adult 4,000 Yen /             Student 1,000 Yen
Brahms Variations about a theme of Schumann Op.9 Hiroyo Imagawa (Pf)
Brahms 3 Intermezzi op.117 Yuya Tsuda (Pf)
Schumann 3 Romances Op.94 Kanami Araki (Ob) and Kei Itoh (Pf)
Brahms 8 Klavierstücke Op.76 Tomoki Kitamura (Pf)

11th September (Tuesday)

EVENING MINI CONCERT I
FASCINATION OF
GERMAN CHAMBER MUSIC
Start: 5:30 PM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee: Adult 2,000 Yen /             Student 1,000 Yen
Brahms Viola Sonata No.1 Op.120 Kimi Makino (Vla) and Saori Oya (Pf)
Schumann Adagio and Allegro Op.70 Kotomi Araki (Ob) and Kei Itoh (Pf)
Mendelssohn Cello Sonata  No.2 Op.58 Gen Yokosaka (Vc) and Yuya Tsuda (Pf)

SERGE ZIMMERMANN & KEI ITOH RECITAL
Start: 7:30 PM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee: Adult 4,000 Yen /             Student 1,000 Yen
Brahms Violin Sonata No.2 Op.100 and No.3 Op.108 Serge Zimmermann (Vn), Kei Itoh (Pf)
Brahms Piano Quintet Op.34 Serge Zimmermann (Vn), Kei Shirai (Vn), Shu Yamamoto (Vla), Gen Yokosaka (Vc) and Kei Itoh (Pf)

12th September (Wednesday)

EVENING CONCERT
WIND BRASS INSTRUMENTS
Start: 7 PM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee: Adult 3,000 Yen /                              Student 1,000 Yen
Messiaen le merle noir Yoshie Ueno (Fl) and Ken’ichi Nakagawa(Pf)
Skrzypczak Mouvement for Flute solo (Japan premiere) Mario Caroli (Fl)
Saint-Saëns Oboe Sonata Op. 166 Kotomi Araki (Ob) and Hiroyo Imagawa (Pf)
Debussy Rhapsody
for saxophone and piano
Masanori Oishi (Sax) and Saori Oya (Pf)
R. Strauss (arr. Caroli) Violin Sonata Op. 18 (flute version) Mario Caroli(Fl) and Tomoki Kitamura (Pf)
INJO-JI TEMPLE CONCERT
Start: 9:00 PM
Place: Injo-ji Temple
Fee: Adult 2,000 Yen /                                  Student 1,000 Yen
 

Hosokawa

Hosokawa

Shakuhachi Honkyoku

 

Melodia

Sen 1

Shakuhachi Honkyoku

Shu-ho (Flower Offering),

Tomomi Ota (Acc)

Tosiya Suzuki (Rec)

Tosiya Suzuki (Rec)

13th September (Thursday)

EVENING MINI CONCERT II
CLASSIC AND MOVIE MUSIC
Starts: 5:30 PM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee: Adult 2,000 Yen /             Student 1,000 Yen
Piazzola Le Grand Tango (viola and accordion version) Tokomo Akasaka (Vla) and Tomomi Ota (Acc)
Morricone Selected pieces from New Cinema Paradise Yumi Itoh (Cl), Yoshie Ueno (Fl) and Saori Oya (Pf)
Several composers Selected pieces from movie music for violin and harp Yasutaka Hemmi (Vn) and Takayo Matsumura (Harp)
CONCERTI OF STRINGS AND PIANO
KEI ITOH PRODUCE CONCERT II
開演:19時30分
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee: Adult 4,000 Yen /             Student 1,000 Yen
Schumann Piano Quintet Op.44 Kei Shirai (Vn), Ribon Aida (Vn), Kimi Makino (Vla), Gen Yokosaka (Vc) and Yuya Tsuda (Pf)
Schumann No. 1, 3, 7, 9 and 24 from Myrten Op.25 and No. 1, 3, 5 and 6 from Liederkreis Op.39 Yeree Suh (Sop) and Tomoki Kitamura (Pf)
Webern 3 Kleine Stücke, Op.11 Yuya Mizuno (Vc) and Hiroyo Imagawa (Pf)
Brahms Clarinet Quintet Op.115 Nozomi Ueda (Cl), Kei Shirai (Vn), Ribon Aida (Vn), Shu Yamamoto(Vla), Yuya Mizuno (Vc)

14th September (Friday)

NEW HORIZONS CONCERT I
Start: 5 PM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee: Adult 3,000 Yen /             Student 1,000 Yen
Scelsi Taiagaru I Maki Ota (Sop)
Frick New piece for recorder and bass-flute(world premiere)
Oliver Frick (Elec) and Masanori Oishi (Sax)
Kwong New piece for recorder and bass-flute solo (world premiere) Tosiya Suzuki (Rec) and Mario Caroli (Fl)
Kanai New piece for accordion and viola (world premiere) Tomomi Ota (Acc) and Tomoko Akasaka (Vla) (world premiere)
Chendler New piece for cello solo (world premiere) Tomoki Tai (Vc)
Miura Anitoya Ysutaka Hemmi (Vn), Masanori Oishi (Sax), Takayo Matsumura (Harp)
Williams Strange and Solemn Music(world premiere) Yohanan Chendler (Vn), Yasutaka Hemmi (Vla), Yui Hosoi (Vc), Nozomi Ueda (Cl), Takayo Matsumura (Harp)
TOSHIO HOSOKAWA AND HIS FRIENDS
Start: 7:30 PM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee: Adult 4,000 Yen /             Student 1,000 Yen
Hosokawa Gesine Takayo Matsumura (Harp)
Diana Rotaru Solomonarul for flute solo (world premiere) Mario Caroli (Fl)
Skrzypczak Riss for sax, cello and piano (Japan Premiere) Masanori Oishi (Sax), Tomoki Tai (Vc) and Saori Oya (Pf)
Hosokawa The water of Lethe Yasutaka Hemmi (Vn), Tomoko Akasaka (Vla), Tomoki Tai (Vc), Junko Yamamoto (Pf)
Staud Sydenham Music Kaori Wakabayashi (Fl), Kimi Makino (Vla) and Takayo Matsumura (Harp)
Staud Wasserzeichen Nozomi Ueda (Cl), Tomoki Tai (Vc) and Saori Oya (Pf)
Staud Caldera for Tony Cragg Maki Ota (Sop), Nozomi Ueda (Cl) and Ken’ichi Nakagawa (Pf)
Staud Wheat, not oats, dear. I’m afraid! Kaori Wakabayashi (Fl), Kotomi Araki (Ob); Yumi Itoh(Cl),Tomoko Kasai (Perc), Yasutaka Hemmi (Vn), Kimi Makino (Va), Yui Hosoi (Vc) and Andrea Pestalozza (Cond)

15th September (Saturday)

ACADEMY STUDENTS FLUTE CONCERT (might be cancelled)
Start: 1 PM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee:1,000 Yen
Piece: To be announced Performer: To be announced
NEW HORIZONS CONCERT II
Start: 3 PM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee: Adult 3,000 Yen /             Student 1,000 Yen
Scelsi Taiagaru II & III Maki Ota (Sop)
Sakata, New piece for flute, clarinet, violin and cello (world premiere) Yoshie Ueno (Fl), Nozomi Ueda (Cl), Yasutaka Hemmi (Vn) and Tomoki Tai (Vc)
Ledoux Japanese e-mails to Toshio Hosokawa Ken’ichi Nakagawa (Pf)
Kamiyama New piece for flute solo (world premiere) Yoshie Ueno (Fl)
Tonia Mare Imbrium (world premiere)
Yohanan Chendler (Vn), Yui Hosoi (Vc), Tomomi Ota (Acc) and Saori Oya (Pf)
Kwong Lachrymae (Japan premiere) Kaori Wakabayashi (Fl), Yumi Itoh (Cl), Yohanan Chendler (Vn), Yui Hosoi (Vc), Junko Yamamoto (Pf), Tomoko Kasai (Perc) and Ken’ichi Nakagawa (Cond)
NEW HORIZONS CONCERT III
Open: 5 PM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee: Adult 3,000 Yen /                Student 1,000 Yen
Hosokawa 3 Love Songs(2005) for voice and alto saxophone  Maki Ota (Sop) and Masanori Oishi (Sax)
Kawashima Legend of Numakunaiuchi Kaori Wakabayashi (Fl)
Williams New piece for recorder and sho (world premiere)
Tosiya Suzuki (Rec) and Mayumi Miyata (Sho)
Skrzypczak Daphnes Lied (Japan Premiere) Junko Yamamoto (Pf)
Huber Plainte Mario Caroli (Fl)
Diana Rotaru Verde (Japan premiere) Mario Caroli (Fl), Tomoko Akasaka (Vla), Yui Hosoi (Vc) and Junko Yamamoto (Pf)
TRADITION OF VIENNA MUSIC
KEI ITOH PRODUCE CONCERT III
Start: 7:30 PM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee: Adult 4,000 Yen /             Student 1,000 Yen
Ligeti Sonata for viola Tomoko Akasaka (Vla)
R. Strauss 4 letzte Lieder Yeree Suh (Sop) and Tomoki Kitamura (Pf)
Brahms String Sextet No.2 op.36 Kei Shirai (Vn), Ribon Aida (Vn), Tomoko Akasaka (Vla), Shu Yamamoto (Vla), Gen Yokosaka (Vc), Yuya Mizuno (Vc)

16th September (Sunday)

MORNING CONCERT
Open: 11 AM
Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center
Fee: Adult 2,000 Yen /                  Student 1,000 Yen
Ibert Impromptu Jeroen Berwaerts (Tr) and Ken’ichi Nakagawa (Pf)
Brahms (attributed) Selected pieces from 12 Etudes for trumpet or horn
Jeroen Berwaerts (Tr)
Sakata, Tonia, Kinoshita, Hosokawa Etudes (World premiere) Jeroen Berwaerts (Tr)
Fujii Root Takayo Matsumura (Harp)
Huber Black Plaint Mayumi Miyata (sho) and Tomoko Kasai (Perc)
FINAL CONCERT
Open: 4 PM

Place: Echizen-shi Bunka Center

Fee: Adult 4,000 Yen /              Student 1,000 Yen
Buddhist shomyo Study Group of Hokuriku Ji-shu Shomyo, Study Group of Tendai Shomyo
Ligeti Mysteries of the Macabre Jeroen Berwaerts (Tr) and Ken’ichi Nakagawa (Pf)
Brahms (Arr. Kanai) Ein deutsches Requiem Op.45 Andrea Pestalozza (Cond), Yelee Suh (Sop), Koji Orikawa (Bar), Takefu International Music Festival Choir, Takefu Ensemle (Kei Shirai, Yohanan Chendler, Yasutaka Hemmi (Vn), Kimi Makino, Shu Yamamoto (Vla), Gen Yokosaka, Yuya Mizuno (Vc), Kana Shinohe (Cb), Fu Mitsuya (Fl), Kotomi Araki (Ob), Yumi Itoh (Cl), Mai Tsuneda (Fg), Jeroen Berwaerts (Tr), Koji Nagai (Hr), Yuichi Takemoto (Tb), Mariko Yamaguchi (Tub), Tomoko Kasai (Perc), Takayo Matsumura (Harp))

 

[LAST UPDATE 01.04.2018]