Main Concert

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8th September (Sun)

Opening Concert
Start: 15:00
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 4000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
Debussy Reflets dans l’eau from Images Hiroyo Imagawa (Piano)
Ravel Selected pieces from Ma Mère l’Oye

1.Pavane de la belle au bois dormant

3.Laideronette, impératrice des pagodes

5.Le jardin féérique

Yuya Tsuda (Piano) and Tomoki Kitamura (Piano)
Fauré Élégie op. 24 Gen Yokosaka (Cello) and Kei Itoh (Piano)
Schumann Selected pieces from Märchenbilder op. 113 Shu Yamamoto (Cello) and Yuya Tsuda (Piano)
Schubert Der Lindenbaum from Winerreise D911 Ayako Tahara (Viola) and Yuya Tsuda (Piano)
Ravel I/IV Movements from Sonata for Violin and Cello Fumika Mohri (Violin) and Yutaka Itoh (Piano)
Debussy Valse romantique (harp version) Naoko Yoshino (Harp)
Liszt (arr. H. Renié) Liebestraum No. 3 from Liebesträume S.541 (harp version) Naoko Yoshino (Harp)
Paganini Cantabile Edicson Ruiz (Contrabass) and Kei Itoh (Piano)
Traditional Takiochi Tadashi Tajima (Shakuhachi)
Gardella Altopiani/Altri spazi for tenor recorder Tosiya Suzuki (Recorder)
Ligeti 2 pieces from 6 Bagatelles Slowind Wind Quintet
Fedele Suite francese IV for flute, dedicated to Mario Caroli Mario Caroli (Flute)
Hosokawa Spell Song Masanori Oishi (Saxophone)
Messiaen Le Merle Noir Yoshie Ueno (Flute) and Ken’ichi Nakagawa (Piano)
Schubert An die Musik D547, Der Musensohn D764, Ellens Gesang III “Ave Maria” D839 Kerstin Avemo (Soprano) and Tomoki Kitamura (Piano)
Bartók Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No. 1 Sz. 86 Veronika Eberle (Violine) and Tomoki Kitamura (Piano)

9th September (Mon)

Veronika Eberle & Edicson Ruiz
Violin & Contrabass Duo Concert
Start: 19:30
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 4000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
J. S. Bach Suite for Cello solo No. 1 BWV 1007 (contrabass version) Edicson Ruiz (Contrabass)
J. S. Bach Partita No.2 in d minor BWV1004 Veronika Eberle (Violin)
Efrain Oscher Passacaglia for violin & doublebass after Bach’s Passacaglia BWV 582 (Japan premiere) Veronika Eberle (Violin) and Edicson Ruiz (Contrabass),
Gonzalo Grau RUMBAch: Suite for violin, bass & percussion Veronika Eberle (Violin), Edicson Ruiz (Contrabass) and Tomoko Kasai (percussion)

10th September (Tue)

Chamber Music: Strings & Piano
Kei Itoh Produce Concert 1
Start: 19:30
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 4000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
Schumann Violin Sonata No. 1 op. 105 (viola version) Ayako Tahara (Viola) and Hiroyo Imagawa (Piano)
Schumann Violin Sonata No. 2 op. 121 Kei Shirai (Violin) and Kei Itoh (Piano)
Fauré Cello Sonata No. 2 op. 117 Gen Yokosaka (Cello) and Tomoki Kitamura (Piano)
Ravel Piano Trio Fumika Mohri (Violin), Yutaka Itoh (Cello) and Yuya Tsuda (Piano)

11th September (Wed)

Masterpieces of Chamber Music & Kerstin Avemo Mini Recital
Start: 19:30
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 4000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp L. 137 Mario Caroli (Flute), Tomoko Akasaka (Viola) and Naoko Yoshino (Harp)
Boulez Sonatine for flute and piano Yoshie Ueno (Flute) and Ken’ichi Nakagawa (Piano)
Takemitsu And then I knew ’twas wind Mario Caroli (Flute), Tomoko Akasaka (Viola) and Naoko Yoshino (Harp)
Grieg Solveigs Sang Op.23
Kerstin Avemo (Soprano) and Tomoki Kitamura (Piano)
Grieg  Varen Op.33-2

Kerstin Avemo (Soprano) and Tomoki Kitamura (Piano)

Schoenberg 7 Lieder aus “Brettl-Lieder”

Galathea

Gigerlette

Der genügsame Liebhaber

Einfältiges Lied

Jedem das Seine

Mahnung

Langsamer Walzer(Aus dem »Spiegel von Arcadia«)

Kerstin Avemo (Soprano) and Tomoki Kitamura (Piano)
Debussy  From „Fêtes galantes“  Fantoches Kerstin Avemo (Soprano) and Tomoki Kitamura (Piano)
Debussy From „ Ariettes oubliées “ 

Le vent dans la plaine suspend son haleine 

ll pleut doucement sur la ville

 Kerstin Avemo (Soprano) and Tomoki Kitamura (Piano)

12th September (Thu)

Fascination of String Instruments
Kei Itoh Produce Concert 2
Start: 19:00
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 4000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
Hosokawa Lied IV Veronika Eberle (Violin) and Kei Itoh (Piano)
Franck Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano Veronika Eberle (Violin) and Kei Itoh (Piano)
Schubert String Quintet D956 Kei Shirai (Violin), Fumika Mohri (Violin), Ayako Tahara (Viola), Gen Yokosaka (Cello) and Yutaka Itoh (Cello)
Injoji Temple Concert
Start: 21:15
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 2000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
 Shu-hou (Flower Offering) with artist below
Bach Cello Suites (saxphone version) Masanori Oishi (Saxophone)
Toshio Hosokawa Sakura Mayumi Miyata (Sho)
Classical gagaku Court music Mayumi Miyata (Sho)
Improvisation Chisato Sakai (Crystalbowl)

13th September (Fri)

New Horizons Concert I
Start: 17:00
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 3000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
Isamu Kanai New piece for woodwind quintet (world premiere)
Slowind
Masamichi Kinoshita New piece (world premiere)
Tadashi Tajima (Shakuhachi) and Tosiya Suzuki (Recorder)
Nana Kamiyama New piece for 4 hands piano (world premiere) Saori Oya (Piano) and Junko Yamamoto (Piano)
Noriko Miura “from the sky / through the window” -for flute and piano- (2018) Yoshie Ueno (Flute) and Ken’ichi Nakagawa (Piano)
Katherine Balch Prelude for cello and piano (Japan premiere) Tomoki Tai (Cello) and Junko Yamamoto (Piano)
Yukiko Watanabe For small piano” for piano solo Saori Oya (Piano)
Toshio Hosokawa and His Friends
Start: 19:30
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 4000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
Gardella Tempo imperfetto delle maree for woodwind quintet (world premiere) Slowind Woodwind Quintet
Šenk Silhouettes and Shadows for woodwind quintet Slowind Woodwind Quintet
Hosokawa Three Essays (saxophone version) (world premiere) Masanori Oishi (Saxophone)
Hosokawa Small Essay for doublebase solo (Japan premiere) Edicson Ruiz (Contrabass)
Fedele Haru Haiku for soprano, cello, bass clarinet and percussion (Japan premiere) Maki Ota (Soprano), Tommiki Tai (Cello), Nozomi Ueda (Clarinet) and Tomoko Kasai (Percussion)
Fedele Imaginary Islands for flute, bass clarinet and piano (Japan premiere)
Mario Caroli (Flute), Nozomi Ueda (Clarinet) and Saori Oya (Piano)
Fedele Archipelago Möbius for violin, cello, clarinet and contrabass (Japan premiere)
Yasutaka Hemmi (Violin), Tomoki Tai (Cello), Nozomi Ueda (Clarinet) and Edicson Ruiz (Contrabass)

14th September (Sat)

Academy Student Concert 
Start: 13:00
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: 1000 Yen
 Facluty:Flute course / Mario Caroli 

Facluty:Saxphone course / Masanori Oishi

 
Henri Busser Prelude et Scherzo OP.35 Aki Kanemaki (Flute) and Toshihiro Kato(Piano)
Ian Clarke Zoom Tube Natsuki Oba
Carl Reinecke Sonata Undine Kana Oba (Flute) and Haruna   Ohashi(Piano)
Karg Elert  Chaconne Shigetora Yokoi (Flute)
Arthur Honegger  La Danse de la Chèvre Shigetora Yokoi (Flute)
Bach Partita No.3 Sarabande / No.4 Bourree anglaise Shigetora Yokoi (Flute)
Boutry Divertiment 2nd, 3rd movement Yume Akase (Saxphone) and Toshihiro Kato (Piano)
Berio Sequenza Sequenza (Saxphone)
New Horizons Concert II
Start: 15:00
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 3000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
Šenk Scratch for alto saxophone and percussion Masanori Oishi (Saxophone) and Tomoko Kasai (Percussion)
Watanabe Die geschmorzene Heimat for flute, clarinet and viola Yoshie Ueno (Flute), Yumi Itoh (Clarinet) and Tomoko Akasaka (Viola)
Chendler New piece for soprano and shakuhachi Maki Ota (Soprano) and Tadashi Tajima (Shakuhachi)
Maekawa New piece for bass flute, bass clarinet and cello Mario Caroli (Flute), Nozumi Ueda (Clarinet) and Tomoki Tai (Cello)
Lardelli Retracing, remembered (Japan premiere)
Dylan Lardelli (Guiter)
Tomiko Kojiba Fragments 2 for recorder and string quartet Tosiya Suzuki (Recorder), Yasutaka Hemmi (Violin), Yohanan Chendler (Violin), Shu Yamamoto (Viola) and Yui Hosoi (Cello)
New Horizons Concert III
Start: 17:00
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 3000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
Takemitsu Distance for saxophone and sho Masanori Oishi (Saxophone) and Mayumi Miyata (Sho)
Vrhunc Traces Slowind Woodwind Quintet
Grisey Anubis for bariton saxophone solo Masanori Oishi (Saxophone)
Lardelli New piece for sho and oboe Mayumi Miyata (Sho) and Matej Šarc (Oboe)
Katherine Balch Thread Unfurled for flute and piano (Japan premiere) Mario Caroli (Flute) and Saori Oya (Piano)
Fedele Fünfzehn Bagatellen for violin, cello and piano Yasutaka Hemmi (Violin), Tomoki Tai (Cello) and Junko Yamamoto (Piano)
Quintets Concert
Kei Itoh Produce Concert 3
Start: 19:30
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 4000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
Ibert Trio for violin, cello and harp Kei Shirai (Violin), Gen Yokosaka (Cello) and Naoko Yoshino (Harp)
Fauré Piano Quintet op. 115 Kei Shirai (Violin), Fumika Mohri (Violin), Ayako Tahara (Viola), Yu Ito (Cello) and Kei Itoh (Piano)
Schubert Piano Quintet “Die Forelle” D667 Veronika Eberle (Violin), Shu Yamamoto (Viola), Gen Yokosaka (Cello), Edicson Ruiz (Contrabass) and Yuya Tsuda (Piano)

15th September (Sun)

Morning Concert
Naoko Yoshino Mini Recital
Start: 11:00
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 2000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
Mozart Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major K.545 (harp version) Naoko Yoshino (Harp)
Fauré Une châtelaine en sa tour… op. 110 Naoko Yoshino (Harp)
Liszt (arr. Renié) Un sospiro Naoko Yoshino (Harp)
Walter-Küne Fantasie on a Theme from “Eugene Onegin Naoko Yoshino (Harp)
Poulenc Sextet Slowind Woodwind Quintet, Junko Yamamoto (Piano)
Ligeti 6 Bagatellen Slowind Woodwind Quintet
Final Concert
Start: 16:00
Place: Echizenshi Cultural Center
Fee: Adult 4000 Yen/Student 1000 Yen
Shomyo Tendai Shomyo Study Group
Hosokawa Threnody −to the victims of Tohoku Earthquake 3.11− for viola solo Tomoko Akasaka (Viola)
Mozart (arr. Masato Suzuki, arr. for Takefu ensemble Isamu Kanai) Requiem K. 626 Takefu Festival Choir, Choir “Uta-Uta”, Masato Suzuki (Conduct), Kerstin Avemo (Soprano), Marino Yokose (Alto), Daiki Miyashita (Tenor), Naohito Sekiguchi (Baritone), Kei Shirai (Violin), Kei Shirai (Violin), Fumika Mohri (Violin), Yasutaka Hemmi (Violin), Yohanan Chendler (Violin), Tomoko Akasaka (Viola), Shu Yamamoto (Viola), Yutaka Itoh (Cello), Yui Hosoi (Cello), Kana Shinohe (Contrabass), Aleš Kacjan (Flute), Matej Šarc (Oboe), Jurij Jenko (Clarinet), Paolo Calligaris (Faggot), Metod Tomac (Horn), Tomoko Kasai (Timpani), Kiyoshi Nishimura (Trumpet), Yoko Takimura (Trumpet), Yuichi Takemoto (Trombone), Mariko Yamaguchi (Tuba)

[LAST UPDATE 27.06.2019]