CONCERT
“Around Japanese Music Today / no.6”

Concert at the House of Culture of Japan in Paris
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.

For the 6th part of this musical cycle, the shakuhachi and the koto are in the spotlight. New works by two composers of different generations, Masakazu Natsuda and Tetsuya Yamamoto, will be performed in world premiere. We will see how these former students of the National Conservatory of Music in Paris and the National Conservatory of Music in Lyon brought these emblematic instruments of Japanese music to new territories.

＝PROGRAM＝

Shakuhachi and koto improvisation

Masakazu Natsuda (1968- )
Minazuki no yû for shakuhachi (2023, world premiere)

Keita Matsumiya (1980- )
Iroha for utai and koto (2012)

Ittetsu Shimizu (1976- )
「Visio/ nmbra viveis lucis for koto solo」(2009)

Tetsuya Yamamoto (1989- )
Autumn fragments, or traces – for shakuhachi and koto (2023, world premiere)

Date/ 06/14/2023 18:30-19:30
Rental/　Maison de la Culture du Japon à Paris (small room)
Price/　５ Euros

For more information, you can click the link below

https://www.mcjp.fr/fr/ agenda/katsura-creasion-shakuhachi-fumie-hihara-koto?fbclid=IwAR1Vg7Jh5cGGc-IuQwqIAQkeHZ16rlfzHq0JrLQZUMhDmwFyA9YtvtvTWJM
Co-production/: House of Culture of Japan in Paris, Franco-Japanese Association for Contemporary Music