[Important] Program for the 737th Tokyo Subscription Concert in January has been decided
January 14th and 15th, 2022 737th Tokyo Regular ConcertThe program has been decided.
The New Year's regular concert is a "story" that connects "wa" (harmony) and "Vienna" (the Japanese traditional instrument) through the koto.
Our Tokyo Regular Concert in January will feature a solo koto performance, fitting for the Japanese New Year. The program combines the koto concerto "Magic Shadows," left behind by world-renowned composer Ishii Maki, with the classical koto piece "Midare," which has a deep connection to this work. The soloist will be Endo Chiaki, a leading figure in the world of contemporary Japanese music. And continuing the "koto" theme, the concert will begin with music from Schubert's "Rosamunde" (The Magic Harp), which has a harp theme.
The second half of the concert will feature Brahms' Symphony No. 3. Why the combination of Brahms and the koto? The answer lies in a painting by Moriya Tatsushi entitled "Vienna in the Sixth Stage (Brahms and Count Toda's Wife)." The piece is based on the historical fact that Brahms enjoyed the sound of the koto played by the wife of a diplomat in Vienna.
This program traces the history of cultural exchange between Japan and Vienna.
●737th Tokyo Regular Concert [Now on sale]
Friday, January 14, 2022 19:00, Saturday, January 15, 1 14:00
Conductor: Tetsuro Ban
Koto: Chiaki Endo
Schubert: Overture to the dramatic music "Rosamunde (The Magic Harp)"
Yatsuhashi Kengyo: Ranrinji (Koto solo)
Maki Ishii: "Elegant Shadows" for Koto and Orchestral and Percussion Instruments
Yatsuhashi Kengyo: Rokudan no Shirabe (Koto solo)
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Brahms: Symphony No. 3
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Tetsuro Saka (conductor)
Tetsuro Ban has been a frequent guest conductor in Europe and the United States, having been invited to perform with approximately 40 orchestras and opera houses, mainly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Italy. In Japan, he conducts major orchestras, the New National Theatre, and opera companies such as the Nikikai.
He has previously served as Resident Conductor of the Biel Stadthalle Opera, Resident First Conductor of the Brandenburg Opera, Resident Conductor of the Komische Oper Berlin, General Music Director of the Eisenach Opera and General Music Director of the Regensburg Opera. He is currently Resident Conductor of the Yamagata Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Advisor of Biwako Hall.
During the 2008/09 New Year's holiday, he conducted "Die Fledermaus" at the Vienna Volksoper, a performance that could be said to be the highlight of the year for the theater, and the local website "Opera Vienna" gave a "Successful New Year's Eve" and praised the performance, saying, "Tetsuro Ban and his orchestra gave a performance full of dynamism and passion. There was something sensual and ecstatic about the string instruments." Over the past 25 years, he has conducted around 70 stage productions at opera houses not only in Germany but also throughout Europe, for a total of more than 1000 performances.
Born in Kyoto City. Studied composition at Kyoto City University of Arts under Ryohei Hirose. After graduating, he studied conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna under K. Österreicher, L. Hager, and Yuji Yuasa.
He is also actively involved in mentoring the next generation, giving public lectures at Yamagata University and being invited as a special visiting professor at Tokyo University of the Arts and Kunitachi College of Music.
In 95, he won the Besançon International Conducting Competition.
In 96, he received the Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award Encouragement Prize, in 97 the ABC International Music Award, in 2000 the Kyoto City New Artist Award and the Hotel Okura Music Award, in 04 the Watanabe Akio Music Foundation Music Award, in 06 the Todo Kenichiro Music Award, and in 20 the Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award Merit Award.
Chiaki Endo (Koto)
Born in Fukushima Prefecture. Graduated from the Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts and completed the university's graduate school. Made her stage debut at the age of three, and won first place in the children's performance category at the age of 13 in the Miyagi Association National Koto Competition. Upon graduation, she represented the graduates by performing in front of the Emperor at the Toka Gakudo Hall in the Imperial Palace. In 2002, she won the Grand Prize and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Encouragement Award at the 8th Hase Kengyo Memorial National Traditional Japanese Music Competition, the Newcomer Award at the 62nd Arts Festival of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2008, and the Newcomer Award at the 38th Matsuo Entertainment Awards in 2017. Since 2009, she has been actively engaged in performing koto concertos, and has performed with orchestras both in Japan and abroad, including the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra (2014, 2016, 2018, 2021), Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra (2009, 2021), Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (2011), Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra (2013), Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa (2013), Seattle Symphony Orchestra (2015), and Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra (2015, 2020). In addition to her performance activities, she is also dedicated to mentoring and training the next generation of koto players, and her work has been featured in textbooks such as "Instrumental Music for Junior High School Students" (Kyoiku Geijutsusha). Endo has also held the Koto Recitals "Rin - Soloist -" (2009), "Den - Tsutae -" (2011), "Brillante" (2013), "The Concerto" (2016), and "Endo Chiaki x Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto in Fukushima" (2018), releasing CDs and DVDs of the same title for each recital, as well as a compilation CD titled "The Trajectory of Endo Chiaki Koto Concerto" (2018). In 2021, she will hold the Koto Recital "clear" featuring the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. She is currently a Miyagisha Grand Master of Ikuta School Koto Music, a member of the Miyagi Ensemble, a member of the Japan Sankyoku Association, a member of Mori no Kai, and the president of Myoyu-kai.
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