Past Concert
6 July 2012
Tokyo Sinfonietta the 31th Subscription Concert
From "Week-end Paris-Japon" by Radio France
Suntory Hall Blue Rose
Wilhelm Richard Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll (1870)
Jean-Louis Agobet: Clarinet Concertino (2012) *Japanese premiere, commissioned by Redio France & Tokyo Sinfonietta
Clarinet: Haruyo Nishizawa
Claude Achille Debussy: Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe (1915)
Flute: Kazushi Saito Viola: Yuki Hyakutake Harp: Mari Kimura
Benjamin Attahir: Ancho pour Soprano et ensemble (2012) *Japanese premiere, commissioned by Redio France
Soprano: Aki Matsui
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
1 July 2011
Tokyo Sinfonietta the 29th Subscription Concert
In the Field of Chamber Orchestra III
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Small Hall
Yair Klartag: Bipolar Disorder for Chamber Ensemble (2009) *World premiere
Benet Casablancas: New Epigrams per a orquestra de cambra (1997) *Japanes premiere
Toshiro Saruya: Votum, nunc (2011) *commissioned by Tokyo Sinfonietta, World premiere
Dai Fujikura: Vanishing Point for ensemble (2004/06)
Akira Nishimura: The Navel of Vishnu for piano and chamber orchestra (2010)
Piano: Ami Fujiwara
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
10 December 2010
Tokyo Sinfonietta the 28th Subscription Concert
Focus on Joji Yuasa
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Small Hall
Edgard Varèse: Octandre for seven wind instruments and double bass (1923)
Joji Yuasa: Projections for Seven Players (1956/56)
Chikage Imai:Simulgenesis for 17 musicians (2009/2010) *Japanes premiere, Revised version premiere
Joji Yuasa: Projection for Chamber Orchestra (2008/2010) *Revised version premiere
Joji Yuasa: Nine Levels by Ze-Ami for quadraphonic computer-generated tape and chamber ensemble (1987-88)
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
9 July 2010
Tokyo Sinfonietta the 27th Subscription Concert
Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Music From Japan
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Small Hall
Hitomi Kaneko: Almost Dusk for sho and string quartet (2009-2010) *Japanese premiere
Sho: Mayumi Miyata
Maki Ishii: Ki-Sho-Ten-Go for Shakuhachi and 6 Players (1998) *Japanese premiere
Shakuhachi: Kifu Mitsuhashi
Makoto Moroi: Contradiction III -Landscape with cloud- (1987)
Sho: Mayumi Miyata
Yoritsune Matsudaira: Concertino for piano and 16 instrumentalists (1989) *Japanese premiere
Piano: Ami Fujiwara
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
26 August 2010
Suntory Foundation for Arts' Summer Festival 2010 <MUSIC TODAY 21>
Theme Composer: Jonathan Harvey, Chamber Music
Suntory Hall Blue Rose (Small Hall)
Jonathan Harvey: Sringara Chaconne for ensemble 15 players (2008)
Jonathan Harvey: Hidden Voice 2 for 12 players and CD (1999)
Jonathan Harvey: Scena for violin and ensemble of 9 players (1992)
Violin: Chizuru Yamamoto
Jonathan Harvey: String Quartet No 4 with live electronics (2003)
String Quartet: Quattro Piaceri
Electronics: Gillbert Noune (IRCAM)
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
7 September 2009
Gaudeamus Music Week 2009
Muziekgebouw aan‘t IJ
Joji Yuasa: Projection for Chamber Orchestra (2008)
Tetsuji Emura: Harp Concerto II (2001)
harp: Mari Kimura
Akira Nishimura: Rainbow Body (2008)
Peter McNamara: Distorted Waters (2007)
Joey Roukens: Fast Movement and Epilogue (2009)
8 September 2009
Gaudeamus Music Week 2009
Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Haitinkzaal
Rica Narimoto: Trace: Komachi Shosho Michiyuki (2008)
Drinor Zymberi: Alauda arvensis (2008)
Yumi Saiki: Afterglow in memoriam of György Ligeti (2006)
Toru Takemitsu: Rain Coming (1982)
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
21,23,26 August 2009
Suntory Music Foundation's Summer Festival 2009 <MUSIC TODAY 21>
Opera <Hanjo>
An Opera in six scenes
Music and Libretto: Toshiyuki Hosokawa
based on <Hanjo>, Yukio Mishima's Modern Noh Play translated by Donald Keene
Suntory Hall Blue Rose (Small Hall)
Cast
Hanako: Miwako Handa, soprano
Jitsuko: Fredrika Brilenburg, mezzo soprano
Yoshio: Teruhiko Komori, baritone
Conductor: Johannes Debus
Orchestra: Tokyo Sinfonietta
Director, Stage Design, Costume: Luca Veggetti
Original Art Work: Moe Yoshida
Lighting: Taroo Tsujii
Stage Manager: Toshihiro Isei
9 July 2009 19:00
The 25th Regular Concert
Natherlands in Japan 2008-2009
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Small Hall
Edward Top: Most beautiful bird of paradiese (2003)
Michel van der Aa: Memo for violin and cassette recorder (2003)
violin solo: Chizuru Yamamoto
Louis Andriessen: Zilver (1994)
Michel van der Aa: Mask (2006)
Joey Roukens: Fast Movement and Epilogue (2009) *commissioned by Tokyo Sinfonietta, World premiere
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
29 & 30 April, 1 May, 2008
Alexandrina Contemporary Music Biennale 2009
http://www.bibalex.org/conmusicbiennale/
28 April 2009 20:00
Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt)
Olivier Messiaen: Quartuor pour la fin du temps (1941)
Totu Takemitsu: Quatrain II (1977)
29 April 2009 20:00
Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt)
Amr okba: Message (2007)
Rica Narimoto: Trace: Komachi Shosho Michiyuki for chamber orchestra (2008)
Akira Nishimura: Rainbow Body (2008)
Joji Yuasa: Projection for Chamber Orchestra (2008)
Joji Yuasa: Nine Levels by Ze-Ami (1987-88)
1 May 2009 20:00
Cairo Opera House (Egypt)
Totu Takemitsu: Rain Coming (1982)
Akira Nishimura: River of karuna II (1997)
Toru Takemitsu: Rain Spell (1982)
Joji Yuasa: JO HA KYU (1994-96)
Toshio Hosokawa: Vertical Time Study II (1993-94)
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
4 December, 2008
The 24th Regular Consert
In the field of chamber orchestra
Toppan Hall (Tokyo)
Rica Narimoto : Trace:Komachi Shosho Michiyuki for Chamber orchestra (2008) *The Winner of the 29th Irino Prize
Tetsuji Emura : Harp Concerto II (2008)
Harp : Mari Kimura
Drinor Zymberi : Alauda arvensis (2008) *World premiere
Joji Yuasa : Projection for Chamber Orchestra (2008) *World premiere
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
10 May, 2008
Festival Présences 2008
Cité de la musique (Paris)
Toshi Ichiyanagi : Circular Space
György Ligeti : Six Bagatelles
Olivier Meston : Matriochka
Toru Takemitsu : Rain Spell
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
11 May, 2008
Festival Présences 2008
Cité de la musique (Paris)
John Adams : Chamber Symphony
Jean-Louis Agobet : Sectio
Pierre Boulez : Dérive 1
Jean-Luc Darbellay : Mégalithe
Akira Nishimura : New Works
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
19 April, 2008
The 15th International Arts Festival in Kanagawa
"Sounds which Survive - form Mozart to Carter"
Possibility of Chamber Orchestra by Tokyo Sinfonietta
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Recital Hall
Richard Wagner : Siegfried-Idyll (1870)
Toshi Ichiyanagi : Recurrence (1979)
Pierre Boulez : Dérive 1 (1984)
Toru Takemitsu : Rain Spell (1982)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Trio Für Klavier, Klarinette und Viola in Es-dur K.498 "Kegelstatt" (1786)
Elliott Carter : Asko Concert (2000)
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
23 February, 2008
The 22nd regular Concert
Un défi à lq trqdition...... un cas d'orchestre de chambre
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall
Jean-Louis Agobet : L'Éude des forces (1997) *Japanese premiere
Flute: Kazushi Saito, Mitsuharu Saito, Electronics: Sumihisa Arima
Jean-Luc Darbellay : Mégalithe (2001) *Japanese premiere
Horn: Sumiharu Arima
György Ligeti : Six Bagatelles (1953)
John Adams : Chamber Symphony (1992) *Japanese premiere
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
18 October, 2007
The 21st regular Concert
In memory of György Ligeti - Three concertos featuring soloists from Tokyo Sinfonietta
Toppan Hall
György Ligeti : Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester (1966)
Cello: Kaoru Hanazaki
György Ligeti : Konzert für Klavier und Orchester (1985-87)
Piano: Ami Fujiwara
Yumi Saiki : Afterglow - in memory of György Ligeti (2007) *World premiere
Fute: Mitsuharu Saito, clarinet: Haruyo Nishizawa, viola: Yuki Hyakutake
György Ligeti : Konzert für Violine und Orchester (1985-87)
Violine: Chizuru Yamamoto
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta
12 July, 2007
The 20th regular Concert
Music from Japan in Tokyo 2007
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall
Hiroyuki Itoh : in the dim light (2005)
Hiroyuki Yamamoto : Fault Zone (2005/07) *Japanese premiere
Mai Kawamura : roba'i (2007) *World premiere
Alto: Kaori Ozaki
Miyuki Ito : Energy Void (2005/06) *Japanese premiere
Shakuhachi: Kifu Mitsuhashi
Joji Yuasa : Five Haiku form Buson (2007) *Japanese premiere
Alto: Kaori Ozaki
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
Ensemble: Tokyo Sinfonietta