Concert passé
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
21,23,26 August 2009
Gaudeamus Music Week 2009
SUMMER FESTIVAL 2009 <MUSIC TODAY 21>
Opera <Hanjo>
Opera one act (sung in English)
Text & Composition: Toshiyuki Hosokawa based on <Hanjo>,
Yukio Mishima's Modern Noh Play translated by Donald Keene
Sountory Hall Blue Rose (Small Hall)
Cast
Hanako: Miwako Handa, soprano
Jitsuko: Fredrika Brilenburg, mezzo soprano
Yoshio: Teruhiko Komori, baritone
Conductor: Johannes Debus
Director, Costume: Luca Veggetti
Set: Moe Yoshida
Lighting: Taroo Tsujii
Stage Manager: Toshihiro Isei
Orchestra: 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)
Tokyo Sinfonietta
Yasuaki Itakura, direction
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
flute: Mitsuharu Saito, clarinet: Haruyo Nishizawa, viola: Yuki Hyakutake
György Ligeti : Konzert für Violine und Orchester (1985-87)
violine: Chizuru Yamamoto
conductor: Yasuaki Itakura
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
Tokyo Sinfonietta