This rare intensive workshop for music professionals and composers focuses on the three gagaku instruments made of bamboo—sho, hichiriki and ryuteki—and their particular pitches, scales and playing techniques.
Wednesday, October 8, 7 PM
Wednesday, October 8, 8:30 PM
Master musicians of gagaku perform on and discuss bamboo instruments from medieval Japan in an intimate salon setting: inside the Japan Society Gallery exhibition New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters.
Members of Reigaku-sha, the most celebrated gagaku ensemble in Japan, perform traditional works as well as contemporary compositions and world premiere commissions.
Conductor Alan Gilbert discusses his cultural and musical background, life and career as he prepares to make his Metropolitan Opera debut with Dr. Atomic this fall.
The fourth in the Tzadik Music Label series curated by John Zorn, this is the first ever large-scale tribute to the music of Ito, one of the pioneering composers who incorporated musical instruments from many world cultures into his work.
Thursday, February 5, 7:30 PM
Friday, February 6, 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 7, 7:30 PM
The prestigious Kishida Kunio Drama Award-winning play by Toshiki Okada, the ground-breaking works of chelfitsch Theater Company have made them the most talked-about theater company in Japan.
With live demonstration / excerpt performances, spend an intimate evening with award-winning puppet artist Basil Twist as he discusses the influence of international puppetry traditions on his own work.
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