MUSIC OF THE WHOLE WORLD:
CHRYSANTHEMUMS & MAPLE LEAVES
Tuesday May 7, 7pm
Vancouver Public Library Central Branch
350 West Georgia St (Lower Level)
Alice MacKay Room
Admission is FREE; seating is limited
Sneak preview of the festival’s major concert (May 18th), with Kozue Matsumoto (koto), Minoru Yamamoto (shakuhachi) and composer Mark Armanini.
SHO TUNES WITH NAOMI SATO
Thursday May 9, 2013 at 2:30 pm
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Intergenerational Room
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby
Admission is FREE; seating is limited
Visiting guest artist Naomi Sato will give a lecture-performance introducing her instrument and its place in traditional Japanese music, as well as its potential for contemporary composition and cross-cultural collaborations.
Noh/Sho Meets Canada:
Tsunao Yamai & Naomi Sato in Concert
Co-presented with the Nikkei Centre
Sunday May 12, 7:00 pm
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby
Tickets $15 ($10 for students & seniors) at
www.vi-co.org or in person at Nikkei Centre
A quartet comprised of Naomi Sato (sho) and local Japanese musicians Yuriko Nariya (koto), Kozue Matsumoto (koto) and Minoru Yamamoto (shakuhachi) will perform a concert of traditional Japanese music and contemporary Japanese/Canadian compositions. At this event VICO and the Nikkei Centre are honoured to co-present world-renowned noh performer Tsunao Yamai, who will be appearing in Vancouver as part of his “Noh Meets Canada” tour (produced by the Consulate-General of Japan in Vancouver with support from the Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan).
This is a rare opportunity to see an intimate performance by one of Japan’s most respected players and leaders of this ancient and profound form of theatrical expression. In addition to a performance by Mr. Yamai and his ensemble, the programme will include traditional music for solo sho, koto & shakuhachi; a duet for two koto by Tadao Sayai titled Tsuchi Ningyo; Chidori No Kyoku by 19th-century Japanese composer Kengyo Yoshizawa (in a new arrangement by Mark Armanini for two koto, sho and shakuhachi); and, by special arrangement, a collaboration between all the participating artists (including Ms. Sato, Mr. Yamai and an 8-piece traditional ensem
NAOMI SATO & FARSHID SAMANDARI
Wednesday May 15, 7:00pm
Canadian Music Centre (837 Davie St., Vancouver)
Sunday May 19, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Open Space Arts Society (510 Fort St. #2, Victoria)
Admission is FREE; seating is limited
In these educational events targeted at professional musicians and composers, Naomi Sato will introduce her instrument, the sho (Japanese mouth organ), rarely seen in Vancouver. Local composer Farshid Samandari will offer insight into his own experience of writing a new work for sho and electronics.
Naomi Sato with Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra
Saturday May 18, 8:00 pm
Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews
Tickets $25 ($15 for students & seniors)
available via www.vi-co.org
In the culminating event of the “Chrysanthemums & Maple Leaves” festival, virtuoso sho (Japanese mouth organ) player Naomi Sato will join the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra to perform music by contemporary Canadian and Japanese composers, including Minoru Miki, Arata Kobayashi and Mark Armanini, as well as Greek composer Basil Athanasiadis and Chinese composer Wenchen Qin. The featured works include a chamber piece by Victoria-based composer Stefan Maier for sho, flute and clarinet, and the Canadian premiere of axiom praxis, a concerto for sho by Farshid Samandari.
With Western strings, erhu, koto, shakuhachi, sho, flute, clarinet and percussion all sharing the stage, this is world music like you’ve never heard it before – a ground-breaking fusion of tradition and innovation.
More information: www.vi-co.org
or www.facebook.com/VancouverInterCulturalOrchestra
