WEEK ONE

sonorium, Saturday, November 9, 2019, 3:30 p.m. to around 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 2:30 p.m.)

3:30 Tomoki Tai (cello) and Masahide Tokunaga (alto sax)
World premiere of "Katakana to Kazu" (2019), a commissioned composition by Masamichi Kinoshita

4:10-4:25 - Intermission
4:25 Suidobashi Chamber Ensemble
Wakana Ikeda (flute), Yoko Ikeda (viola), Masahiko Okura (clarinet) and Aya Naito (bassoon)
World premiere of "vertical modulation 0" (2019), a commissioned composition by Taku Sugimoto

5:05-5:25 - Intermission
5:25 Dante Boon (piano)
1. Darya Zvezdina "there is no place for me on this map" (2019) - world premiere
2. Christine Cornwell "at this moment" (2018)
3. Germaine Sijstermans "POM" (2018)
4. Jürg Frey "In memoriam Cornelius Cardew" (1993)
5. Anastassis Philippakopoulos "piano piece" (2019) - world premiere
6. Dante Boon "Duo (2h)" (2017) - world premiere
7. Antoine Beuger "traces of eternity: of what is yet to be" (2018)

6:30-6:50 - Intermission
6:50 Biliana Voutchkova (violin, voice) - improvisation
"MODUS OF RAW"
A clutter of sound and imagery taking place in the micro-environment of a solo combining the sound of the violin and the voice. Creating depths and abstractions, resonance and echo, expending the borders of the known.

7:30-8:00 - Intermission
8:00 Magnus Granberg (piano), Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board), Ko Ishikawa (sho) and Miki Maruta (koto)
Magnus Granberg "Come Down to Earth Where Sorrow Dwelleth" [revised version for sho, koto, piano and electronics] (2019)

sonorium, Sunday, November 10, 2019, 3:30 p.m. to around 8:30 p.m. (doors open at 2:30 p.m.)

3:30 ON-ON
Mio Adachi (electronics), Yumiko Kiyota (ryuteki, etc.), Marty Hicks (piano) and Kana Yoshizawa (piano), with guests Haruna Higashida (sho), Yuki Kimura (soprano) and Ayano Kitagawa (koto)
Four new pieces composed by Mio Adachi, Marty Hicks, and Kana Yoshizawa - all world premieres

4:10-4:30 - Intermission
4:30 Cristián Alvear (guitar)
Sarah Hennies "Orienting Response" (2015-16) - world premiere

5:20-5:45 - Intermission
5:45 Satoko Inoue (piano), Kenichi Kanazawa (steel) and Hiroyuki Ura (percussion, etc.)
World premiere of "Count the Blanks" (2019), a commissioned composition by Hiroyuki Ura

6:25-6:50 - Intermission
6:50 Margareth Kammerer (vocals, electric guitar)
Solo performances of her own songs, and performances with The International Nothing of songs by Magic I.D.

7:30-7:50 - Intermission
7:50 The International Nothing
Michael Thieke (clarinet) and Kai Fagaschinski (clarinet)
Kai Fagaschinski / Michael Thieke "In Doubt We Trust" (2015-17)

40-60 minutes per performance on November 9 and 10

MC: Narushi Hosoda (Week One and Week Two)

Last updated: November 8, 2019