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12/7/2023 0 Comments

"Cage Shock" Homage to His First Japan Visit

Japan Society Performing Arts
Thursday, December 7, 7:30 pm
   —Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm 
   —Followed by a Private Gathering for Artists and Members
A paid livestream option is also available for this event.

Playbill (PDF) →
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In collaboration with experimental sound artists Tania Caroline Chen and Victoria Shen, Tomomi Adachi recreates the essence of John Cage’s historic visit to Japan in 1962, often referred to as “Cage Shock.” Through renditions of Cage’s iconic pieces, such as Haiku and 0’00”, Adachi captures the spirit of that transformative tour. The program also features Toshi Ichiyanagi’s Sapporo, which premiered in 1962 and was conducted by John Cage. Ichiyanagi (1933-2022), an esteemed Japanese composer and the first husband of Yoko Ono, developed a close friendship with Cage during his 1950s residency in New York City and played a pivotal role in organizing Cage’s inaugural trip to Japan, with visits to Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and the city of Sapporo.
A lecture on how the pieces in this radical program were received in Japan at the time, led by John Cage scholar Dr. James Pritchett, precedes the concert.

For this concert, International Contemporary Ensemble members include Kyle Armburst (viola), Katinka Kleijn (cello), Michael Nicolas (cello) and Mike Lormand(trombone).

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10/21/2023 0 Comments

Ryoanji

Ryoanji
October 22, 2023

8:30 pm
Japan Society
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Inspired by the Zen rock garden of the renowned Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto, which John Cage personally visited in 1962, he composed Ryoanji (1983) using a non-ordinal graphical notation. Embracing Cage’s free-spirited approach to the score, composer/musician/vocal performer Tomomi Adachi brings his composition to life in a cutting-edge concert that connects two cities remotely. New York’s International Contemporary Ensemble will perform alongside musicians in Kanazawa City, Japan–Hitomi Nakamura on the ancient hichiriki woodwind and Maki Ota on vocals–streaming live from a tea house. Immerse yourself in the hypnotic 3D visuals depicting the raked sand of the Zen garden created by Dr. Tsutomu Fujinami, a researcher at the prestigious Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, as a captivating backdrop for this one-of-a-kind concert.

A lecture on the origins of John Cage’s fascination with Japanese culture, led by Cage scholar Dr. James Pritchett, precedes the concert.
For this concert, International Contemporary Ensemble members include Michael Lormand (trombone), Lizzie Burns (double bass) and Clara Warnaar (percussion).
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3/14/2023

JAZZ AT PS133

Alex Weiss quintet
Album release live "Most don't have enough"
Dan Blake (soprano sax)
Alex Weiss (sax)
Marta Sanchez (piano)
Chez Smith (drum)
Michael Bates (base)

PS133 of Brooklyn, NYC
3/14/Tue 6PM

6/22/2022

OKI: Music of the Ainu


Friday, May 6 at 7:30 pm—followed by a MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception SOLD OUT

Japan Society performances
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Oki Kano, known professionally as OKI, is a leading musician of Ainu music—the music of Japan’s northernmost indigenous people. Born to a Japanese mother and an Ainu father, OKI has recovered and recreated traditional music on the tonkori, a stringed instrument of the Ainu people of Karafuto (a region also known as Sakhalin). The rich, reverberating twang of the tonkoristrings, which are traditionally made from deer tendons, allowed Ainu shamans to communicate with spirits that control the wind, rain and other natural phenomena called kamuy. In this program, OKI performs solo pieces as well as contemporary works with his band members from their new album, Tonkori in the Moonlight, released in January 2022. OKI is also featured in the film Ainu Mosir (2020).

10/24/2019

Kwaidan reading

JAPAN SOCIETY PERFORMANCE
Kwaidan (Call of Salvation Heard from the Depths of Fear)

With Shiro Sano and Kyoji Yamamoto

9/21/2019

Reigakusha: Gagaku & Bugaku

JAPAN SOCIETY CONCERT

6/7/2018

Makoto Ozone: Jazz Virtuoso

​JAPAN SOCIETY CONCERT

9/12/2017

Four nights of dreams

Four Nights of Dream
(Based on a novel by Natsume Soseki)
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OPERA | WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION
Japan Society 110th Anniversary Commission
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Music and Libretto: Moto Osada
Conductor: Ken-David Masur
Director: Alec Duffy
Set Designer: Mimi Lien
Costume Designer: Oana Botez 
Lighting Designer: Tuce Yasak
Singers: Marisa Karchin, Gloria Park, Christopher Sokolowski, Makoto Winkler, Jesse Malgieri, Rocky Sellers
Instrumentalists: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Chamber Orchestra 

10/30/2015 0 Comments

Koharu of Charan-Po-Rantan

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Charan-Po-Rantan Concert + Party
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Japan Society
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12/12/2014

SAKISHIMA meeting

The Shamisen Sessions, Vol. 4
SAKISHIMA meeting
​duo from Okinawa

Friday, December 12, 2014
8:30 pm
Japan Society, NYC

9/27/2014

Hiromitsu Agatsuma + Akiko Yano

JAPAN SOCIETY MUSIC
The Shamisen Sessions, Vol. 1

5/16/2014 0 Comments

The Suzan at Pianos, NYC

with Saori (vocal/guitar), Rie (vocal/keyboard), and Nico (drum)
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1/30/2013

The Suzan at Glasslands, Brooklyn

The Suzan with Saori (guitar and vocal), Rie (keyboard and vocal), Nico (drum) and Ikue (bass), in Brooklyn 2013
 

12/8/2012 0 Comments

Bang on a Can All-Stars: Rimpa Reimagined

Japan Society
Saturday, December 8, 7:30 PM

New York's fieriest music group, Bang on a Can All-Stars, unveiled two new Japan Society-commissioned works that draw inspiration from Rimpa--a Japanese painting movement that spanned the 17th-19th centuries.

This concert was presented in conjunction with the Society's exhibition Silver Wind:The Arts of Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828), showcasing one of the master painters of the Rimpa movement.
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6/11/2012 0 Comments

Jero arrives New York 

view in flickr
SOLD OUT

at Japan Society
Saturday, June 9, 2012
7:30 PM

Concert + Talk
Behind the scenes of the Japanese ballad
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4/14/2012 0 Comments

The Suzan at j-CATION

https://japansociety.org/events/j-cation/
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11/17/2011

Turntable Duo: Otomo Yoshihide + Christian Marclay

Two experimental music giants, Otomo Yoshihide and Christian Marclay, perform together in New York for the first time in over a decade. Marclay, one of the world's leading artists and winner of the 54th Venice Biennale Golden Lion Award, pushed the boundaries of musical creation when he pioneered the use of the turntable as a musical instrument. Otomo, electroacoustic improvisation musician and free jazz guitarist, earned an international reputation as a central figure in Japan's avant-garde music scene. Together, these unconventional turntablists will again push to the extreme what is possible with turntables and records. 

JAPAN SOCIETY PERFORMING ARTS
​DISCUSSION: THE ART OF NOISE
NOVEMBER 19  5PM, 2011
CONCERT: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 AT 8PM - SOLD OUT
OTOMO'S INSTALLATION "without records" NOVEMBER 17-20, 2011

10/20/2011 0 Comments

YU SAKAI

Picture
https://japansociety.org/events/j-music-ride-cibo-matto/
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10/20/2011 0 Comments

J-Music Ride: Cibo Matto

https://japansociety.org/events/j-music-ride-cibo-matto/
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