Urasoe City
Court Music Festival ~ Gagaku Encounters Ryukyu Performing Arts ~
- Traditional Performing Arts
- Real-life event
- Event streaming
Schedule
2022.12.23（金）
Open：17:30 Start：18:30
Daytime performance (introduction to gagaku) starts at 15:00, night performance starts at 18:30
Charge
Gagaku introductory concert (daytime performance) General-admission 2000 yen
Introduction to gagaku concert (daytime performance) 1000 yen for Child and students (Preschool children are admitted)
Court music festival (night performance) 4000 yen (No admission for Preschool children)
Day/night performance set ticket General-admission 4,500 yen
Day and night performance set ticket Students 3000 yen
Court music festival (night performance) streaming viewing fee 1000 yen (Can be purchased until 12/31)
Contents
Performers: Reigakusha/Miyagi Shigeo (Ryukyu dance) /Uza Jinichi (Ryukyu dance) and others
“Gagaku” is a performing art born from the Japanese imperial court. “Ryukyu dance” is an entertainment born from the Ryukyu dynasty that once existed. Gagaku and Ryukyu dance are performing arts living today, where they were born in different historical backgrounds and places, but not only are they succession activities for traditional programs, new works have been created, and they continue to be performed both domestically and internationally. This project is an unprecedented attempt not only to perform classical representative performances of gagaku and Ryukyu dance as a “festival of court music - an encounter between gagaku and Ryukyu performing arts”, but also an up-and-coming composer boldly arranging contemporary gagaku works, fusing them with Ryukyu dance, and performing them as one work. No one can imagine what kind of chemical reaction will occur and how it will end.
Program (night performance)
Part 1 Gagaku Kanjo “Heitenraku, Echitenraku, Hairo”, Bugaku “Ryoo”
Part 2 Ryukyu dance “Kagiya de Kaze” and “Moroton”
Part 3: An encounter between gagaku and Ryukyu performing arts
“Murasaki Goten Monogatari Ryukyu Emaki” composed by Isa Harunao (premiere)
Prior to the night performance, as a guide to watching the night performance, a concert with explanations that both adults and children can enjoy “Gagaku Introduction Concert - What is Gagaku? ~” will also be held. In addition to performances, explanations of musical instruments, songs, and bugaku costumes are also performed, and in the second half, “Old Fashioned Tales, Gagaku Ponta, and Kaminari Risama” is performed.
★ Reigakusha
A gagaku performance group established in 1985. It was founded by Yoshiyasu Shiba and worked as a music director for a long time. The current music director, Mayumi Miyata. In addition to current classical gagaku songs, they are developing a wide range of activities, such as performances of abandoned songs, Shosoin restoration instruments, and contemporary works. In addition to all over the country, he has performed in US and European cities. Received the 2002 Nakajima Kenzo Music Award Special Award. Received the 2017 Saji Keizo Award. Received the 50th ENEOS Music Award in the Japanese pop category in 2020. In addition, there are also many friendly concerts with explanations, hands-on workshops, and performances at schools. In addition to regular performances, in recent years <音のVR> they have performed ambitious concerts such as “The World of Shiba Sukeyasu ~ Masterpiece Enjoyed by Live Streaming ~”, co-starring with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra (more than 2020), collaborating with Kanamori Minoru and Noism0 in “The Garden of Aftershadows” (Akiba no Niwa song), and “Dance in Gagaku, Dance in Gagaku” (2021).
Contact: Tokyo Concerts 03-3200-9755/ Reigakusha info@reigakusha.com