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Glories of the Japanese Musical Heritage: Japanese Sacred Gagaku Court Music and Secular Art Music: Ancient Soundscapes Reborn
Event Start:
Fri, 03/30/2012 - 8:00pm
Location:
Miller Theater of Columbia University, 116th St. and Broadway “Japanese Sacred Gagaku Court Music and Secular Art Music: Ancient Soundscapes Reborn”
March 30, 2012
8PM
Miller Theater (116th and Broadway)
Free and Open to the Public
For more information, contact the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies at IMJSevent@gmail.com.
Featuring the renowned Japanese Gagaku musicians Hitomi Nakamura (hichiriki), Mayumi Miyata (sho), and Takeshi Sasamoto (ryuteki).
With the Columbia Gagaku Instrumental Ensemble of New York, New York-based Hogaku artists Masayo Ishigure (shamisen), Elizabeth Brown (shakuhachi), and the Momenta Quartet
Gagaku, our planet's oldest living orchestral music, is experiencing a nationwide renaissance among young Japanese. Treasured as sacred, and protected by the Imperial Japanese Court for more than 1,000 years, it experienced a hiatus during Japan's recent century-long obsession with European music. Nonetheless, Gagaku has now emerged and unfolded its wings at the hands of 21st century composers and artists who, revering its celestial sounds, are pioneering new music for these magnificent instruments.
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Presented by the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and the Columbia Music Performance Program
Supported by the Consulate General of Japan in New York
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