Schedule


For events held before 2021, click here.


The 100th Anniversary Week of “The Restaurant of Many Orders” Publication 100 years of mental sketches hy Theatre Company Rasu

Date: 12/01/2024
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Morioka Takuboku/Kenji Youth Museum Exhibition Hall (2F)

“Gauche the Cellist” and “The Beginning of the Deer Dance”
Performed by Shizuko Ushizaki, Toshiya Ushizaki
Piano: Sumiko Sato
December 1 (Sun.), 11:00 am
Admission 1000yen
Morioka Takuboku/Kenji Youth Museum Exhibition Hall (2F)
1-1-25 Nakanohashidori, Morioka-shi, Iwate 020-0871
https://seishunkan.jp/event


The Pulse of Local Performing Arts and Piano Music

Date: 10/12/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Kumano Shrine

I will be performing at the Kumano Shrine – Autumn Performing Arts Festival.
A variety of genres will be performed on a brand new grand piano brought into the main shrine.
Please come and enjoy!

”The Pulse of Local Performing Arts and Piano Music”
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Doors open at 1:00 p.m.
Shinto ritual at 1:30 p.m. (may be observed)
Concert begins at 2:00 p.m.
at Main Hall, Kumano Shrine (8-118 Kochi Ishidoriya Hanamaki)

Performers:
Godaido Kagura
Kasuga-style Yokaichi Deer Dance
Sumiko Sato (piano)

Admission Fee:
2,500 yen (100 seats only)

Tickets available at
-Small Dept Store Plat
-Nahan Plaza
-Shiwa Information Exchange Center (in Ogal)

Info: 090-7075-6073 (Nakano)

 

Home Concert

Date: 09/23/2024
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Hakkakuan

TBA

Kenji Memorial

Date: 09/21/2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: Hanamaki Cultural Hall

Kenji Memorial Schedule
13:00 Flower offering ceremony
15:30 Doors open
16:00 Opening – silent prayer – singing of “Seishin ka”
Recitation “Ame ni mo Makezu”, “The Restaurant of Many Orders”, chorus “Hoshi-Meguri no Uta”, “Koubo Koukon”, “Pastoral Song”, deer dance performance etc.
18:22 Community Singing “Seishin ka”, “Hoshi-Meguri no Uta”
18:30 Closing

“You, Talk, and Music” ~ How about music in a stylish cafe in the afternoon? ~

Date: 09/21/2024
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Date: September 21, 2024 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Venue: Cafe West 38 (Morioka Bus Center 3F)

Performers:
Mayumi Takahashi (MC/Vo)
Sumiko Sato (Pf)
Hisao Shimomachi (MC/Gt)
Hirozumi Oikawa (Ds)

Free of charge

*A minimum order of one item is required

https://akiyoshi-jazz.com/events/event/20240921/

Ohasama High School Culture Festival

Date: 07/13/2024
All-day event
Location: Ohasama High School

TBA

2024 Extension lectures at Fuji University: Thinking from Kenji Miyazawa

Date: 06/17/2024
Time: 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Location: Fuji University


2024 Extension lectures at Fuji University: Thinking from Kenji Miyazawa
 ”No Music, No Life” – On Kenji’s Compositions and Music Born from Kenji’s Literature –   
 Composer, performer, music educator, Sumiko Sato   

Date and Time: Monday, June 17, 2023, 14:15-15:45 (4th period)
Venue: Fuji University
Details: http://www.fuji-u.ac.jp/area/koukai/kenji
*The lecture will be broadcasted on Hanamaki Cable TV.
*Online streaming→ “Fuji University Public Relations Channel – YouTube“.
If interested in attending the lecture, contact Fuji Univer Affairs & Supervision Dept. 0198-23-6221

“Prayer for Peace” – with Ame nimo makezu –

Date: 06/09/2024
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Myoenji Temple

Sunday, June 9, 3:00 p.m. (doors open at 2:30 p.m.)
@Myoenji Temple (7-53 Atago-cho, Hanamaki-shi)
Admission free

SumIko will accompany a part of the prayer dedication performance by Koto player Rie Asai?@@@.


Christmas Concert

Date: 12/24/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: MAZARIUM Lounge

Sunday, December 24, 2023, 1:00 p.m.-
@MAZARIUM Lounge (Morioka Bus Center 3rd floor Akiyoshi Toshiko Jazz Museum Cafe Bar West38)
Performed by: Sumiko Sato (Piano)
Admission: ¥2000 in advance, ¥2500 at the door (one drink order required)

Come feel the warm sound of the piano on chilly Christmas Eve!

For tickets: 080-6036-0038

Sumiko Sato Piano Concert

Date: 11/05/2023
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Hamato Hall, Morioka Machiya Monogatari-kan

How would traditional songs from Iwate sound if expressed in contemporary piano style?
Enjoy the variety of solo piano works, plus sake brewing songs by a folk song master on a renovated stage in Meiji-era sake brewery.

Performers
Sumiko Sato (Piano)
Fukujiro Nakasato (Guest singer)

Admission: 2000 yen
Sunday, November 5, 2023 2pm~
@Hamato Hall, Morioka Machiya Monogatari-kan
10-8, Nanaya-cho, Morioka TEL.019-654-2911

For tickets, please contact:
Morioka Machiya Monogatari-kan
10-8 Nataya-cho, Morioka-shi, Morioka 020-0827 TEL: 019-654-2911 / FAX: 019-654-2913
E-MAIL:machiya@iwate-arts.jp