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“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
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)
TBA
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
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
TBA
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
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
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