Papaya:Traditionel og ny japansk musik

Traditionel og ny japansk musik

• Ayumi Shimonoto: koto, shamisen & vokal
• Yuka Sakura: koto
• Kiku Day: shakuhachi

Såvel klassisk japansk kammer- eller kunstmusik fra hvad det kaldes repertoiret fra Sankyoku, som nyere (eller moderne) japansk musik præsenteres ved denne koncert. Instrumenterne er koto, shamisen og shakuhachi.

Koto er en brætzither, der består af et udstrakt bræt forsynet med et antal strenge (ofte 21, men det kan variere) delt af en flytbar stol. Forskellige teknikker bruges til disse strenge. Shamisen er et lutinstrument – som oftest med tre strenge, mens shakuhachi er en bambusfløjte med 4 fingerhuller samt et hul til tommelfingeren. Disse tre instrumenter samt sang udgør kernen i sankyokumusikken,

Presentation of the musicians in English – see below:
Ayumi Shimonoto is a Yamada School koto and shamisen performer. She graduated from Tokyo University of Arts with a degree in traditional Japanese music and completed her Master’s degree at the same institution. She taught as a part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of Arts, and Gunma University.
Since 1993, she has presented many recitals and concerts of traditional Japanese and modern music.

She has performed in many genres, including traditional Japanese music, dance, Buddhist chanting, Gagaku, and theatrical recitations, and participates in a wide variety of related activities, including NHK-FM radio broadcasts, CD projects, movie soundtracks, and stage productions. In addition to her activities with classical repertoire, she has commissioned and premiered many new works from contemporary composers such as Makoto Moroi, Yūji Takahashi, Norio Fukushi, and others.

She has also adopted many literary works, and is involved in a broad range of activities to develop and expand compositions for the koto and vocal genres.
Rooted in vocalization techniques from traditional Japanese musical genres, Ms. Shimonoto’s vocal skills have been highly praised, regardless of whether she is singing Japanese or Western music. She is recipient of the 2011 Gunma Mesena Arts and Culture Encouragement Award.

Her CD releases include “Ayumi Shimonoto Koto Recital 2005,” "Man'yō no Koi uta "(ALM). Her publications include “The Story of Zashiki Bokko ~for Koto and Narration,” “Hōjyuri/Itatsuki no, from two short poems written by immediately before Kenji Miyazawa's death,” and “Man'yō no Koi Uta."

In 2021, Shimonoto has produced "Sōkyoku x Gagaku: The Japanese Classics and Contemporary," a concert video that aims to deepen understanding of Sōkyoku—compositions for the koto—and to encourage recognition of Japanese traditional music through a cultural exchange.

website: https://shimonoto.jp

Yuka Sakura - koto (JP)
Yuka Sakura is a koto player of Yamada style koto music. She started learning the koto from her mother Ayumi Shimoto at the age of three. From the age of 15 she studied Nagauta Shamisen with Gosami Kineya.

She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts High School, Department of Music. She is currently a second-year student (majoring in Yamada-ryu koto music) at the Department of Japanese Music, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts.
In 2019 and 2023, she accompanied Ayumi Shimonoto on her Denmark tour, holding workshops and concerts in Copenhagen and several other locations.

Kiku Day - shakuhachi (DK)
Kiku Day is a shakuhachi player and ethnomusicologist – and a world traveler from Copenhagen, Denmark, who is working at the intersections of performance of traditional shakuhachi music, contemporary music, composition and improvisation, ethnomusicology, history, politics, meditation and writing. She is a founding member of the European Shakuhachi Society (ESS) for which she served as a chairperson 2009-2019. Together with Michael Soumei Coxall, she initiated the European Shakuhachi Summer School and Festival in 2006 – a festival which is held in a new country every year. Day was furthermore the chair of the World Shakuhachi Festival 2018 held at Goldsmiths, University of London. The World Shakuhachi Festival is the largest gathering of shakuhachi players in the world, and is held approximately quadrennially.

web site: http://www.kikuday.com/

Arrangeret af Papaya & Huset
Med støtte fra Kunstrådet & Aalborg Kommune