THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO ALUMNI CHOIR CONCERT
“Japan Earthquake Benefit & Sandy Relief Concert”
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 | 8PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Presented by Japan Stone Arts, Inc.
Planning by SKY ARTS Corp.
- Program -
“Hokke-Senpou” : Choral transcription based on Buddhist “HOKEKYO chanting”
-Yoshihisa Fujiwara
-Performer
The University of Tokyo Alumni Choir
Masahiro Sakai (Conductor)
“Noh and Kyogen Play” : Traditional Japanese Movement
Planning by SKY ARTS Corp.
- Program -
“Hokke-Senpou” : Choral transcription based on Buddhist “HOKEKYO chanting”
-Yoshihisa Fujiwara
-Performer
The University of Tokyo Alumni Choir
Masahiro Sakai (Conductor)
“Noh and Kyogen Play” : Traditional Japanese Movement
-Performer
New York City Noh-Kyogen Workshop Group Members
Giuseppe Bausilio (Billy from”Billy Elliot“The Musical)
“Flutes of Hope” : Traditional Japanese Music
-Performer
Ralph Samuelson (shakuhachi)
Akihito Obama (shakuhachi)
Nobuko Miyazaki (shinobue)
Sumie Miyazaki (shamisen and voice)
Isaku Kageyama (taiko)
-Intermission-
“Requiem in D minor”
-Luigi Cherubini
-Performer
The University of Tokyo Alumni Choir
The University of Tokyo Choir Akademi
Reona Ito (Music Director&Conductor-The Reona Ito Chamber Orchestra)
Yoko Miki (Organ&Continuo, Piano)
-Speaker
Seiji Kasai (Speaker: former NHK)
Risako Arcari (Speaker)
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Supported by:
Consulate General of Japan in New York
THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
NY Japanese-American Lions Club Charities. Inc
NHK Enterprises
All Nippon Airways
Yomiuri Travel Service
The Japan Foundation
Japan Society
New York City Noh-Kyogen Workshop Group Members
Giuseppe Bausilio (Billy from”Billy Elliot“The Musical)
“Flutes of Hope” : Traditional Japanese Music
-Performer
Ralph Samuelson (shakuhachi)
Akihito Obama (shakuhachi)
Nobuko Miyazaki (shinobue)
Sumie Miyazaki (shamisen and voice)
Isaku Kageyama (taiko)
-Intermission-
“Requiem in D minor”
-Luigi Cherubini
-Performer
The University of Tokyo Alumni Choir
The University of Tokyo Choir Akademi
Reona Ito (Music Director&Conductor-The Reona Ito Chamber Orchestra)
Yoko Miki (Organ&Continuo, Piano)
-Speaker
Seiji Kasai (Speaker: former NHK)
Risako Arcari (Speaker)
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Supported by:
Consulate General of Japan in New York
THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
NY Japanese-American Lions Club Charities. Inc
NHK Enterprises
All Nippon Airways
Yomiuri Travel Service
The Japan Foundation
Japan Society
~Related Activity~
"Things we will never forget"
Michio Izumi
- Japan Stone Arts Inc. CEO
It is a privilege to sponsor this concert at Carnegie Hall on February 26, 2013, originally planned as a gathering to give thanks to the many in America who have come to the aid of Japan following the East Japan great earthquake disaster in March, 2011.
On March 11, 2011, the earthquake struck while I was in Japan, and I spent the next month consumed with efforts in Japan to cope with the disaster. The following month back in New York where my business is headquartered, I learned that Broadway theaters were regularly following their curtain calls with appeals for donations to send to Japan. From the cab driver who returned my tip with the words “it’s not a lot, but take it to the people in Japan,” to the many programs of assistance, America stepped up.
In keeping with New York’s legacy of the arts, culture and entertainment, we envisioned a production that would showcase several core performance traditions of Japan with the theme of gratitude. But as time went on and the enormity of the devastation became clear, I felt there was something more to accomplish as well.
On October 30th, 2012, that “something more” became clear as Hurricane Sandy hit the New Jersey / New York coastlines. In my apartment in Soho, the lights went out, cell phones went dead, and we were by candlelight. Once again, I could feel a quality of the absolute in nature’s power, in its force and the ease with which it could make the works of humans seem small. In the midst of such power, we are humbled. Yet we also show our enormous capacity to survive, to endure, and to show compassion.
This concert will reflect the thoughts, hearts and minds of the many different people in both Japan and America involved in helping the survivors and remembering the victims of these two natural disasters. The University of Tokyo Choir, who are performing on February 10 in Tokyo to benefit the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, will perform pieces from the East and the West. I know Japan will never forget the tragedy of the earthquake, and will always remember the compassion shown by people throughout the world. I believe that on February 26, the concert hall will be filled with the spirit of the many kind hearts that have come to the aid of thousands in both America and Japan.
Michio Izumi
- Japan Stone Arts Inc. CEO
It is a privilege to sponsor this concert at Carnegie Hall on February 26, 2013, originally planned as a gathering to give thanks to the many in America who have come to the aid of Japan following the East Japan great earthquake disaster in March, 2011.
On March 11, 2011, the earthquake struck while I was in Japan, and I spent the next month consumed with efforts in Japan to cope with the disaster. The following month back in New York where my business is headquartered, I learned that Broadway theaters were regularly following their curtain calls with appeals for donations to send to Japan. From the cab driver who returned my tip with the words “it’s not a lot, but take it to the people in Japan,” to the many programs of assistance, America stepped up.
In keeping with New York’s legacy of the arts, culture and entertainment, we envisioned a production that would showcase several core performance traditions of Japan with the theme of gratitude. But as time went on and the enormity of the devastation became clear, I felt there was something more to accomplish as well.
On October 30th, 2012, that “something more” became clear as Hurricane Sandy hit the New Jersey / New York coastlines. In my apartment in Soho, the lights went out, cell phones went dead, and we were by candlelight. Once again, I could feel a quality of the absolute in nature’s power, in its force and the ease with which it could make the works of humans seem small. In the midst of such power, we are humbled. Yet we also show our enormous capacity to survive, to endure, and to show compassion.
This concert will reflect the thoughts, hearts and minds of the many different people in both Japan and America involved in helping the survivors and remembering the victims of these two natural disasters. The University of Tokyo Choir, who are performing on February 10 in Tokyo to benefit the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, will perform pieces from the East and the West. I know Japan will never forget the tragedy of the earthquake, and will always remember the compassion shown by people throughout the world. I believe that on February 26, the concert hall will be filled with the spirit of the many kind hearts that have come to the aid of thousands in both America and Japan.