Orchestra Nipponica Tokyo concert celebrates 40th year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation

Orchestra Nipponica Tokyo

February 9, 2013, 8:00 PM

Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)

CCP Complex

Pasay, Metro Manila

Featuring:

Kohei Nishikawa, yokobue

Orchestra Nipponica Tokyo

Tatsuya Shimono, conductor

Programme:

Maki Ishii Symphonic Poem "Gioh" for Yokobue and Orchestra, Op. 60

Masashi Ishida Symphony No. 1

Herminigildo Ranera Philippine Symphonic Folk Songs

Antonino Buenaventura By the Hillside

Akira Ifukube Sinfonia Tapkaara

Continuing the celebrations for the Japan-Philippines Friendship Contemporary Music Festival and of the 40^th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, Orchestra Nipponica Tokyo will perform in a special concert featuring Japanese and Philippine contemporary music this February 9, 2013, 8:00 PM at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater). Conductor Tatsuya Shimono leads the orchestra in the concert that also features yokobue player Kohei Nishikawa.

Yokobue player Kohei Nishikawa

Kohei Nishikawa will be the featured soloist in Maki Ishii’s Symphonic Poem for Yokobue and Orchestra. The yokobue is the Japanese traditional transverse flute. Other pieces to be played this evening are Masashi Ishida’s Symphony No. 1, Herminigildo Ranera’s Philippine Symphonic Folk Songs, Antonino Buenaventura’s By the Hillside and Akira Ifukube Sinfonia Tapkaara. I’ve read that the works by Ishide and Ranera will have their world premiere performances during this night.

Conductor  Tatsuya Shimono

According to the press kit, the Orchestra Nipponica Tokyo (ONT) was established in September 2002 as an orchestra to succeed the aspirations of the late Yasushi Akutagawa, one of the most famous Japanese composers who left outstanding achievements in the music culture in modern Japan through various music and social activities. Aside from actively performing orchestral works of Japanese composers and introducing lost or long-forgotten works of both Japanese and foreign composers, another key activity of ONT is promoting international exchange at the grassroots level by widely interacting in various countries, mainly in Asia, and in various areas, not only through performances, but also through commissioning of new compositions.

The Orchestra Nipponica Tokyo concert event is endorsed by the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in Japan, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines, the Japanese Association Manila, Inc., the Daily Manila Shimbun and South Japan Broadcasting (Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan).

Ticket prices:

P1500 Orchestra Center

P1000 Orchestra Side

P800 Balcony I Center

P500 Balcony I Side

P300 Balcony II

For inquiries:

CCP Box Office 832-3704, 832-3706

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