Date:February 7 – 9, 2020
Venue:Suntory Hall (1-13-1 Akasaka,Minato-ku,Tokyo 107-8403)
Japan Cello Society, chairman Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cellist, the president of Suntory Hall), will have Asia Pacific Cello Congress 2020 from February 7 till February 9, 2020 at Suntory Hall. It will be three days for all cello lovers from all generation, both professionals and amateur players, to listen, to learn, to play and to educate. Almost three hundreds cellists get together, play together in various programs. We will have not only concerts to listen, but also master classes and workshops for small children. At the final concert, named Cello Grand Concert, one hundred forty cellists will fill the stage of Suntory Hall to conclude the Congress.
For those who aim to receive a lesson, please write an e-mail to office@cello.or.jp by January 10th.
You need to clarify:
Participant’s name/ mail address / date of birth / length of cello experience / name of your Cello teacher
Your arrival date and time to Tokyo / departure date and time.
Notes:
Name of the piece to have a master class * maximum length of master class will be 60 minutes, in case of a long piece, it may be for a part of it.
Master class fee: free (if you need an accompanist, please arrange by yourself. Your transportation and accommodation should be arranged by yourself)
Due to the limited capacity, you cannot name the professors.
Please be aware not the all expectation will be filled.
The lesson will be conducted in English.
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Hitomi Niikura, Rei Tsujimoto, Makito Nishiya, Toshiaki Hayashi, Ryosuke Hori, Nobuko Yamazaki,
Inbal Megiddo, Kangho Lee
To kick off the congress, the concert with other instruments.
Yo Kitamura / Gyorgy Ligeti : Cello Sonata
Shohei Uwamori , Kiyotaka Noda(Pf) / Hideo Fukutomi : Kaori Genso
Shohei Uwamori / Henryk Wieniawski : Henryk Wieniawski : Scherzo-tarantelle
Masahiro Tanaka, Tomomi Shinozaki(Va), Daisuke Suzuki (Git) / Niccolò Paganini : From Serenade in C Major
Yoko Ara, Ray-Chou Chang(Vl), Joanna Hsin-Ju Ting(Pf) / Franz Liszt : Tristia
Dai Miyata / Toshiro Mayuzumi : Bunraku
Dai Miyata / Atsutada Otaka : Meditations for cello solo
Kangho Lee, Shigeo Neriki(Pf) / Edvard Grieg : Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 Ⅱ. Andante molto tranquillo Ⅲ.Allegro
Kaeko Mukoyama, Kazusa Mizutani(Fg) / Wolfgang A. Mozart : Sonata for Fagotto & Cello
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi / Kenji Sakai : Reminiscence / Polymonophonie pour violoncelle solo
All(reserved) seats¥3,500(Day Ticket¥4,000) Student¥2,000
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Yuki Ito presents Young Cellists Project: From solo to sextet, the concert produced by the young award winning artist, Yuki Ito.
Yushi Izumi / Johann S. Bach: Prelude from Suite No. 1
Misaki Kurokawa & Yuki Sayama, Rinako Yaguchi & Yushi Izumi, Arisa Inamoto & Yuki Ito / Jean Barriere : Sonate for two cellos
Arisa Inamoto, Rinako Yaguchi, Misaki Kurokawa / Joachim Stutschewsky: From “Three for three”
Yuki Ito, Misaki Kurokawa, Yushi Izumi, Yuki Sayama / Richard Wagner : Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral from Lohengrin
Yuki Sayama, Arisa Inamoto, Yushi Izumi, Yuki Ito, Rinako Yaguchi / Engelbert Humperdinck: Prelude To Hansel And Gretel
Rinako Yaguchi, Yushi Izumi, Arisa Inamoto, Yuki Sayama, Misaki Kurokawa, Yuki Ito / David Popper : Hungarian Rhapsody
Yuki Ito, Rinako Yaguchi, Yuki Sayama, Misaki Kurokawa, Yushi Izumi, Arisa Inamoto / Astor Piazzolla : Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas
All(reserved) seats¥1,500(Day Ticket¥2,000) Student¥500
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Six cellists will play one of the Cello Suites by J.S. Bach followed by Asian composers’ pieces.
Hiroyasu Yamamoto / Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 + Hijiri Kuwano: New piece commissioned by H. Yamamoto (world première)
Rei Tsujimoto / Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 + Toshio Hosokawa: Small Chant
Mari Endo / Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 + Dai Fujikura: Eternal Escape for cello
Li-Wei Qin / Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010
Sung-Won Yang / Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Yoko Hasegawa / Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 + Toru Takemitsu: Wings (Arrange By Rikuya Terashima)
All(reserved) seats¥3,500(Day Ticket¥4,000) Student¥2,000
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Cello Grand Concert consists from three parts:
The First Part: Junior Cello Orchestra, young cellists of Suzuki Method and Japan Cello Society play together.
The Second Part: Ensemble by the professional players.
The Third Part: Cello Orchestra, the stage full of cellists make music together to resonate the world.
The First Part: Junior Cello Orchestra, 【young cellists of Suzuki Method and Japan Cello Society 】
Traditional: French Folk Song
William H. Squire: Danse Rustique
Camille Saint-Saëns: The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals
Kurt Sassmannshaus: Primeros Pasos
Johann S. Bach: Air BWV1068
George Handel: Passacaglia
The Second Part: Ensemble by the professional players,
Ⅰ【Yuya Okamoto, Yuya Mizuno】
Niccolo Paganini: Variations on a Theme from “Moses” by Rossini
Ⅱ【Kotaro Kobayashi, Yoshito Omiya, Koya Suzuki, Seiichi Nakajo 】
Japanese Traditional: Sakura Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky: Valse sentimentale David Popper: Polonaise de Concert
Ⅲ【Ryosuke Hori, Yuji Ishikawa, Hiromi Uekusa, Goichiro Ogawa, Ayano Kamimura, Tatsuki Sasanuma, Masaru Tamagawa, Anri Tsukiji, Keiko Matsunami, Yoriko Miyake, Nobuko Yamazaki】
Julius Klengel: Hymnus for 12 Cellos, Op.57
Gioachino Rossini: Overture from the Barber of Seville
Ⅳ【Ttuyoshi Tsutsumi, Inbal Megiddo, Kangho Lee, Li-Wei Qin, Sung-Won Yang, Tamás Varga】
*program: to be announced.
The Third Part: Cello Orchestra, 【Yunosuke Yamamoto(conductor)】
Eiichi Ishijima: Open Strings for Cello on a theme from six prelude by J.S. Bach
Richard Wagner: Pilgrim’s Chorus from Tannhäuser
Elmer Bernstein: The Great Escape March
Ennio Morricone: Cinema Paradiso
Andrew L. Webber: The Phantom of the Opera
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1
Wolfgang A. Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Kotaro Kobayashi: Harmonic Fanfare for Cello Ensemble
S¥4,000 A¥3,000 Student¥2,000(Day Ticket¥4,500)
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