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Concert schedule

The Fifth Yatsugatake “Hokuto International Music Festival (HIMF)” 2010

Opening Concert: A Feast of Winds & Percussion Music Topnotch Performances of Winners of the Japan Winds & Percussion Competition

August 1st (Sun.)
Venue: Arsoa Shinra Hall
Time: 16:00 (Doors open: 15:30)
Admission: 2,000 yen (Elementary and junior high school students admitted free of charge)

Performers: Ai Takeyama (Fl.), Nanako Egami (Pf.) Yuko Kamada（Euph.）Yu Tamaki（Trb.）Reina Iwami（Marimba）／

Hosted performances

High Expectations for the Future: Nirasaki-born Young Performer Piano Recital

August 3rd (Tues.)
Venue: Nagasaka Community Hall
Time: 19:00 (Doors open: 18:30)
Admission: 2,000 yen (Elementary and junior high school students admitted free of charge)
Performer: Kazuya Saito (piano): received honorable mention in the 2009 Long-Thibaud International Music Competition

Hosted performances

A Night of Representative Performers from Hokuto

August 4th (Wed.)
Venue: Nagasaka Community Hall
Time: 19:00 (Doors open: 18:30)
Admission: 2,000 yen (Elementary and junior high school students admitted free of charge)
Arias from an opera ”Voice calling You” composed by Minoru Miki
Music of Brahms, Schumann etc.
Ensemble Regalo: 西尾富美代（Sop.）中込育子（Sop.)長沢れい子（Sop.) 伊藤ひろみ（Pf.）
Flute Trio: 菅野芽生（Fl.）飯島諒（Fl.）伊東美紀（Fl.）小林範子（Pf.）Kasia（Vc）森田基子

Hosted performances

East-West Exchange Concert Series: Pipa and Organ

August 5th (Thu.)
Venue: Yatsugatake Royal Hotel Church of Star and Forest
Time: 7:30 (Doors open: 7:00)
Admission: 500 yen
Performers: Yang Jing (Pipa), Emilie (Organ)
Tickets are available at 03-3392-9565

Prayers on Hiroshima memorial day through East-West Masterpieces

August 6th (Fri.)
Venue: Nagasaka Community Hall
Time: 19:00 (Doors open: 18:30)
Admission: 2,000 yen (Elementary and junior high school students admitted free of charge)

1) Contrastive Requiems of West and East
“Graduale”“Sanctus”form Requiem of Luigi Cherubini &
Excerpts of Requiem of Minoru Miki
2） Mono opera “Berodashi Chomma”
3) Chinese instruments special corner
4) Two pieces from “Hidden Face of the Moon”, music for pipa and male chorus composed by Yang Jing

Performers: Reiko Kimura (21-string koto) Nobuhiro Sakai（Br.）Tokyo Liedertafel Silverner, Yui Male Choir Special guests: Yang Jing (Pipa), Chen Chunyuan (Erfu), Fei Jian Rong (da san xian)

Hosted performances

Music Festival Special the Best Asian Instrumental Soloists Asian Musical Narrative Series No. 4: The Spiritual Source of East Asia

August 7th (Sat.)
Venue: Arsoa Shinra Hall
Time: 16:00 (doors open: 15:30)
Admission: 2,000 yen (Elementary and Junior high school students admitted free of charge)
The best solos, duets and ensemble pieces from “Origin” of Asia ensemble to three new pieces
Performers: Asia Ensemble
Special guests: Chen Chunyuan (Erfu), Kasia (Vc.), Lee Ju Hee (Korean five-faced drum, hourglass-shaped drum/janggo), Akikuni Takahashi (perc.)

Hosted performances

2010 Yatsugatake Jazz Festival in Kobuchizawa

August 8th (Sun.)
Venue: Arsoa Outdoor Theater
Time: 12:00 (doors open: 11:00)
Admission: 5,000 yen advance purchase, 6,000 yen day of performance

★ Co-operative concerts
Tickets are available at Jazz In Alone 055-232-2332

Introductory Workshop No. 3: Introducing Minoru Miki’s operatic series tracing 1,600 years of Japanese History

1) High-vision DVD and live-performance of “Joruri” Minoru Miki, heralded as a “miracle of the twentieth-century” at the U.S. premier of his third opera "Joruri"
2) Report of Aien (To Die for Love), the premiere in Germany. Tickets for eight performances were sold out.

August 9th (Mon.)
Venue: Arsoa Shinra Hall
Time: 16:00 (Doors open: 15:30)
Admission: 2,000 yen (Elementary and junior high school students admitted free of charge)
Minoru Miki, Seizan Sakata (shakuhachi), Special guest: Yang jing (Pipa)

Hosted performances

Charity Concert: Prayer for Peace, Towards a Nuclear-Free World (Love, Peace, Freedom, Life, Respect)
“祈りのチェリスト”ヴラダン・コチとその家族プラハ・チェロファミリー

August 10th (Tue.)
Venue: Arsoa Shinra Hall
Time: 19:00 (Doors open: 18:30)
Admission: 3,000 yen
Performers: ヴラダン・コチ（Vc.）　ハナ・コチ（Vc.）　トーマス・コチ（Vc.）　ルツィ・コチ（Vn.）
For inquiries please call 090-1548-3081 (Yamaguchi)
Tickets are available at Pension Furo 0551-36-3826 or Pension Albion 0551-36-4166

Co-sponsored concerts

All-concerts festival pass: 10,000 yen: All performances marked with a ★ symbol may be attended.

Please refer to the contact information below for tickets.
NPO Yatsugatake Shizen-mura
Telephone: 0551-20-5086
Fax: 0551-36-6018

Nagasaka Community Hall: 0551-32-8228
Yatsugatake Royal Hotel: 0551-38-4455
Television Yamanashi: 055-232-1118