Ensemble NOMAD
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Ensemble NOMAD is a new Japanese contemporary music ensemble started from 1997 supported by Tokyo Opera City Foundation in Tokyo.From April 1998, each year 5 times concert in Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall. Music director, Norio SATO founded this ensemble with young talented musician. This ensemble consists on 2 flute player 2 clarinetist,1 horn, 1 Violin, 1 Violoncello, 1 Contrabass, 3 percussionist, 3 pianists, 1 guitar player as a fixed member and occasionally we add several extra member like viola or oboe or fagot or so on. Norio SATO(guitarist) and Ken-ichi NAKAGAWA(pianist) are conductor as well. Opera city is a new hall started from October 1997 with lots of help of the music advise by Toru TAKEMITSU and even after his unfortunately death, Opera City hall made several concert series with the ideas by Toru TAKEMITSU. And Norio SATO had deep contact with Toru TAKEMITSU as well with lots of performances by Toru TAKEMITSU. As the reason, there are lots of project specially for contemporary music and founding the new contemporary ensemble with young talented musician named Ensemble NOMAD is the also there one part of the their creating project. Once a year, Opera City organize the concert named IMC concert only by young composers pieces gathered and selected from the pieces sent from several countries Radio broadcasts
The project ever done
The project ever done
September 1997: Recording only by the piece of Jo Kondo (CD tile
"Gardenia")
October 1997: Jo Kondo concert (only the piece by Jo Kondo)
October 1997: Recording for music for theater "King
Lear"
(Careografy Tadashi SUZUKI, Music Toshio HOSOKAWA)
March 1998: Performance for Opera "Vision of Lear"
(Music by Toshio HOSOKAWA)
April 1998: 1st concert in Opera City recital hall
(Opera City Ensemble NOMAD concert series)
May 1998: IMC concert in Opera City recital hall
(Young coposers piece)
May 1998: Ligeti chamber music concert
Jun 1998: 2nd concert in Opera City recital hall
(Opera City Ensemble NOMAD concert series)
September 1998: 3rd concert in Opera City recital hall
(Opera City Ensemble NOMAD concert series)
Reich:4 organs etc
December 1998: 4th concert in Opera City recital hall
(Opera City Ensemble NOMAD concert series)
February 1999: 5th concert in Opera City recital hall
(Opera City Ensemble NOMAD concert series)
Memoriam for Toru TAKEMITSU
February 1999: Dance project in New Naional Opera theater
(Music by Van der Aa)
April 1999: 6th concert in Opera City recital hall
(Opera City Ensemble NOMAD concert series)
Cage:16 dances etc
June 1999: 7th concert in Opera City recital hall
(Opera City Ensemble NOMAD concert series)
Carter:Tripple Duo etc
September 1999: 8th concert in Opera City recital hall
(Opera City Ensemble NOMAD concert series)
Stockhausen:KONTAKTE etc
October 1999: Concert by the pieces only by Jo Kondo
TUTUJI hall HOKUTOPIA Tokyo
December 1999: 9th concert in Opera City recital hall
(Opera City Ensemble NOMAD concert series)
Schoenberg:Serenade etc
February 2000: 10th concert in Opera City recital hall
(Opera City Ensemble NOMAD concert series)
Kagel:Exotica etc
March 2000: 2 Concert in SAPPORO Rech:Eight lines etc
Each time, concert in Opera City recital hall (Opera City
Ensemble NOMAD concert series) is full of audience and with good
critics.
The events which are expected
August 2000: Suntory hall summer festival(Cage 16 dances etc.)
September 2000: Gaudeamus music festival in Holland (2 concerts)
September 2000: Holland music festival Sapporo Japan
October 2000: Dance project (Tokyo) Reich 4 Organs etc
December 2000: Feldmann concert(Tokyo)
Februyary 2001: Concert(Messiaen:Quatuor) Tokyo
March 2001: Concert by Japanese composer (Tokyo)
October 2001: ISCM concert(Tokyo)
November 2001: Luc Ferrari Concert (4 program) Tokyo
December 2001: Concert in Melborn
Disc: 2 CD by Jo Kondo
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