A concert of an exceptional performer on koto, a Japanese traditional instrument, took place on February 29th, 2017 in Archa theatre Prague. Naoko Kikuchi clangs the instrument’s strings with special ivory nails and common objects. Her music goes from sonic intimacy to sophisticated rhythmic and melodic gradations. Her guests were Hearn Gadbois (percussion), Seizan Osako […]
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MA is a project of multi instrumentalist Dietmar Ippu Herriger (shakuhachi, alt-sax, bass flute and bass clarinet) and Tivadar Nemesi (hang drum), that brings traditional japanese esthetics to jazz. The concert of this Berlin based jazz fusion was organized by NEIRO on 22nd of July 2017 in Zázemí, Prague, with Marek Matvija as a guest […]
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New York jazz multi-instrumentalist Steve Cohn, together with a vocalist Annabelle Plum and shakuhachi master Marek Kimei Matvija, created an album full of raw energy and enthusiasm for both experiment and instrumental skills. Their trio is led by Hába’s quarter-tone piano. The album contains original music, which the musicians jointly prepared and recorded in June […]
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Another site-specific project of TOPOS KOLEKTIV. In this improvised musical project, through image and sound, we discover the secrets of Prague’s underground – the Botič tunnel. Find out more: www.toposkolektiv.com
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Eleventh edition of an international festival dedicated to the japanese shakuhachi flute. An instrument that inspires composers and audiences all around the world, represents the symbiosis of the ancient and the modern. Festival program contained koto, shakuhachi, and shamisen workshops, and a concert of the Musica Nipponia ensemble. The festival also presented the best koto, […]
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The autumn iteration of the Art of Asia exhibition in the Kinský Palace, held in collaboration with the National Gallery Prague. The focus was set on the connection between the fine arts and musical motifs. Different musical systems for recording Japanese music and compositions by Milan Grygar and John Cage blur the lines between the […]
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A concert for harp, voice, and shakuhachi took place in Atrium Žižkov on 12.5. 2016. Music by modern Japanese and Czech composers. The concert was organized by NEIRO Association for Expanding Arts with the support of the Japanese Embassy in Czech republic. Musicians: Seizan Osako Vlastislav Matoušek Annabelle Plum Hana Hrachovinová Marek Matvija
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Site-specific musical and performative event by TOPOS KOLEKTIV, placed in a former movie theatre 64 U Hradeb. Review: http://www.asianstyle.cz/kultura/24363-64-jako-trumf The performance 64 was organized by NEIRO Association for Expanding Arts with the support of Meetfactory, Radio 1 and Grant Thorton. Find out more: www.toposkolektiv.com
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Beyond the concerts, workshops and masterclasses has ISFP prepared a musicological conference entitled: Shakuhachi – Liquid Limits of the Musical World, in collaboration with the Institute of Music Theory of the Academy of Performing Arts. Presenters: Prof. Gunnar Jinmei Linder Lindsay Dugan Hiromu Motonaga Flora Henderson Cornelius Boots Dietmar Ippu Herriger Michal Hájek
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