The concert features an introduction and performance of Noh alongside performances by students from the Grieg Academy. At the end, Japanese exchange students studying at the University of Bergen will present a choral performance of Japanese songs. This concert serves as a cultural exchange between Norway and Japan through the medium of sound.
Performers:
Isao Takeda (Noh performer, Hosho School, Shite role)
Leon Zapffe, Martin Gjerholm, Sølve Håvik, Marina Matsuoka (piano)
Mads Oliver Hamberg (cello)
Heidi Lyngholm (violin)
Tuba Quartet: Pretty Little Tubas – Annika Skinstad van der Kooij,
Nils Reiner Strüder Vågen (euphonium),
Isak Løseth Stenersen, Isak Brun-Iversen (tuba),
and other Japanese exchange students at the University of Bergen.
Program:
Introduction of NOH and Japanese culture
Lecture and performance of Shimai, Excerpt and highlight from "Kiyotsune"
Performance by the students of Griegakademiet (Brass quartet, piano solo and ensemble)
Lecture and performance of Shimai , Excerpt and highlight from "Aoi no ue"
Choir "Furusato - Hjemsted"