Brise japonaise

Thursday, May 16th, 20198pm

Jeunesses Musicales Canada305, Mont-Royal Avenue East

Metro Mont-Royal

$ 20Tickets: bit.ly/2Xekc4a

INFORMATIONS

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Montreal, March 1st, 2019

Festival Accès Asie is proud to present a music concert made up of a beautiful mix of traditional, contemporary and folk music. Two ac-complished musicians, Yuki Isami on flute, and Natsuki Hiratsuka on piano, will present Brise japonaise at Jeunesses Musicales Canada.

Brise japonaise, performed by Yuki Isami and Natsuki Hiratsuka, is a recital that expresses the blending of Asian heritage and a continuous discovery of Quebec culture, echoing the shock and, above all, the harmony between past and present.

The artists will perform arrangements of traditional Japanese music, works by a French composer whose style has been influenced by Ja-panese culture and contemporary Japanese music including a world premiere of Omeribuki for flute and piano by Reiko Yamada.

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release

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Program (subject to changes)

Eugène BOZZA, 5 Chansons sur des thèmes japonais (1978)Chant triste d’Iwate, Lutte des guerriers à cheval, Les eaux de Kusat-su, Chant d’amour, Les moissonneurs de MiyazakiShinobue and piano

Unknown, Fukagawa (around 1650)Shinobue and piano

Rentaro TAKI, Kōjō no tsuki (1901) Flute and piano

Michio MIYAGI, Haru no Umi (1929)Flute and piano

Toru TAKEMITSU, Voice (1971)Flute solo

Claude DEBUSSY, Épigraphes antiques (excerpt edited by Roger Bri-son) (1914), Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d’été, Pour un tombeau sans nom, Pour la danseuse aux crotalesFlute and piano

Makoto SHINOHARA, Kassouga (1960) Flute and piano

Reiko YAMADA, Omeribuki (2019)Flute and piano

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Yuki Isami – Flute

A native of Japan, Yuki Isami discovered music at the age of four through the piano. After receiving first prizes from Toho’s College of Drama and Music in Tokyo, and the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal, she now pur-sues a flutist career. She has participated in many international festivals and performed in various orchestras including the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal and the Orchestre symphonique de Québec. She has also worked on various projects to promote Japanese music and culture in Canada with instruments such as the shinobue, koto, and shamisen. She has notably ar-ranged and performed Musique japonaise: Branches et racines and TSUKI, a musical and visual tale. (yukiisami.com)

Natsuki Hiratsuka – Piano

The pianist, Natsuki Hiratsuka is active as a chamber musician. “A pianist of great skills and sensitivity” (La Scena Musicale), “She evinces a special sensitivity to the haunting sonorities...” (Fanfare Magazine). She has given numerous recitals in Japan, England, Canada, and the United States. Re-cently, she has performed at Jordan Hall in Boston, Musashino Hall in Tokyo, French Cultural Center of Boston, Longy School of Music, Brown University, Montreal Conservatory and University of Alberta. Her recording of Szyma-nowski and Shostakovich violin sonatas as well as Lekeu and Franck violin sonatas with violinist Frederic Bednarz on Metis-Islands Record received rave reviews.

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