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Aichi Prefectural Art Theater(Aichi Arts Foundation)
PR & Marketing Group☎ 052-955-5506
Aichi Arts Foundation<Press Release>
To the Press:

A Piano Concert in a Space Filled with Images of Kumano's Rich Natural Landscape

Tomoko Mukaiyama “KUMANO”

A camellia in the grounds of Hananoiwaya Shrine
in Kumano, where the Japanese goddess Izanami rests

From “A Live vol.1 - SUPER T Market” held in May 2020(C) Tomoko Mukaiyama(C) Tomoko Mukaiyama_Reinier van Brummelen

Tomoko Mukaiyama presents her new cross disciplinary work

“KUMANO” with music, film andinstallation on Friday, October 22, and Saturday, October 23 at the Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Mini
Theater.
Tomoko Mukaiyama is a pianist, artist and artistic director living and working in Amsterdam, theNetherlands, will perform in her work KUMANO.
Mukaiyama's work has produced many works influenced by her hometown Kumano (in WakayamaPrefecture). Kumano is one of the most famous pilgrimage sites in Japan and has been visited bymany people since ancient times. Kumano Kodō is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a sacred site andpilgrimage route in the Kii Mountains, which is rich in nature and is considered a special area
inhabited by spirits.
In this performance, Mukaiyama will unravel her childhood memories of awe at the nature she
saw and heard; the relationship between gender and religion in the region; and life, death andrebirth, in collaboration with renowned Dutch film director cinematographer Reinier van Brummelen.
She will express the real and the imaginary from an ultra personal perspective by combining video
footage taken in Kumano by herself, photos from her childhood, and piano music. The program will
include works by Robert Schumann and Claude Vivier's technically challenging Shiraz. The
performance will take place in a space with multiple screens, images and lights, accompanied by aninterplay of acoustic and electronic sounds.
Thiswillbe

Mukaiyama's

first

performanceinAichiin

8years,followingher

installation/performance “Aichi Triennale 2013 “FALLING”” inspired by the plays of Samuel Beckett.
We look forward to welcoming you to “KUMANO” this October.

Contact
Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi Arts Foundation)
PR & Marketing Group (Takeishi)

Planning & Production Group (Fujii)

1-13-2 Higashi-Sakura, Higashi-ku, Nagoya City 461-8525 Tel: 052-955-5506 Fax: 052-971-5541
Email: pr@aaf.or.jp WEB: https://www-stage.aac.pref.aichi.jp

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Performance Information
Name｜

Tomoko Mukaiyama “Kumano”

Date and time｜ Friday, 22 October, 2021, 19:00 start (doors open at 18:3018:45)
Saturday, 23 October, 14:00 start (doors open at 13:3013:45)* Performance time: 70 minutes, no intermission
Venue｜

Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, Mini Theater

Admission｜ All seats unreserved

Regular ¥4,000

U25 ¥1,000 yen(Group discount: regular 10 people or more ¥3,600)* U25 is anyone 25 years old or younger on the day of the performance (IDrequired)* No admission for preschool children. Childcare service available on Saturday
23 only (paid, reservation required)○ The childcare service is for preschool children aged 1 or above
Price: ¥1,000 per child (tax incl.)
Application Deadline: Saturday, 16 October Contact: OFFICE PALETTE Co., Ltd.
☎ 0120-353-528 (From mobile phone: 052-562-5005)
Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00, Sat 9:00-12:00 (Closed Sundays and public holidays)* If you require a place for a wheelchair user, please contact the Theater
Secretariat (☎ 052-971-5609).
* Please note that the content of the performance or performers are subject tochange in the case of unavoidable circumstances.
* Please note that admission may not be possible once the performance begins.
Ticket sales start｜Friday, 10 September, 10:00
Where to buy｜ ○ Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Online Ticket Service
https://www-stage.aac.pref.aichi.jp/event○ Aichi Arts Center Play Guide (B2F) (10:00-19:00)☎052-972-0430* Until 18:00 on weekends and public holidays. Closed on Mondays. Closed
the following day if a public holiday falls on a Monday.
Organized by｜ Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation, General
Incorporated Association 〇+ (Multus)
Notice to visitors and request (Coronavirus measures)
Please check the following link before coming to the theater.
https://www-stage.aac.pref.aichi.jp/about/news2020_01.html

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Note by Tomoko Mukaiyama
I recently realised that whenever I encounter an unknown place or an
inexplicable thing, I seek ‘ Kumanistic' elements.
The sacred and the profane, beauty and banality, spirituality andvulgarity, the real and the imaginal are chaotically synchronised inKumano.
I invite you on my ultra personal journey into Kumano through soundand image. - Tomoko Mukaiyama(C) Takashi Kawashima

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