Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Press Release 2017/09/08

Tomoko Mukaiyama, Canto Ostinato on Piano
October 13 (Friday), 14 (Saturday), 15 (Sunday), 2017
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art©Takashi Kawashima

The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is proud to present the internationally active pianist and visualartist Tomoko Mukaiyama who will perform Canto Ostinato written in 1976 by the Dutch composer
Simeon ten Holt (1923-2012).
Since moving to and making the Netherlands her base in 1990, Tomoko Mukaiyama has gained renown
for her innovative style of performance that engages with audiences in unconventional ways that offer
them an indelible musical experience. These range from the Living Room recital during which she
chatted and drank tea with audience members while she played the piano, to her for you recital thatinvolved performing within a 2,000-seat concert hall for an audience of one.
From 2000, she has collaborated with talents in genres as varied as dance, fashion and design. Theseinclude the likes of Jiří Kylián, the choreographer of the Nederlands Dans Theater, and the performance
artist Marina Abramovic. She has also shown artwork at international art venues throughout the world,including the Biennale of Sydney, Yokohama Triennale, Art Setoichi, and Aichi Triennale.
Her constant explorations into new territories of expression led her in 2016 to produce La Mode, a muchtalked-about installation performance piece in which contemporary ballet and disparate elements fromfashion, architecture and other genres share the stage.
At the Hara Museum, Mukaiyama will perform Canto Ostinato, a minimal yet emotional work that waswritten in 1976 by the Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt and has been described by some as “lifechanging.” Performed in more than 50 countries, including its country of origin where it is so beloved aperformance is said to be held somewhere every month, Canto Ostinato is uniquely structured to allow
each rendition to be played at varying lengths and with different instruments. Performances often involve
multiple pianos and continue for hours at a time. It has, however, been rarely performed in Japan.
Starting in 2012, Mukaiyama performed Canto Ostinato as part of a concert series called Multus which
toured Japan for three years. We invite you come to the Hara Museum this autumn to enjoy thismagnificent work and the rare chance to hear Mukaiyama perform solo on a single piano.

Title: Tomoko Mukaiyama, Canto Ostinato on Piano
Dates: October 13 (Friday) 7:00 pm /October 14(Saturday) 6:00 pm /October 15(Sunday) 3:00 pm* Duration: 60-70 minutes. Venue door opens 30 minutes prior to the performance.
Tickets (includes 1 drink and museum admission):
General 5,000 yen, Hara Museum members and up to 1 guest 4,500 yen, Students 3,500 yen (withstudent ID) (unreserved seating / reservation required)*Ticket-holders may view the exhibition on the day of the event.
Available at
PEATIX tomokohm.peatix.com
Hara Museum member@haramuseum.or.jp
Organized by: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation
Supported by: Fonds Podiumkunst, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tokyo
Technical support provided by: Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Additional support from: Multus
Champagne Piper-Heidsieck
Venue: The Hall at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
4-7-25 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0001 Tel: 03-3445-0651
E-mail: info@haramuseum.or.jp Website: http://www.haramuseum.or.jp
Mobile site: http://mobile.haramuseum.or.jp Blog: http://www.art-it.asia/u/HaraMuseum
Twitter: http://twitter.com/haramuseum (in Japanese only / account name: @haramuseum)
Directions to the museum: 5 minutes by taxi or 15 minutes on foot from JR Shinagawa Station(Takanawa exit); or from the same station take the No.96 bus, get off at the first stop (Gotenyama), andwalk 3 minutes
Tomoko Mukaiyama
Mukaiyama integrates different disciplines into her art-andmusic pieces in ways that challenge preconceptions about
her instrument, performance and the concert hall itself, andin doing so, takes classical music to another level. At her
core as a pianist and visual artist fascinated with theunconventional in contemporary art is the desire tocommunicate with her audience in novel ways and within
new settings. Towards this end, she has collaborated withmany film directors, designers, architects, dancers andphotographers, among which include Marina Abramovic,
MERZBOW, Jiří Kylián and Michael Gordon, and has
staged performances at such venues as the Royal Concertgebouw, Sydney
Opera House and the Yokohama Triennale.

photo: yamashin(g)