International Center for Japanese Culture

21st Century Japanese Music Project:featuring

Yokohama International School Japanese Music Ensemble
with special guest

Saori Nakazawa, violinpresents

2015 NYC Tour Benefit Concert

ProgramRokudan
Yatsuhashi Kengyo
Warabe Uta
Yuize Shinichi
Composer’s Competition Award Presentation
TraitorHaru No Shishu

Hattori Reika
Makino Yutaka

Friday, October 16, 2015
7:00pm Start (6:30pm Doors Open)BankART Studio NYK 1st Floor (Kawamata Hall)
3-9 Kaigan-dori, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-0002

Free Admission (Donations Accepted)
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21st Century Japanese Music Project
The International Center for Japanese Culture (ICJC) aims to promote and raise awareness of traditional
Japanese instruments and music by encouraging new compositions on an international scale. In a two-year
initiative that began in 2014, the “21st Century Japanese Music Project” first organized a new composition
contest utilizing both western and Japanese instruments. Sixty compositions by composers from 30 countries
were submitted with the top prize awarded to Japanese composer, Reika Hattoriʼs “Traitor” for violin and17-string bass koto. In 2015, the Yokohama International School High School Japanese Music Ensemble
performs the world premiere of Hattoriʼs composition in Yokohama and as part of a New York City tour.
Sponsored in part by a grant received by the Toshiba International Foundation, this project also provides for
publication of Hattoriʼs music through Mother Earth Publishing Company.

Yokohama International School Japanese Program
Established in 2003 the YIS Japanese Music Program is the only
English language-based primary/secondary curriculum for Japanesemusic education in the world. YIS Japanese Music Ensembles havebeen awarded prizes in several key national music competitions, while
individual members have been honored with top solo awards. YIS
ensembles have performed throughout Japan and overseas inAustralia, the United States, China and Germany. Special grants havebeen received from The Japan Foundation, Toshiba International
Foundation, IBM Japan, Yokohama City, Minato Mirai 21 AreaManagement, Tomoshibi Foundation, International House of Japan as well as funding from Subaru of America, TheNoguchi Museum and Keio Academy of New York.

Reika Hattori, composer
Born in 1988, composer Reika Hattori began piano studies at age five and continued hermusic studies at Sogo Geijutsu High School for the Arts. In 2009, she entered TokyoMusic Universityʼs composition program in the Fine Arts Department receiving herBachelorʼs degree four years later. She later went on to study with composers Kojiba
Tomoko, Ikebe Shinichiro and others while completing her Masterʼs degree. Ms. Hattoriis active widely as both a composer and performer.

Saori Nakazawa, violin
After receiving her Bachelorʼs degree at Toho Gakuen School of Music, Saori Nakazawa
went on to win the All-Japan music competition in violin. Since then, she has been a
proponent of modern music, performing and often premiering the works of Frenchcomposer Regis Campo and Japanese composer Ichiyanagi Toshi. Her extensive work
both in Japan and abroad includes special performances at the Saito Kinen Matsumoto
Festival and Suntory Arts Foundation Summer Festival. In 2013, she wasartist-in-residence at the Tokyo Wonder Site. She is a member of the Japan - Finland
Contemporary Music Society.
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BankART Studio NYK 1st Floor (Kawamata Hall)
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