Date:

27 Apr. 2016

Venue:

Wrocław Conservatory

Japanese partner:

Japan Clarinet Association

Japanese musicians:

Masaharu Yamamoto  Seiki Shinohe, Shuhei Isobe, Masashi Togame, Takeshi Nozaki, Yoko Yokota, ashinobu Kamei, Anna Hashimoto, Hidehito Naka, Rikuya Terashima, Kaho Asou

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Avant Art Japan 2016 Festival was held in 3-8 October in Wroclaw, and it involved 16 Japanese participants within 19 various events - concerts, films, performance, workshop and a photo exhibition. It was a unique opportunity to present to Polish audience the wide and various range of Japanese culture and art. For artists it was a unique opportunity to establish long term artistic cooperation (Nao Nishihara and Pawel Romanczuk project and residency – to be continued in future), to create a space to perform with each other for the first time (Phew, Alex Hacke), or to start planning the next year cooperation (Naoki Kato and Avant Art). Due to the long stay in Wroclaw, which was a suggestion of an organizer for all festival’s guests, the artists had opportunity to visit Wroclaw and to get familiar with Polish culture in assistance of Avant Art’s staff and volunteers.

--Written by Katarzyna Gołecka

Date：

3-8 Oct. 2016

Japanese artists：

Participants from other countries：

Programs：

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra is invited to Wroclaw and present the Orchestra under the program of the European Capital of Culture. They are going to present the artists at the National Forum of Music – a new top-notch concert hall, that has been recently opened and highly acclaimed. The project consists of one concert in the main concert hall of the National Forum of Music. Its aim is to create long lasting creative synergies between Polish and Japanese artists that will result in long-term collaboration for the future.

(Piotr Turkiewicz)

Date:  

Oct. 20, 2016

Venue:

National Forum of Music (NFM) Main Hall

Artists from Japan: 

Program: 

A fusion of jazz and classical Japanese court music performed by first-rate musicians.

In the Jazztopad Festival 2016, a group of the top Japanese artists will join. They define the improvised and traditional scene and reach deeper into the nooks and crannies of the Japanese sounds. The artists are to be presented at the National Forum of Music – a new top-notch concert hall, that has been recently opened. The project will be presented in the framework of European Capitol of Culture. The program will consist of two major concerts plus several smaller ones, all at NFM and private living-rooms, as well as of some workshops. This programme intends to create long lasting creative synergies between Polish and Japanese artists that will result in long-term collaboration for the future.

(Piotr Turkiewicz)

Date:

24-27 Nov. 2016

Venue:

National Forum of Music (NFM)

Program:

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A floral feast by Japanese musicians, both established masters and young talent.

Organized since 2002 in Wroclaw International Clarinet Festival, CLARIMANIA covers a wide range of artistic and educational projects dedicated to woodwind instruments. Last year’s special Czech Day was a great success and this year we had the privilege to present the Japan Day in cooperation with Japan clarinet association, filled with Japanese music, performed by Japanese artists. The most acknowledged Japanese clarinetists of the older generation and the younger ones　delighted Clarimania’s public and international participants with their performances. The guest star of the evening concert was Yoshinobu Kamei – Tokyo Music College professor, whose performance was highly impressive. The afternoon performance of Anna Hashimoto was another highlight of the day – a young, virtuoso player with refined style and a well chosen, delightful program brought the Wrocław Conservatory Concert Hall down. The public appreciated the artists’ level, presented works as well as the repertoire diversity. Japan Day at Clarimania 2016 provided exceptional impressions and unforgettable memories for all the public and musicians participating in the festival.

(Jacob Bokun)

Date:

25 Apr. 2016

Venue:

Wrocław Conservatory (Wroclaw, Poland)

Japanese musicians:

Masaharu Yamamoto  Seiki Shinohe, Shuhei Isobe, Takeshi Nozaki, Hidehito Naka, Yoko Yokota, Anna Hashimoto, Chiho Sugo, Yoshinobu Kamei, Rikuya Terashima, Kaho Asou, Masumi Kitaba

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