call for scores for the project "Times 2018 Tokio"

Junko Yamamoto is happy to announce a „call for scores“ for the project „Times 2018 Tokio“

what is the project „Times 2018 Tokio“ ?

• „Times 2018 Tokio“ is a concert which is produced by Masamichi Kinoshita.

• The concert will take place on 18th February (Sunday) at 6.30 p.m. in the Doujin-Christ-Church in Tokyo.

• The pianist Junko Yamamoto will perform contemporary piano music from Germany, the complete piano etudes by Toshio Hosokawa and 1 - 3 pieces from “call for scores” for piano solo

Please be sure to review the terms and conditions below before submitting your score and other materials.

• This call for scores is open to composers of any nationality and age who are currently living in Germany or have lived in Germany in the past.

• The duration of the work should not exceed 15 minutes.

• Deadline for submission: October 1, 2017

• Entry Fee: No Entry Fee

• Reward: No prize money.

• Instrumentation: piano solo

Possible playing techniques for the piano:

- Using the Sostenuto-pedal (3rd pedal) is possible.

- Playing inside the piano without marking is possible.

- Preparation inside the piano is not possible because there is no time for preparation between the pieces in the concert.

• The results of the call for scores will be announced  on December 1, 2017 on the Website www.junkoyamamoto.de

How to submit:

Please visit the website

https://goo.gl/forms/zPm3yDOaf3nDfWLv1

to fill in the application and upload the following material:

• score (pdf-file)

• recording of the work (mp3-file). (recording is not obligatory but it would be good if you have)

• video-link of the work (i.e. Vimeo, YouTube, etc.) (video is not obligatory but it would be good if you have)

• short biography (less than 100 words

To log in to the application form you need a gmail-account or an account associated with Google Drive.

world premiere which we ensemble cros.art did :-))

Here is a little impression for world premiere which we ensemble cros.art did, you can watch short video ^-^/

world premiere 

Pulse of Europe / my essay No.11 for japanese Newspaper

 On last Sunday I joined the meeting "Pulse of Europe".

 (↓ from the Website of Pulse of Europe)

There has been an alarming increase of radicalization in political life. After the vote for Brexit and the election of Trump, however, we must not remain in shock. There are going to be held presidential elections in the Netherlands on 15 March 2017, in France on 23 April 2017, and in the autumn of 2017 the Bundestag election will take place.

Our aim and contribution

We are convinced that the majority of people believe in the fundamental idea of the European Union and its reformability and development and does not want to sacrifice it to nationalist tendencies.  Nothing less than the protection of an alliance, which secures peace and guarantees individual freedom, justice and legal security are at stake.

Unfortunately, mostly negative and destructive voices are heard in public!

Therefore: Let us become louder and more visible!  We all must now send out positive energy against current tendencies. The European pulse must be felt everywhere!

Everyone is responsible for the failure or the success of our future, no one can make excuses. To hope, everything will go well, is not enough and even dangerous.

Now, before the elections, is the right time to do one´s best – with as many people as possible, and in as many places as possible.

We have a big goal: to gather as many people as possible in Europe, who stand for Europe, and are able to support pro- European forces after the elections. Thus we can form a human chain all across Europe connecting Germany, France and the Netherlands.

 Here is my contribution for a japanese newspaper ↓

chaufernster / Andile Khumalo

Here you can listen the music "chaufernster" composed by Andile Khumalo.

The recording is from my concert in Johannesburg / South Africa, when we ensemble cross.art had concert-tourney 2013 ^-^/


You can listen the music:-)
Please click here on this picture
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"SHÔ III" / Fernando Riederer

Fernando Riederer composed for us ensemble cross.art ^-^

Here you can listen our performance his music "SHÔ III". We performed by "Bienal Música Hoje in Curitiba/ Brasil"
SHÔ III

SHÔ III for Violin, Cello and Piano (2012)
Composer : Fernando Riederer

ensemble cross.art
Saeko Takayama - Violin
Céline Papion - Cello
Junko Yamamoto - Piano
ensemblecrossart.com
bienalmusicahoje.com
ensemble cross.art performed by the II Bienal Música Hoje in Brasil 2013
Programa: Mello, Balter, Dottori, Nascimento, Crowl, Nassif e Riederer
Data: 21 de Agosto, 2013
Local: Capela Santa Maria, Curitiba/Paraná - Brasil
Thank you for your great support Goethe Institut
https://www.goethe.de

Hello my favorite Pâtisserie "Meister Lampe"

An excellent Pâtisserie "Meister Lampe" musst be introduced:-)))

The Japanese marvel pâtissière Mrs. Sugimoto makes "très délicieux" cakes and she is very friendly likeable women :-)))

We tried this wonderful sweet ↓with chocolate and raspberries.
The harmony between chocolate and raspberries and fine hard coockies is speechless délicieux 
(((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))

Who could imagine we can get in Stuttgart such extraordinary Maccha-Rollcake which is difficult to get even in Japan?

Here is the Homepage of Meister Lampe:
http://www.konditorei-meister-lampe.de

I'm heavenly happy got to know Mrs. Sugimoto :-)))

Pâtisserie "Meister Lampe" is opened
Thursday 12:00-16:30
Friday & Saturday 12:00-17:00
Sunday & Holiday 13:00-16:00

Bebelstraße 67
70193 Stuttgart


Go Go〜(((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))

xoxo

Clair de lune by Debusy / Rest in peace for s.

He passed away.

He loved my Chopin. That's why I can't play Chopin now, it's too sad he doesn't stand by us more.

I play Clair de Lune because it was a dream of mine that the brothers will come to my concert when I'll perform Debussy again.

Rest in peace for s.

↓You can listen my piano performance "Claire de Lune"
Junko classic / Clair de Lune

xoxo

thank you to my best friends :-))) / concert YES!

I couldn't have done it without you, my best friends :-)))
They are board members for "YES!" 
It has been a great pleasure for me working with you.
I appreciate your continued support and look forward to next concerts in Japan ^-^

(from left: Mr. Toshiyuki Honda, Mrs. Eiko Banshô, Mrs. Emi Nishimura, Mr. Hiroyuki Adachi, Junko, Mrs. Hiroko Kubota, Mrs. Miki Nabatake, Mrs. Yuki Yorimoto)

(My favorite beautiful board women member :-) Mrs. Emi Nishimura, Mrs. Hiroko Kubota,  Mrs. Yuki Yorimoto, Mrs. Miki Nabatake)

A big thank you to all audience, I enjoyed so much with you :-)))

xoxo

we made it :-))) your biggest smiles made me happy :-)

Thank you very much, all my friends, they helped me and attended my concert "YES!" :-) We made it (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))

After the concert "YES!" you had the biggest smiles on your face and it made me so happy, I love you all :-)))

with Yuki ^-^

with Emi ^-^

with Adachi-kun ^-^

 with Junko (we are double Junkos!)

 xoxo

Thank you to everyone who helps for my concerts "YES!" :-))) / Sold out

It's amazing :-))))
The concert tickets for 6th have been sold out. We had a wonderful time with very interested audience in Kyoto :-) What great fun it was :-)))

It's amazing :-))))
Also the concert tickets for 20th March is now already sold out!!
Thanks to all my friends. It was not possible to make it without you:-)) I'm very exciting to give the concert on 20th March and to see you all.

One more good news ^-^
For the concert in Kyoto on 28th March is the tickets almost sold out, but there are still little free space. We can make 5〜6 seats more :-)
Please contact us ( please check below flyer for the contact address)

xoxo

Hello my favorite people :-) Mrs. Ameda & Mr. Adachi / Life Is... fm

The recording for a radio broadcast by fmfukui with the DJ-personality Mrs. Ameda who a very cute and charm and intelligent Women :-)))

I became her fan when I became acquainted with this wonderful women :-)

↓ Mrs. Ameda (left), Mr. Adachi (right)

What a great convasation with Mrs. Ameda and Mr. Adachi who made a scintillating enjoyable convasation :-))

I'm sure you will have fun to listen our convasation. The fmfukui will broadcast it on Friday 19th March 9 a.m.

↓in the studio of fmfukui: Mrs. Ameda (right)

  

 

The concerts "YES!" will take place soon :-))
  

 

xoxo

Media Interview / News Paper

Thank you to my friends Mr. Mizukami (right ) & Mr. Adachi (2nd from left) & Journalist, Mr. Maeda :-)

 Mr. Mizukami who is a very good friend of mine and an excellent Journalist, has coordinated for us  a media interview about my concert "YES!" :-)

His journalist-collegue, Mr. Maeda has interviewed with his gentleness and openness and passion Mr. Adachi and me over an hour. 

It's  a great honour for me to have enjoyable and skillful conversations with them :-)

The articles of this interview will appear on Friday 12th March :-)

The concerts "YES!" will come soon ↓ 

concert & workshop:Past and Future Dialog II: ChamberElectronics

Past and Future Dialog II: ChamberElectronics

Workshop & Konzert

SA. 16. JANUAR 2016 | 13:00 UHR

Hochschule für Musik, Theater & Medien Hannover
Emmichplatz 1
30175 Hannover
Eintritt frei

ChamberElectronics ist ein Konzertprojekt von ensemble cross.art mit Stationen in Stuttgart und Hannover. Das Programm thematisiert Live-Elektronik im Kammermusikalischen Kontext mit Violoncello und Klavier. Das Ensemble wird im Konzert Uraufführungen und aktuelle Werke präsentieren und außerdem Workshops mit Kompositionsstudenten der beiden Hochschulen durchführen.

Werke von: u.a. Kaija Saariaho, Georg Friedrich Haas, Oliver S. Frick, Jesse Ronneau.

Violoncello: Céline Papion
Klavier: Junko Yamamoto
Elektronik: Oliver S. Frick
Projektkoordination: Juliane Beck

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Past and Future Dialog II: ChamberElectronics

Workshop & concert

Sat. 16 Jan., 2016, 1pm

Hochschule für Musik, Theater & Medien Hannover, Germany
Admittance free

Chamber Electronics is a concert project with stopovers in Stuttgart and Hanover. The program concentrates on live Electronics placed in a chamber music setting with Cello and Piano. The ensemble will present premiers and contemporary works, and will lead workshops for student composers of the two Music Conservatories.

Music by: Oliver Schneller (UA), Oliver S. Frick (UA), Kaija Saariaho, Georg Friedrich Haas, Jesse Ronneau…

Cello: Céline Papion
Piano: Junko Yamamoto
Live-Elektronics: Oliver S. Frick
Project management: Juliane Beck

Gefördert von / supported by : Deutschen Musikrat & Kulturamt Stuttgart

a happy new year 2016 :-))))

 a happy new year 2016 :-)))

Hello my favorite Poet BASHÔ ^-^ / Moonlight Sonata Beethoven

月いづく鐘は沈める海の底

where is the full moon?
the war bell has sunk
to the bottom of the sea 


↑ a fantastic poem by BASHÔ 
wonderful lyricism
contrast sky and sea
Silence in the heaven and ocean

When I play "Moonlight Sonata" by Ludwig van Beethoven, the music remind me this beautiful poem.  

My "pappiness"-time with wonderful music and image of the poem.

You can listen a part of my performance  of Moonlight Sonata :-)
Please click this link :-) 

Moonlight Sonata / Beethoven

concert: Le Voci Fuori

Le Voci Fuori

ein Konzert des ensemble cross.art
im Rahmen von K-R-A-M LE HAPPY COMPOUND PLEASURES
Freitag, 18. Dezember 2015, 20 Uhr
Theaterhaus P1 – Stuttgart

Eintrittspreise: 15€ / 10€ / 5€

Zwei Tage lang erklingt im Theaterhaus Stuttgart die Konzertreihe Le Happy Compound Pleasures. Da treffen experimentierfreudige Komponisten auf etablierte Formationen der Stuttgarter aktuellen Musikszene.
Am Freitag eröffnet das Ensemble cross.art und bringt mit “Le Voci Fuori” italienische neue Kammermusik zu Gehör.

Wie prägend die kulturelle Heimat sein kann? welche Resonanzen sie in einer künstlerischen Arbeit hinterlässt, auch wenn das oftmals im Unterbewusstsein stattfindet? Besonders heutzutage, wenn Künstler der Gegenwart immer mehr rund um den Globus reisen, studieren, arbeiten, leben und sich dadurch sehr viele weitere Einflüsse zu eigen machen.

Das ensemble cross.art möchte diese Dualität der Einflüsse in der Neue-Musik-Szene Italiens durch ein Konzert thematisieren und dem deutschen Publikum bewusster machen und näher bringen. Im Fokus stehen dabei besonders diejenigen erfolgreichen jungen italienischen Komponisten, die in Deutschland und Frankreich gelebt, studiert oder gearbeitet haben, beziehungsweise dies immer noch tun: sie sind “Le Voci Fuori”, die Stimmen von aussen.

Programm:
Francesco Filidei (*1973)
Programming Pinocchio for amplified piano and electronics (2002)

Marta Gentilucci (*1973)
Über for clarinet, cello & piano (UA)

Clara Iannotta (*1983)
The people here go mad. They blame the wind for bass clarinet, cello, piano and 12 music-boxes (2013/14)

Marta Gentilucci (*1973)
Über for clarinet, cello and piano (UA)
with Video by Yukihiro Taguchi

Francesco Filidei (*1973)
Esercizio di Pazzia I for balloons players (2012)

ensemble cross.art:
Céline Papion, Cello & Luftballons
Junko Yamamoto, Klavier & Luftballons
Oliver S. Frick, Elektronik & Luftballons
Felix Behringer, Klarinetten
Anja Füsti, Luftballons

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Le Voci Fuori

A concert from ensemble cross.art
As part of K-R-A-M Concert LE HAPPY COMPOUND PLEASURES
Fri. 18 Dec. 2015. 8pm
Theaterhaus P1 – Stuttgart

For two days the concerts series ‘Le Happy Compound Pleasures’ will resonate throughout the Theaterhaus Stuttgart. There, experimentally minded composers will meet established ensembles of the contemporary music scene in Stuttgart. On Friday, ensemble cross.art opens the series and will present “Le Voci Fuori”, featuring new Italian chamber music:

How influential can a cultural homeland be? Which resonances do they leave in an artistic work, perhaps often only subconsciously? -especially today, with contemporary artists traveling more and more around the globe, to study, work, live and thereby absorbing, and making their own, numerous influences from abroad.

ensemble cross.art would like to investigate this duality of influences in the contemporary Italian music scene, simultaneously bringing the German audience closer to the music and making them aware of these current questions. The focus will be on successful, young Italian composers who have lived, studied or worked in Germany and/or France -or still do. They are “Le Voci Fuori”, the voices from outside.

Works by Francesco Filidei, Clara Iannotta und Marta Gentilucci.

Gefördet durch / supported by : Kulturamt Stuttgart / Innovationsfonds Kunst Baden-Württemberg / LBBW /
“Deutsch-französischer Fonds für zeitgenössische Musik / Impuls neue Musik”

review about our concert "portraitconcert Toshio Hosokawa" :-)

Thank you very much for all friends, who supported us for the "portrait concert Toshio Hosokawa" on 23th October 2015 :-)

Today I just wanted to tell you all that your friendship, willingness and very warm heart are precious to me. 

I'm very happy to tell you that we got a very good review about "portrait concert Toshio Hosokawa" :-)

 

review about our concert "portraitconcert Toshio Hosokawa"

Hello my favorite Autumn ^-^ / Four Imaginary Landscapes from Basho / Joji Yuasa

Fall is such a wonderful time of year. 
You can be a poet in a landscape with turning colored  beautiful Leaves :-)

The great Japanese composer, Joji Yuasa has composed in 2007 the music pieces "Four Imaginary Landscapes from Basho for violin and piano".

The most beautiful piece of then is the Autumn :-)

You can watch and listen the music on this link, please click this :-)

"Autumn" performed for the 70th birthday anniversary Joji Yuasa

Hello my favorite field of Soba flowers :-)

Have you ever seen soba flower before? Soba is a type of thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour.

There are wonderful soba flower fields  near the house of my parents. 
I was very happy to watch such a beautiful landscape everyday, when I've stayed at my parents home in this September.
It was my pappiness to watch the landscape with Soba flowers.

If I could stay for a month longer in Japan , I could eat "Shin-Soba" (new Soba Nudle) , which smells wonderful

Soba flowers start blooming in September and produce seeds in October-November.

Wish you all who is now in Japan to enjoy to semll and eat Shin-Soba  ;-)

my favorite brazilian contemporary music / Os Abacaxis não voam (2001) / Guilherme Nascimento

"The Pineapples do not fly" is the title of a piano piece by Guilherme Nascimento.

This music is one of my most favorite Brazilian contemporary piano music.

It's very meditative, soft, calm and imaginatively.

What for me special is the concept of this music has relationship with Zen-Philosophy.

When I perform this piece, I have timeless feeling.

You can find silence peace in your mind by this music, you will have wish for benefit of others. That's a very beautiful thing :-)


Os Abacaxis não voam (2001) / Guilherme Nascimento

performed by the II Bienal Música Hoje
Junko Yamamoto - Piano
Capela Santa Maria, Curitiba/Paraná - Brasil