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Folk Fusions – Japan meets Eastern Europe

Name: Folk Fusions – Japan meets Eastern Europe
Start: 2024-02-24T19:30:00
Location: Wales Millennium Centre

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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In a programme inspired by folk music, we’re delighted to welcome Japanese conductor Nodoka Okisawa to the podium. Jazz and blues style writing, meets funeral music and an unusually melancholic yet cheerful waltz in fellow Japanese musician, Toru Takemitsu’s 3 Film Scores. Developing her own unique compositional voice, Kikuko Kanai was one of the first Japanese women to compose Western classical music, whilst retaining her Okinawan musical herita...

Program

Antonín Dvořák - The Wood Dove

Composer

Kikuko Kanai - Capriccio Okinawa

Franz Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 2

Toru Takemitsu - 3 film scores

Participants

Nodoka Okisawa

Conductor

Iyad Sughayer

Piano

BBC National Orchestra of Wales