International Contemporary Ensemble: John Cage's Ryoanji
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$40 ($32 member/person w/ disability)
- Tomomi Adachi, voice
- Hitomi Nakamura, hichiriki
- Maki Ota, soprano
- Mike Lormand, trombone
- Lizzie Burns, double bass
- Clara Warnaar, percussion
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International Contemporary Ensemble collaborates with performer/composer/poet/visual artist Tomomi Adachi for a three-concert series titled John Cage's Japan celebrating John Cage’s relationship with Japanese culture, presented by the Japan Society this season. The first concert in collaboration with International Contemporary Ensemble, on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 8:30pm, is inspired by Cage's visit to the renowned Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto in 1962.
About International Contemporary Ensemble
With a commitment to cultivating a more curious and engaged society through music, the International Contemporary Ensemble – as a commissioner and performer at the highest level – amplifies creators whose work propels and challenges how music is made and experienced.
https://www.iceorg.org/About Tomomi Adachi, voice
About Maki Ota, soprano
Japanese soprano Maki Ota's area of expertise is the capacity of experimental and avant-garde contemporary vocal music. In order to allow her to pursue her into the vocal works of Giacinto Scelsi under the tutelage of Michiko Hirayama in Rome, she was awarded a visitor's scholarship for the overseas study programme by the Japanese government.
Ota has been a participant at numerous festivals, including Il 50° Festival di Nuova Consonanza in Italy, Takefu International Music Festival in Japan, and Suntory Foundation of Arts Summer Festival in Japan.