2024

Horyuji

開催日時

2024年9月7日(土) /

開場:午後6時

開演:午後7時

開場:午後6時

開演:午後7時

放送日

2024年11月10日(日)深夜0時30分〜1時24分

(MBS・TBS系列全国ネット)

法隆寺の写真

Concept

法隆寺には風が吹く。
飛鳥時代から変わらぬ風が。

遣隋使を派遣し、
律令の制定や
外交に力を入れた聖徳太子も、
日本に新しい風を取り入れた。

地震や病で多くの命を失った令和に
雄美で過酷な自然に包まれ、生きること。

たゆたえども沈まず、
風に抱かれ生きること。

風の声に耳をすませ、
亡き人を偲び、
未来を祈る。

The Wind

The wind blows in Horyuji.
A wind that has not changed since the Asuka period.

Even Prince Shotoku,
who sent envoys to Sui Dynasty China
to establish institutions and promote diplomacy,
introduced a new wind to Japan.

To live within majestic and harsh nature in this era,
when many lives were lost to earthquakes and diseases.

To live being embraced by wind.
Swaying in the wind, but never sinking.

Listening to the voice of the wind,
remembering the departed, and praying for the future.

Theme & Messages
from Artists

It starts and ends with Boléro

There is a story behind Maurice Ravel’s "Boléro".

At a tavern in Seville, a dancer slowly starts tapping her feet to the rhythm. The guests who were not interested become gradually enchanted by her dancing. In the end, they are all dancing together.

"Boléro" expresses the flames of passion spreading and getting stronger. Finally, the dancer falls to the ground and the scene darkens. Some interpret this as the expression of the end of life and the transience of the life.
The theme for OTOBUTAI Horyuji is "the wind". The concert opens with the dancing of a single ballet dancer. Following the theme of ‘The wind blowing in Horyuji,’ the various sounds overlap, ending in a one-night-only performance of "Boléro" dissipating like the wind.
In this era called Reiwa, we may fall from illness and natural disasters, but we can rise again and live within nature if we join hands with one another—this is what the wind of Horyuji teaches us.
The wind blowing through Horyuji Temple, unchanged since the Asuka period (550-710 CE), speaks to those who gather here "To live through the times, embraced by nature, and living together with others."

飛鳥の風

Julian MacKay

At the beginning, a bell created in the Nara period (710-794 CE) rings. Beyond the ages, the wind blows as if guided by the sound of the bell, and OTOBUTAI curtain rises with a performance of "Boléro."

Somakusha/Nanto Gakuso

Traditonal bugaku music based on an anecdote of Prince Shotoku of when he played his flute as he was crossing the river and a mountain god disguised as an old monkey appeared and began dancing to the sound of his flute.

西からの風

Love Song on the Grasslands/Jiang Jianhua

This is a representative work by composer Wang Luobin. Using a pentatonic scale reminiscent of folk songs, it expresses the landscape of the vast plain in China's northwestern region. Ryuichi Sakamoto was fond of this piece and has performed with me. This is a love song carried by the wind from China. Please enjoy the beautiful and sentimental sound of the erhu. (Jiang Jianhua)

Improvisation inspired by the wind of Horyuji/Alexander Gadjiev

"Pour les arpèges composés" from 12 Etudes/Alexander Gadjiev + Julian MacKay

Prelude in C minor op. 23-7/Alexander Gadjiev

Debussy and Rachmaninov, they are two types of wind. Debussy is a very quiet breeze, maybe more summer-like wind, which caresses us very gently and prepares us for the next one. Rachmaninov is a stormy wind from the northern steppes of Russia, which is a very dramatic wind, full of intensity, sometimes unpredictable and always accompanied by a lower bell that resonates throughout the piece. It ends up in a great climax and a vertigo that will shock us and shake our bones until the core. I will also do improvisation by feeling the wind of Horyuji. Enjoy the sound of the wind here just for tonight. (Alexander Gadjiev)

Cleopatra/Moné Hattori

I chose this piece because it fits the strong energy of Horyuji Temple. As the name suggests, the music tells you a story in noble Egypt and Cleopatra's temperamental and extraordinary elegance. (Moné Hattori)

時代を吹き抜ける風

Impression of Mountain Village/Marihiko Hara Ensemble

I met second and third generation immigrants whose ancestors once left Japan for New Caledonia and we remain friends today. The rich natural scenery of Japan that they hold in their heart was the inspiration for this music. This song was also adapted using Japanese instruments as the theme music for "the Noda version of Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita" (the Kabuki-za Theater, 2017) by the new Kabuki production. The title comes from an essay by Yi Sang, a poet who died young. The music is recorded in the album, "Landscape in Portait." (Marihiko Hara)

The Song of the Circling Stars/Miu Sakamoto + Marihiko Hara Ensemble

Miu Sakamoto + Marihiko Hara Ensemble

"The Song of the Circling Stars" written by Kenji Miyazawa, who lived listening to the sounds of nature, and "in aquascape", the music my father left for me as a teenager. I truly look forward to the opportunity to play these two special compositions with Marihiko Hara, feeling everlasting time. (Miu Sakamoto)

Tohoku Youth Orchestra

This is a song that was included on YMO’s album released in 1979. We remember the pleasant sound of the piano that Director Sakamoto played with the orchestra during the 2018 performance. We would like to perform with an awareness of the characteristic rhythms of techno-pop. (Tohoku Youth Orchestra Vn. Mamei Ichikawa)

Nocturne and Tarantella/Moné Hattori + Alexander Gadjiev

Begins with a beautiful nocturne, as if something is shimmering on the water, followed by a tarantella that makes you dance madly in passion and joy. I’m looking forward to discovering the sound with Alexander. (Moné Hattori)

偲ぶ風

Jiang Jianhua + Tohoku Youth Orchestra

The music for the film “The Last Emperor” was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Chinese composer Cong Su, and won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Recording for the film soundtrack with Mr. Sakamoto is a memory I will never forget. Tonight will be my first performance with the Tohoku Youth Orchestra that Mr. Sakamoto loved. I will dedicate tonight's performance to Mr. Sakamoto, remembering him in the wind of Horyuji. (Jiang Jianhua)

Marihiko Hara + Tohoku Youth Orchestra

This piece was composed by Director Sakamoto for the 1983 film “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.” The moment when we play this song makes us most connected with Director Sakamoto. We hope the power and sadness of this piece will reach both the victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake and Director Sakamoto, carried by the wind blowing through Horyuji Temple. (Tohoku Youth Orchestra Trb. Kota Kaitsu)

未来への風

Masterpieces sometimes involve a kind of invention. Not only a catchy melody or a beautiful tone, but also, by repeating the same rhythm and melody, the piece gradually builds up strength and advances to the finale. Based on this simple yet grand invention of Maurice Ravel’s, I hope to engrave this moment in my heart with the musicians and audience who have come to Horyuji Temple tonight. (Marihiko Hara)

For OTOBUTAI

At OTOBUTAI, in addition to the familiar sounds of western instruments like the piano and strings, some slightly rarer sounds including gagaku court music, the erhu, the Persian santur, a shakuhachi flute, and the Medieval viola da gamba stringed instrument are featured. We also made field recordings to collect the sounds of the water and wind that have continued flowing through the Horyuji Temple grounds since ancient times. Asuka was once the final destination of the wind that blew from the continent. I hope that a new culture is created here tonight and takes us a step closer to world peace. (Music Director Marihiko Hara)

ABOUT“Horyuji”

法隆寺の写真
法隆寺の仏像の写真
Horyuji Temple, known as containing the oldest wooden structures in the world, was founded by Emperor Suiko and Prince Shotoku around the year 607. It was completely destroyed in a fire in 670, according to the ancient Chronicles of Japan, “Nihon Shoki”. Reconstruction began quickly, and by the early 8th century at the latest, the central temple was restored in the style of the Asuka period (550-710). Over time, the temple grounds expanded to become the current Western Precinct, “Saiin Garan”. Horyuji temple was registered as Japan’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, and the buildings and numerous Buddhist statues and treasures were designated national treasures and important cultural properties.

Artists

  • Alexander Gadjiev

    Piano

    Alexander Gadjiev, winner of numerous prizes such as International Chopin competition Warsaw (2nd prize) and Sydney (1st prize) both in 2021, as well as « BBC New Generation Artist » from 2019-2021, owes his musical experience and Central European culture to his family and his hometown, the Italian-Slovenian border town of Gorizia, a natural crossroads of peoples, cultures and languages.
    Alexander Gadjiev regularly accepts invitations from Europe, Asia, the USA, including: Verbier Festival, MiTo Festival in Turin, "Chopin" Festival in Duszniki, Piano Festival Rafael Orozco in Cordoba, Ljubljana Festival, Bologna Festival, Settimane Musicali at Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Festival Animato de Paris, Salzburg Festival, Festival International de Piano de La Roque d'Anthéron, Teatro La Fenice, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Moscow Conservatory, Aldeburgh Festival, concert halls in Salt Lake City, Istanbul, Barcelona, Rome, Milan.
    From the 2022/23 season, Alexander Gadjiev is‚ Artist in Residence' at the Unione Musicale in Turin for three years and will be presented at the Wigmore Hall until 2028.
    In June 2024 he will perform at Maggio Musical Fiorentino under the direction of Maestro Zubin Mehta and will have his debut at Vienna Musikverein.
    His latest critically acclaimed album on CAvi-music in May 2022 features compositions by Alexander & Nikolai Tcherepnin & Prokofiev.

  • Julian MacKay

    Ballet Dancer

    Julian MacKay is the first American to graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy with a full Russian Diploma having completed both the upper and lower school. He received medals in five consecutive international ballet competitions including gold medals at the Istanbul and Beijing International Ballet Competitions, and YAGP. Graduating in the top of his class, he was hailed as "Apollo" and the next Nureyev by Russian dance critics.
    Age 17, Julian joined The Royal Ballet in London as their 2015 Prix de Lausanne prize winner and nine months later, upon invitation from Mikhail Messerer, joined The Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg as a Second Soloist.
    At 19 years old, he was promoted to First Soloist and danced all the main principal roles at Mikhailovsky. In 2020 Julian was invited by Helgi Thomason to join the San Francisco Ballet as a Principal Dancer, and in September 2022 Julian joined the ranks of the Bayerisches Staatsballett as their new Principal under the Direction of Laurent Hilaire premiering with the company in a worldwide broadcast of Cinderella.
    He has been featured in numerous high profile fashion magazines, television shows, and international star galas around the world.
    He is also the first ever male dancer to become a Friend of the Maison for Cartier.
    Julian has a Bachelors Degree from GITIS (Russian University of Theatre Arts), Moscow, and is also the Co Founder of MacKay Productions a worldwide arts production company which he started with his brother Nicholas MacKay.

  • Jiang Jianhua

    Er-hu

    Ms. Jiang Jian Hua, a native of Shanghai in the People’s Republic of China, first learned the erhu under her uncle at the age of ten. She started her overseas performances, which spanned over Europe, Africa, South-East Asia and more, when she was 13 years old. She has been leading an exceedingly active career as co-performer with Japanese musicians and toured with Hidetaro Honjo, a Japanese Shamisen player and joined the Rinken Band of Okinawa Music. Ms. Jiang also appeared at the "Last Emperor" Concert, in which the music was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Till date, she has released numerous CDs under Columbia and Victor label. In "The world of Erhu" released under Columbia, it includes one of the most famous theme music of all times, "the Last Emperor". With her 7th release from Victor label "Hometown Passion", she won the "Special Award" during 2003 Japan Gold Disc Awards. In December of the same year, the theme song from NHK’s TV drama was included in the CD titled "Ocean Road to China". Her latest album is entitled Hibiki and was released by Columbia in 2013. Ms. Jiang is managed by KAJIMOTO of Japan. She currently performs actively in Japan, and teaches at Beijing Central Conservatory of Music as a professor.

  • Miu Sakamoto

    Singer

    Born on May 1, 1980.
    Her father is Ryuichi Sakamoto, and her mother is Akiko Yano.
    She moved to New York at the age of 9. In 1997, at the age of 16, she made her debut as a singer under the name of “Ryuichi Sakamoto feat. Sister M.” Since then, she started her singing career under her real name.
    In addition to being a musician, she is also a writer, narrator and theater actor. She has hosted a nationwide radio program, “Dear Friends” (Tokyo FM, etc.) since 2011 and co-hosted Haruki Murakami’s radio program, “Murakami RADIO.” She also performs as a group, "OOAME (Yuichi Ohata + Miu Sakamoto)."
    She appeared in “The Little Prince-Letter from Saint-Exupery” directed by Kaiji Moriyama in 2020. She released a new album, “birds fly” in 2021.
    She is known as a “cat person” for her animal rights activities for many years and her popular book “How to Suck Cats” and her loving cat, Sabami. She is also one of the founders of "Children's Lives are Children's," a group to reduce child abuse.
    She gave birth to her first daughter in 2015, and posts daily about the life with her cat and daughter.

  • Tohoku Youth Orchestra

    Orchestra

    Led by the artist Ryuichi Sakamoto, an idea came up for The Tohoku Youth Orchestra for an activity “School Music Revival” for the students affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. Sakamoto then wished to make music with the children there and organized the orchestra in 2013. Students of primary, junior high, high schools and universities of three prefectures (Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima) damaged by the earthquake are mainly taking parts of the orchestra. This platform is not only to perform music but also presents them a “field to grow” by learning from talented musicians and interact with others to get a global perspective. We are convinced that the children will give strength to the community and to the Tohoku area as a whole and bring us a bright future. “There are many things that only music can express. Music can express what words cannot. We wish to impress many people through music.” Strong and beautiful music born by overcoming the disaster will take off from Tohoku to the world.
    Conductor: Yuki Takai

  • Nanto Gakuso

    Court Dance

    Since the Nara period (710-794), it has continued to serve as an exclusive orchestra for festivals and memorial services at Kasugataisha Shrine and the great temples of Nara. Around the year 1000, it became an organization named Nanto Gakuso for its location south of the capital, Kyoto. Today, the Nanto Gakuso Public Interest Incorporated Association still serves at traditional events, but also gives lessons and performances on various occasions, such as Gagaku performances at the Manyo Gagaku Festival held at Manyo Botanical Garden, widely sharing the achievements of their predecessors.
    The most important of these activities is at the Kasuga Wakamiya Onmatsuri that decorates the end of the annual events in Nara. This festival has strong character full of traditional Japanese arts and has been designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Japan.

  • Moné Hattori

    Violin

    Born in 1999. Moné began playing the violin at the age of five and first performed with an orchestra at the age of eight. By the time she was 10 years old, she won the first prize at the “International Competition for Young Violinists in Honour of Karol Lipinski and Henryk Wieniawski” as the youngest winner ever.
    Moné since has won numerous Grand Prix and First Prizes at various international competitions. She has participated in the Khachaturian International Festival and the Trans-Siberian Art Festival. She toured Germany in 2020 with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar).
    Moné has toured Europe with Vladimir Ashkenazy. From then on, she has performed with world-renowned orchestras and conductors in Japan and abroad, including Paavo Järvi, John Axelrod, and Dan Ettinger.
    In 2022 she performed with the Die Deutsche Kammerfilharmonie Bremen in Germany and in 2023 with Fazil Say in Japan. Say's Violin Sonata No. 2 "Mountain Ida" was premiered in Japan.

  • Marihiko Hara

    Music Director

    Marihiko Hara (b.1983) is a composer who lives in Kyoto, Japan. He graduated from the Department of Education at Kyoto University. Hara released the albums "Passion," "Landscape in Portrait," and "Flora," which blend melodic piano, electronics, field recordings, beats, and traditional Japanese and Persian instruments. He has composed music for the theatrical works "Vessel" by Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa "Omphalos" by Damien Jalet and Hideki Noda's play. Hara also collaborated on many projects with people from various fields, such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dumb Type, Min Tanaka, Isabel Muñoz, Raphaël Dallaporta, and Junya Watanabe COMME des GARÇONS. In recent years, he has begun writing scores for film and TV shows, such as "Wandering," directed by Lee Sang-il.

    Marihiko Hara Ensemble: Anzu Suhara  (Violin) / Asano Mekaru (Violin)  / Naoko Kakutani (Viola) / Tomoki Tai (Cello, Viola da Gamba) / Kazune Iwasaki (Santur) / Lenzan Kudo (Shakuhachi) / Polar M (Electric Guitar)

  • Issey Takahashi

    Recitation

    Issey Takahashi has appeared in numerous TV dramas, movies, and plays. He won the 45th Kazuo Kikuta Theatre Award for his performance "Shakespeare in Tempo 12" (2020), and the Best Actor Award at the 29th Yomiuri Theatre Award for his performance in NODA MAP's "Fakespeare" (2021). His recent major performances include "2020" produced by PARCO (2022), "Usagi, nami wo hashiru" (2023) by NODA-MAP, the movies "Wife of a Spy" (2020), ” Rohan at the Louvre” (2023), the NHK historical drama "Naotora: The Lady Warlord" (2017), "Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe" (2020-2022, 2024), "6-second Trajectory: Fireworks Expert Mochizuki Seitaro's 2nd Melancholy" (2024), and TV Asahi Drama "Black Jack" (2024), etc.

主催:京都仏教会 聖徳宗総本山 法隆寺 MBSテレビ

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