| Period | Sunday, September 4 2016 Open at 15:00, Start at 15:30 |
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| Venues | Gyoko Street on the Marunouchi side of Tokyo Station |
| Admission fee | free |
ABOUT
This participation-based music festival takes place in front of Tokyo Station under the direction of Yoshihide Otomo. This expanded program this year includes Fred Frith from overseas and domestic artists including Shinji Ishii, Shugo Tokumaru, Ikuko Harada, and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki.
Ensembles Tokyo is a participation-based music festival in which anyone can take part. Under the direction of musician Yoshihide Otomo, everyone who participates will seek to create with their own hands a new music space that transcends their individual positions and styles. The music festival shares the appeal of Tokyo with the world starting from Gyoko Street on the Marunouchi side of Tokyo Station, Tokyo’s “front door” and a place where all sorts of people from around the world come together.
WORKSHOP
Workshops will be held in advance and then on the day of the event we will hold a participatory live performance with Yoshihide Otomo, Shugo Tokumaru, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki and Orquesta Nudge! Nudge!, Shinji Ishii and Ikuko Harada, and Fred Frith. Members of the general public will also work with Project FUKUSHIMA! to prepare the venue with an installation of giant furoshiki cloth.
- Shinji Ishii and Ikuko Harada: Song of Tokyo Station Workshop
- Shugo Tokumaru “Symphony for Children with Instruments and Grown-ups with Non-instruments” Workshop
- Fred Frith: This Moment is Not the Same
- Yasuhiro Yoshigaki and Orquestra Nudge! Nudge! Rhythm Ensemble Workshop
- Project FUKUSHIMA! Giant Furoshiki Workshop
Please apply from the official website on Japanese page of the event.
CREDIT
| Director | Yoshihide Otomo |
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| Art direction | Project FUKUSHIMA!! |
| Organized by | Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), Ensembles Tokyo Executive Committee [The Council for Area Development and Management of Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho, OMY Area Management Association, P3 art and environment] |
| Supported by & in cooperation with | Tokyo Metropolitan Government |
| Cooperated by | Asahi Breweries, Ltd., Sumida River Sumi-Yume Art Project, Red Bull Studios Tokyo |
| Supported by | Chiyoda-ku |
*Personal information obtained via the application process will be used only for the purposes of contacting applicants and conducting event operations.
