Hokutopia International Music Festival 2018

3 November – 25 November

Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria

Music: Claudio Monteverdi
Libretto: Giacomo Badoaro (Based on Homer’s Odyssey)
Semi-stage style opera in Prologue and 3 acts
Sung in Italian with Japanese surtitles

Schedule
Friday 23 November 2018, 5 pm
Sunday 25 November 2018, 2 pm

Venue
Hokutopia, Sakura Hall
1-11-1 Oji, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan
(3 minutes walk from Oji Station of JR Keihin-Tohoku Line or Tokyo Metro Namboku Line)

Conductor & 1st violin: Ryo Terakado
Director: Shuji Onodera
Orchestra: Les Boréades (Period-instruments Orchestra)　*Theorbo: Daniel Zapico

Performers: Aki Tsujita, Yusuke Toyama

Ulisse: Emiliano Gonzalez Toro
Penelope: Ayako Yukawa
Minerva / La Fortuna: Cristina Fanelli
Telemaco: Kevin Skelton
Eumete: Makoto Sakurada
Iro: Fulvio Bettini
Melanto: Mathilde Etienne
Eurimaco: Soichi Mayumi
Ericlea: Mutsumi Hatano
L’humana Fragilità: Sumihito Uesugi
L’Amore: Nao Hirose
Giove: Yosuke Taniguchi
Giunone: Sakiko Abe
Nettuno / Il Tempo: Yusuke Watanabe
Pisandro: Toshiharu Nakajima
Anfinomo: Yasuharu Fukushima
Antinoo: Yoshitaka Ogasawara

Tickets
Buy tickets online
SS seats ¥9,000, S seats ¥6,500, A seats ¥4,000
Under 25s person discount: 50% OFF
(ID with the date of birth required / for 25 years and under person)
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo discount: ¥1,000 OFF
All reserved-seats.

Inquires
Kita-ku Culture Foundation +81 (0)3 5390 1221, 9 am – 5 pm (weekdays only)

Sponsored and produced by: Kita-Ku Culture Foundation
Cosponsored by: Kita City of Tokyo
Supported by:
The Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan in the fiscal 2018
The Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Foundation for the Arts
Nomura Foundation
The Asahi Shimbun Foundation

Songs for the People;
Works by Saisei Muro, Yasushi Akutagawa and others

Saturday 3 November 2018, 2 pm
(Pre-concert and lecture from 1 pm)
Hokutopia Tsutsuji Hall
Vocal: Mao Morita, Ayako Nakura, Ichiro Negishi, Yoshiro Kosakai
Piano: Haruka Kawachi
Tickets
¥2,000
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: ¥1,000
At door: ¥2,500
All non-reserved-seats
Inquires: Group Dantaika (Kawachi) +81 (0)90 3880 0900

Tchaikovsky;
In Memory of a Great Artist

Wednesday 7 November 2018, 7 pm
Hokutopia Sakura Hall
Violin: Tamaki Kawakubo
Violoncello: Mari Endo
Piano: Ayako Uehara
Tickets
S seats: ¥3,500, A seats: ¥2,500
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo discount: ¥1,000 OFF
Under 25s person discount: 50% OFF
(ID with the date of birth required / for 25 years and under person)
All reserved-seats
Inquires: Kita-ku Culture Foundation +81 (0)3 5390 1221, 9 am – 5 pm (weekdays only)

New Possibility of Piano Duo;
Stockhausen’s “Mantra”

Friday 9 November 2018, 6:30 pm
Hokutopia Tsutsuji Hall
Piano: Miharu Ogura, Tomohiro Suzuki
Tickets
¥3,000
Students: ¥2,000 (for 25 years and under person)
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: ¥2,500
All non-reserved-seats
Inquires: Suzuki +81 (0)3 3496 1555, 10am – 6 pm (weekdays only)

Geidai to Asobo;
The New Voyage of Sinbad The Sailor

Saturday 10 November 2018, 11 am / 2 pm
Hokutopia Sakura Hall
Conductor: Shinsuke Tajiri
Orchestra: Geidai Students & Graduates Orchestra
Singers & Actors: Emi Sakai, Yuyu, Maki Takimoto,
Naohito Sekiguchi, Akiyoshi Sakurai, Miyako Honda
Choir: Tokyo Takinogawa Children’s Choir
Tickets
1st Floor seats ¥2,000, 2nd Floor seats ¥1,500
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo discount: ¥500 OFF
All reserved-seats
Inquires: Kita-ku Culture Foundation +81 (0)3 5390 1221, 9 am – 5 pm (weekdays only)

L’après-midi de Claude Debussy;
The French Music performed by voice and piano

Sunday 11 November 2018, 3 pm
Hokutopia Tsutsuji Hall
Mezzosoprano: Mutsumi Hatano
Piano: Julia Hsu
Tickets
¥3,000
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: ¥2,000
All reserved-seats
Inquires: Kita-ku Culture Foundation +81 (0)3 5390 1221, 9 am – 5 pm (weekdays only)

The Forest of Harmony;
Buxtehude: Sonatas for Violin, Viola da gamba and Cembalo

Tuesday 13 November 2018, 2 pm
Kyu-Furukawa Teien
(1-27-39 Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Violin: Kaori Toda Viola da gamba: Masako Hirao
Cembalo: Miho Hirai
Tickets
¥3,800
Students: ¥3,000
At door: ¥4,000
All non-reserved-seats
Inquires: Muse Concert Kikaku +81 (0)422 44 5306

Quartet in Paris;
Chat of French Aristocrats

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 12 pm / 3 pm
Kyu-Furukawa Teien
(1-27-39 Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Ayame Ensemble Baroque
Baroque Flute: Maya Nozaki
Baroque Violin: Marie Toriu
Viola da gamba: Asami Orihara
Cembalo: Sayuri Nagoya
Tickets
¥3,500
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: ¥3,000
All non-reserved-seats
Inquires: Office-Assist +81 (0)3 3304 9250

Naruhiko Kawaguchi Fortepiano Recital;
Hommage à Schubert

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 7 pm
Hokutopia Tsutsuji Hall
Fortepiano: Naruhiko Kawaguchi
Tickets
¥2,000
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: 10% OFF
All non-reserved-seats
Inquires: narufortepiano@gmail.com (Naruhiko Kawaguchi)

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One breath, one note 2018;
Two shakuhachis and an Ichigenkin

Thursday 15 November 2018, 7 pm
Hokutopia Canary Hall
Shakuhachi: Ralph Samuelson, Elizabeth Brown
Ichigenkin: Issui Minegishi
Tickets
¥3,500
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: ¥3,000
All non-reserved-seats
Inquires: Seikyodo-Ichigenkin (Minegishi) +81 (0)90 2548 9886

Nikikai Opera Institute The 94th Concert

Friday 16 November 2018, 6:30 pm
Hokutopia Sakura Hall
Singers: Top students of Nikikai Opera Institute
Piano: Maho Ishino
Tickets
A seats: ¥3,000, B seats: ¥2,000
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: 10% OFF
All reserved-seats
Inquires: Nikikai Ticket Center +81 (0)3 3796 1831

Albergue;
Pilgrims tells Miraculous Tales of Mary

Friday 16 November 2018, 7 pm
Hokutopia Tsutsuji Hall
Choir: Female Vocal Ensemble of Early Music “CORNIX”
Instruments (guest): Jongleur Bon Musicien
Tickets
¥2,000
Students: ¥1,500
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: ¥1,500
All non-reserved-seats
Inquires: CORNIX (Sato) +81 (0)45 252 6865

Hyakka-Ryoran; Javanese Music and Dance

Sunday 18 November 2018, 4 pm
Hokutopia Tsutsuji Hall
Instruments: Gamelan Group “Lambangsali”
Dance: Daryono Darmorejono, Rianto, Langen Beksa SAKURA
Tickets
¥3,800
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: 10%OFF
Elementary or junior high school students: ¥2,000
At door: ¥4,000
All non-reserved-seats
Inquires: Dewandaru Dance Company (Kawashima) +81 (0)90 4453 2555（10:00～21:00）

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Tax included.
Preschool children not accepted. (except “Geidai to Asobo”)
Performers are subjected to change.
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo discount: Hokutopia box office only. ID with resident address in Kita city required. (limited to 4 tickets per person) Under 25s person discount: ID with the date of birth required / for 25 years and under person)