INFORMATION

Hokutopia International
Music Festival 2023 11 November – 18 December

[ Les Boréades ]

Music: Jean-Philippe Rameau
Libretto: Louis Jean Baptiste Cahuzac
Semi-stage style opera in Prologue and 5 acts
Sung in French with Japanese surtitles
Friday 8 December 2023, 6:00 pm
Sunday 10 December 2023, 2:00 pm
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: Romana Agnel
Director, Choreographer & Baroque dancer: Pierre-François Dollé
Orchestra & Choir: Les Boréades (Period-instruments Orchestra)　
Baroque dancers: Cracovia Danza, Sarasa Matsumoto
Solo Singers: Camille Poul, Cyril Auvity, Kei Yonashiro, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hisahiro Yamamoto, Ayako Yukawa etc.


Tickets
Buy tickets online　　
8 December: SS seats ¥8000, S seats ¥6000, A seats ¥3000
10 December: SS seats ¥9000, S seats ¥7000, A seats ¥4000
Discount for Person 25 and under: 50% OFF
(ID with the date of birth required.)
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo discount: ¥1000 OFF (SS and S seats.)
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 2023,
The Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Foundation for the Arts,
Nomura Foundation, The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences,
The Asahi Shimbun Foundation

[ J-TRAD Ensemble MAHOROBA Concert – North to Nowhere – ]

Tuesday 28 November 2023, 7:00 pm
Hokutopia Sakura Hall

Performer: Hidejiro Honjoh, Hideeiji Honjoh, Kizan Kawamura, Nobutaka Yoshizawa, Maya Kimura, Kisaburo Katada, Haruhiko Joh, Madoka Aizawa

Tickets
S seats ¥4000, A seats ¥3000
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo discount: ¥500 OFF
Discount for Person 25 and under: 50% OFF
(ID with the date of birth required.)
All reserved-seats
Inquires: Kita-ku Culture Foundation +81 (0)3 5390 1221, 9 am – 5 pm (weekdays only)

Under 25s person discount: ID with the date of birth required / for 25 years and under person) 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)

Supported by: The Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan in the fiscal 2023

[Stilla Maris Anchor che co’l partire～Melody colored by masters～]

Thursday 23 November 2023, 2:00 pm
Hokutopia Tsutsuji Hall

Recorder: Ai Asai, Singer: Emi Itokawa, Baroque Harp: Mikari Shibukawa,
Viola da Gamba: Mio Origuchi,Theorbo & Baroque Guitar: Akiko Satou

Tickets
Seats ¥3000
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo discount: ¥500 OFF
Discount for Person 25 and under: 50% OFF
(ID with the date of birth required.)
All reserved-seats
Inquires: Kita-ku Culture Foundation +81 (0)3 5390 1221, 9 am – 5 pm (weekdays only)

Under 25s person discount: ID with the date of birth required / for 25 years and under person) 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)

[ Geidai to Asobo in Hokutopia: Fantasy Osatsu Story – the World to be one-]

Saturday 11 November 2023, 11:00 am/2:00 pm
Hokutopia, Sakura Hall

Conductor: Kento Takeuchi
Orchestra: Geidai Students & Graduates Orchestra
Singers & Actors: Mami Takimoto, Miyako Honda, Yuki Kishino, Seiji Kanazawa, Naohito Sekiguchi, Noriaki Fukunaga etc.
Choir:Tokyo Takinogawa Children’s Choir

Tickets
1st Floor seats ¥2000, 2nd Floor seats ¥1500
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)

[The 100th Nikikai Opera Institute’s Concert]

Thursday 14 November 2023, 6:30 pm
Hokutopia, Sakura Hall

Singers: Top students of Nikikai Opera Institute
Piano: Kayo Yamaguchi

Tickets
S seats ¥4000, A seats ¥3000, B seats ¥2000
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: 10% OFF
All reserved-seats
Inquires: Nikikai Ticket Center +81 (0)3 3796 1831, 10 am-6 pm(weekdays only)

[Baroque & Noh]

Saturday 18 November 2023, 3:00 pm
Takinogawa kaikan Large Hall

Performer:Yukihiro Isso, Takinojo Mochizuki, Emi Nakamura

Tickets
¥4500
Discount for Students: ¥2500 OFF (ID with the date of birth required)
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: ¥500 OFF All Unreserved-seats
Inquires: Mori Music Office +81 (0)3 6434 1371

[Catherina Early Music Consort 50th　”Festival”]

Sunday 19 November 2023, 3:00 pm
Hokutopia Tsutsuji Hall

Performer:Catherina Early Music Consort, and more

Tickets
¥4500
Discount for Students: ¥1000 OFF (ID with the date of birth required)
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: 10% OFF All Unreserved-seats
Inquires: Roba House +81 042 536 7266, 10 am – 5 pm

[Contrebass Ensemble “It’s Time for Double bass!!”]

Friday 1 December 2023, 7:00 pm
Hokutopia Tsutsuji Hall

Contrabass: Yoji Sato, Seiya Kondo, and more
Percussion: Mizuki Aita, Piano: Takuy Otaki
Tickets
¥3000
Discount for Students: ¥2000 OFF (ID with the date of birth required)
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: 10% OFF All Unreserved-seats
Inquires: Kondora base of Arts kondorabass@gmail.com

[Koto and Piano Duo concert “Connecting Eternity and the Present”]

Saturday 2 December 2023, 2:00 pm
Hokutopia Canary Hall

Koto: Ruri
Piano: Shinichiro Kamio
Tickets
¥3500
Discount for Students: ¥1000 OFF (ID with the date of birth required)
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: ¥500 OFF All Unreserved-seats
Inquires:Musik Kugel mail: oto_no_karada@yahoo.co.jp
　　　　　　

[Mignonne, allons voir si la rose: “Let’s go to see the roses”]

Wednesday 6 December 2023, 12:00 am /3:00 pm
Kyu Furukawa Teien

Song & Harp: Rie Kosaka
Reciation : Haruma Ikezawa
Tickets
¥3200
All Unreserved-seats
Inquires: Chusei Music Project +81 080 3357 1377(mail: tickets1377@gmail.com)

[“Fairy World” drawn with the Deutsche Lied ]

Monday 18 December 2023, 2:00 pm
Kyu-Furukawa Teien

Bariton: Yusuke Koike
Piano: Kentaro Ifuku
Tickets
¥4000
Discount for Students: ¥1000 OFF (ID with the date of birth required)
Person who lives in Kita city of Tokyo: ¥500 OFF All Unreserved-seats
Inquires: Yusuke Koike +81 090 1439 9358(mail: baribarion7623@gmail.com)


Under 25s person discount: ID with the date of birth required / for 25 years and under person) 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)

Tax included.
Preschool children not accepted. (except “Geidai to Asobo”)
Performers are subjected to change.