Piercy and 'Tokyo to New York' in Concert

Clarinetist and hichiriki player Thomas Piercy joined by pianists Taka Kigawa and Judith Olson, Koto player Jun Ando and Sho player Chatori Shimizu.

The October 18th "Tokyo to New York" concert features six world premiers and six United States premiers composed for critically acclaimed clarinetist and hichiriki player Thomas Piercy by Tokyo- and NYC-based composers. Mr. Piercy will be joined in the concert by two of NYC's leading proponents of new music, pianists Taka Kigawa and Judith Olson. Also performing in the concert are sho player Chatori Shimizu and koto player Jun Ando.

The music - in a wide variety of styles - features premiers by Fernando Otero (Latin Grammy Award); Gilbert Galindo (Meet the Composer Van Lier Fellow); Jun Nagao (Takemitsu Award), David Del Tredici (Pulitzer Prize) and Ian Ng (ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award).

Other world premiers on the program are by NYC composer Lyudmilla German and Japanese composer Chatori Shimizu. United Stated premiers by Tokyo composer Ippo Tsuboi and NYC composers Dana Richardson, Michael Rose, Richard Rosenfeld, and Russell Wimbish. Other works by Masatora Goya, William Mayer, and Ned Rorem.

"Tokyo to New York" - under the direction of Thomas Piercy - celebrates connections between Tokyo and New York City with a series of concerts in Tokyo and NYC. The concerts feature new works composed for Western classical instruments as well as traditional Japanese instruments. They include a wide variety of styles of music, from Japanese avant-garde to American contemporary classical, abstract to minimalism, neo-Romantic to tango nuevo, J-pop to jazz-influenced pieces.

The composers range from 19 to 91 years of age. They come from all walks of life and experience: from university students to university professors; from self-taught composers to composers with Ph.Ds; from emerging composers to composers that have won such prominent awards as the Takemitsu Prize, Grammy Award, Latin Grammy Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. The musicians of "Tokyo to New York" have had the opportunity to work with many of the Japanese and American composers programmed in these concerts. Since 2012, "Tokyo to New York" has performed over 60 world premiers and numerous Japan and United States Premiers. All the works on the "Tokyo to New York" concerts are performed in both New York City and Tokyo.

A highlight of the next "Tokyo to New York" concert in Japan (February, 2016) is the world premier of a double concerto for clarinet and piano to be premiered by Piercy and renowned pianist Aki Takahashi.

More details at:

http://www.tonadaproductions.com/tokyo-to-new-york-2015-tenri-october.html

http://www.tonadaproductions.com/tokyo-to-new-york.html

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