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Un restaurant où l'on est bien servi (The Restaurant of Many Orders)
Kenji MIYAZAWA
French & English reading of Kenji Miyazawa's work, accompanied by original music created and performed by Kazahanaza.
Date
January 21 (Sat), 2023
Performance at 4:00pm (Event starts at 3:00pm and ends at 6:00pm)
Place
Institut français du Japon - Kansai / Osaka in Minamimorimachi, Osaka
Program
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Performer
Kikuko Ishikawa (French reading and music)
Yoko (English reading)
Staff
Tatsuzo (PA operator)
Admission
Free
# This event will be performed in French, English or Japanese, but no interpreter will participate.
Fête de la musique 2022
Date
June 26 (San), 2022
Performance at 10:30-10:50am (Event starts at 10:30am and ends at 4:30pm)
Place
Institut français du Japon - Kansai / Kyoro in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Program
Toru Takemitsu: Piano Pieces for Children "Clouds" "Breeze"
Mendelssohn: Fantasia in F-Sharp Minor, Op.28, "Sonate Eccossaise"
Performer
Kikuko (MC in French/Japanese)
Yoko (Electric piano & MC in English/Japanese)
Admission
Free
Des gants pour mon renardeau (Buying Some Gloves)
Nankichi NIIMI
French reading of Nankichi Niimi's work, accompanied by original music created and performed by Kazahanaza.
Date
January 22 (Sat), 2022
Performance at 4:00pm (Event starts at 2:30pm and ends at 5:00pm)
Place
Institut français du Japon - Kansai / Osaka in Minamimorimachi, Osaka
Program
Please click on the image to see the PDF file.
Performer
Kikuko Ishikawa (French reading and music)
Staff
Tatsuzo (PA operator)
Admission
Free
# This event will be performed in French, English or Japanese, but no interpreter will participate.
Wildcat and the acorns
Japanese flannelgraph piece with blacklight, accompanied by original piano music created and performed by Kazahanaza.
Date
August 04 (Sat), 2018, at 2:00pm
Place
Kega civic hall in Iida, Nagano
Performer
Kikuko (Japanese flannelgraph, Composition of scenario and music)
Yoko (Piano, Percussion)
Staff
Tatsuzo (Producer, PA operator)
Original drawing for flannelgraph
Kirakira-nanako (Theatrical group Bee-ple)
Admission
Participation patch for "
Iida Puppet Festa 2018" is required.
# This stage is the joint performance in "
Iida Puppet Festa 2018" by Midoriza and Kazahanaza, and is performed in Japanese language only.
Kazahanaza Family Concert
"Welcome to the woods of music and story vol.3"
Date
December 25 (Sun), 2016, at 1:30pm (for preschoolers) and 3:30pm (for elementary school students)
Place
Marshallin Hall at Iino women's and children's hospital in Chofu, Tokyo
Flyer
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Program
Concert for preschoolers
Chopin: Valse Op.64 No.1
Saint-Saens: "Le cygne"
Brahms: Ungarische Tanze Nr.5
Satoshi Kako: A Tale of Matryoshka (panel theater)
Hiroshi Itoh: Ruraru-san's violin (picture-book reading)
Mari Ishida: The Unexpected Journey of Wolfie the Pianist (picture-book reading)
Concert for elementary school students
Folk music of Ireland: Londonderry Air
Schumann: Fantasiestucke op.12 "Des Abends" "Traumes Wirren"
Nankichi Niimi: Buying Some Gloves (panel theater)
Grimm Fairy Tales: The Elves and the Shoemaker (storytelling)
Mari Ishida: The Unexpected Journey of Wolfie the Pianist (picture-book reading)
Performer
Sion Kuniyoshi (violin)
Aya Kagaya (piano)
Kim Hiroshige (panel theater, storytelling)
Kikuko Ishikawa (music, piano, picture-book reading, Kazahanaza)
Admission
Advance reservations are required
Adult JPY1,500, School students JPY500
No admission to 'elementary school students in Chofu city' and 'preschoolers' accompanied by their parent
Sponsorship
Chofu City Municipal Board of Education
Kazahanaza Family Concert
"Welcome to the woods of music and story vol.2"
Date
December 27 (Sun), 2015, at 1:30pm (for preschoolers) and 3:30pm (for elementary school students)
Place
Maple Hall in Minoh, Osaka
Flyer
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Program
Concert for preschoolers
Chopin: Valse Op.64 No.1
Saint-Saens: "Le cygne"
Brahms: Ungarische Tanze Nr.5
Satoshi Kako: A Tale of Matryoshka (panel theater)
David McPhail: Mole Music (picture-book reading)
Toys Dance The Cha Cha Cha (singing together)
Concert for elementary school students
Chopin: Nocturne Op.9-2
Schumann: Fantasiestucke Op.12 "Aufschwung" "In der Nacht"
Nankichi Niimi: Buying Some Gloves (panel theater)
Grimm Fairy Tales: The Elves and the Shoemaker (storytelling)
David McPhail: Mole Music (picture-book reading)
Performer
Juri Tsuzuki (piano)
Yoko Kawase (violin)
Kim Hiroshige (panel theater, storytelling)
Kikuko Ishikawa (music, piano, picture-book reading, Kazahanaza)
Admission
Advance reservations are required
Adult JPY1,500, School students JPY500
No admission to 'elementary school students in Minoh city' and 'preschoolers' accompanied by their parent
Sponsorship
Minoh City
Minoh City Municipal Board of Education
Kazahanaza Family Concert
"Welcome to the woods of music and story"
Date
March 07 (Sat), 2015, at 2:00pm
Place
Japan Evangelical Lutheran Koishikawa Church in Tokyo
Flyer
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Program
Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Mozart: 12 variations in C Major on Ah vous dirai-je,maman, K.265
Chopin: Fantaisie-impromptu Op.66
Nankichi Niimi: Hananoki-mura to nusubitotachi (panel theater)
David McPhail: Mole Music (picture-book reading)
Performer
Sion Kuniyoshi (violin)
Aya Kagaya (piano)
Kim Hiroshige (panel theater)
Kikuko Ishikawa (piano, Kazahanaza)
Admission
Advance reservations are required. (Japanese language only)
Adult JPY1,500, School students JPY500
No admission to 'school students in Bunkyo city' and 'preschoolers' accompanied by their parent
Sponsorship
Bunkyo City Municipal Board of Education
Japan Musical Education and Culture Promotion Society
Oboe & Piano Duo Recital
Date
July 24 (Sun), 2011, at 2:00pm
Place
Miyai Hall in Wakayama
Flyer
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Program
Saint-Saens: Sonate pour Hautbois et Piano Op.166
C.Nielsen: Two Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano I Romance, II Humoresque
Britten: 6 Metamorphoses After Ovid Op.49 (Oboe solo) I Pan, II Phaeton, III Niobe, IV Bacchus, V Narcissus, VI Arethusa
Poulenc: Sonate pour Hautbois et Piano
Chopin: Valse No.9 Op.69-1 (Piano solo)
Chopin: Impromptu No.3 Op.51 (Piano solo)
Schumann: Drei Romanzen fur Oboe und Klavier Op.94 I Nicht schnell, II Einfach, innig -Etwas lebhafter, III Nicht schnell
Hindemith: Oboe Sonata
Performer
Hirohiko Hohokabe (oboe)
Kikuko Ishikawa (piano, Kazahanaza)
Admission
Advance ticket JPY1,000, Today's ticket JPY1,500
Sponsorship
Kansai Toho-kai
Kazahanaza and Kara-no-oto "Star and Crystal Drop"
("Hoshi ya Suisho no Drop" in Japanese)
This performance was collaboration between classical music and dramatic reading by Kazahanaza and Kara-no-oto.
Date
November 13 (Sat) and 14 (Sun), 2010, at 2:00pm
Place
Seitan Ongakudo in Katano, Osaka
Flyer
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Program
Robert Schumann: Drei Romanzen fur Oboe und Klavier Op.94
(Dramatic Reading) Yorisoinagara Arukukoto
Paul Hindemith: Sonate fur Oboe und Klavier
(Dramatic Reading) Hoshi ya Suisho no Drop
Francis Poulenc: Sonate pour hautbois et piano
Classical Music
Hirohiko Hohokabe (oboe)
Kikuko Ishikawa (piano, Kazahanaza)
Dramatic Reading
Naofumi Toda (scenario writer, reader, Kara-no-oto)
Yosuke Kakiuchi (director, Kara-no-oto)
Ayako Toda (reader)
Tatsuzo (reader, Kazahanaza)
Admission
1,000JPY, No admission to preschoolers
Kazahanaza Concert Series "Fantastic Ensemble"
("Niji-iro no Ansanburu, Shiteki de Kusoteki-na Shirabe" in Japanese)
Date
September 19 (Sat), 2009, at 2:00pm
Place
Ritto Center for Fine Arts "Sakira" in Ritto, Shiga
Flyer
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Program
P.A.Genin: Fantaisie sur la Traviata Op.18
Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major KV 481
Debussy: Image deuxieme serie - Poissons d'or -
G Faure: Nocturne No.4 in E flat major Op.36
J.S.Bach: Musikalisches Opfer BWV1079 - Trio Sonata - and more
Performer
Akiko Ii (flute)
Takako Hasegawa (piano)
Ayako Kayukawa (violin)
Kikuko Ishikawa (piano)
Tatsuzo (storyteller)
Admission
Advance ticket JPY2,000, Today's ticket JPY2,500, No admission to preschoolers
Sponsorship
Kansai Toho-kai
Shigagin Keizai Bunka Center Co., Ltd.
Ritto Intelligent Sound Station
Kazahanaza Family Concert vol.1
Date
November 9 (Sun), 2008, at 2:00pm
Place
Noix Accordees in Toyonaka, Osaka
Program
Elgar: Salut d’Amour, Op.12
Chopin: Waltz Op.64-1 in D-flat major "Minute Waltz"
Leroy Anderson: The Waltzing Cat
Saint-Saëns: The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
Debussy: "Golliwogg’s Cakewalk" from Children’s Corner
Monti: Czardas
Falla (arr. F. Kreisler): Spanish Dance from the opera La vida breve
Saint-Saëns: Oboe Sonata in D major, Op.166
Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, K.304
Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in D minor, BWV 1060
Performer
Ayako Kayukawa (violin)
Hirohiko Hohokabe (oboe)
Kikuko Ishikawa (piano, Kazahanaza)
Tatsuzo (storytelling, Kazahanaza)
Admission
Adult JPY1,000, School students Free
Kazahanaza Concert Series "Monogatari no Fukei"
Date
March 31 (Sat), 2007, at 2:00pm
Place
Flanders Center in Uehommachi, Osaka
Flyer
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Program
Tchaikovsky: "Miniature Overture" from The Nutcracker, Op.71a
Schumann: from Kinderszenen "Of Foreign Lands and Peoples," "A Curious Story," "Blind Man’s Bluff," "Träumerei”
Liszt: "La Campanella" from Grandes études de Paganini
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.27-2 "Moonlight"
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op.20
Mozart: Concert Aria K.577 "Al desio di chi t’adora"
Schumann: Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart, Op.135
Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op.113
Performer
Aya Kagaya (piano)
Ayako Kayukawa (violin)
Yuri Mizobuchi (mezzo-soprano)
Kikuko Mabuchi (piano, Kazahanaza)
Tatsuzo (storytelling, Kazahanaza)
Admission
Advance ticket JPY1,800, Today's ticket JPY2,000
Sponsorship
Belgium–Flanders Exchange Center
