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RYUTOKAI vol.28 Tatsuya Yabe × Sawako Iseki

―We deliver the authentic. The relationship and inseparability of music and dance.

Mr. Tatsuya Yabe is one of the most active violinists in Japan as a leader of orchestra with his refined and beautiful tone and deep musicality. Mr. Yabe and Sawako Iseki first met at the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto 2011. He says that the performance directed by Jo Kanamori, performed by Noism made a great shock on him, and his understanding of dance, which had been abstract, led him to realize that “dance is a deep art form through the human body.” Since then, he has watched Noism’s performances almost every time. In addition, since 2020, Noism has also performed at the main concert of the “SaLaD Music Festival” held in Tokyo every year, and has performed with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, of which Mr. Yabe is the solo-concertmaster. What does art mean for Mr. Yabe, a musician who had been selected as the solo-concertmaster of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra at the age of 22, and who has always been active on the front line? In the 12 years since they met at Saito Kinen, dancer Sawako Iseki, who has shared great respect and inspiration with Mr. Yabe, searches for the answer.

Date : Sunday 4 February, 2024 14:30-16:00 (90 minutes)
Venue : RYUTOPIA Niigata City Performing Arts Center – Noh Theatre
Speakers : Tatsuya Yabe (Violinist, Solo-concertmaster of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra)
Sawako Iseki (Dancer, Artistic Director, International Activities Division, Noism Company Niigata)
Fee : 500 Yen (Reservation required. Please pay at the venue on the day of the event.)
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Inquiries: RYUTOPIA Niigata City Performing Arts Center　 Noism “RYUTOKAI” Section
3-2, Ichibanbori-doricho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8132
Tel: 025-224-7000 (Weekdays 10:00-18:00/ excluding closed days) Fax: 025-224-5626
E-mail: info-noism@ryutopia.or.jp

Tatsuya Yabe 　ⓒT.Tairadate

With his refined and beautiful tone and deep musicality, he is one of the most active violinists as a leader in Japan’s music scene.

After completing the Toho Gakuen School of Muisc Diploma Courses, he was selected as the solo-concertmaster of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra at the young age of 22 in 1990. In 1997, he received a great response with his theme performance of NHK’s morning drama series “Aguri”. He is also active in chamber music and solo, and has performed with famous conductors such as Takashi Asahina, Seiji Ozawa, Hiroshi Wakasugi, Fournet, DePriest, Inbal, Bertini, and A. Gilbert. In 2009, he was selected as the first place in the readers’ choice “My favorite concertmaster of Japanese orchestra” in the April issue of a Japanese classical music magazine “Ongaku no tomo (friends of music)”, and was selected as one of the “125 talents who energize Japan” in the February 2016 issue of “Bungei Shunju”, a Japanese monthly magazine. Winner of the 5th Idemitsu Music Award in 1994, the Muramatsu Prize in 1996, and the 1st Hotel Okura Music Award in 1996. CDs have been released by Sony Classical, Octavia Records, and King Records. Triton Harumi Orchestra Concertmaster, Ensemble Representative of the annual Mishima Seseragi Music Festival.

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RYUTOPIA Niigata City Performing Arts Center
Address: 3-2, Ichibanboridori-cho, Chuo-ku, Niigata-city 951-8132
Tel: +81(0)25-224-7000 (Programming Department)