DECEMBER 2019
Discover the Traditional Music of Japan
A 3-day event to discover the world of traditional Japanese music throughout the centuries, from the Edo period through to today through three of its emblematic instruments: shakuachi, koto and shamisen.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Exploring the shakuhachi and Japanese songs with school groups from Montigny-le-Bretonneux (pupils only)
Emmanuelle Rouaud – shakuhachi
Eulalie Buyck – director of choir
Time: 9h-11h
Location: tba
Friday, December 13, 2019
Concert at the Franco-Japanese Cultural Institute of Montigny-le-Bretonneux (reserved for students of the Institute)
Emmanuelle Rouaud – shakuhachi
Naoko Kikuchi – koto, shamisen
Time: 14h-15h
Location: 7 Rue Jean Pierre Timbaud, 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Presentation and demonstration of koto, shamisen and shakuhachi (free admission)
Naoko Kikuchi – koto, shamisen
Emmanuelle Rouaud – shakuhachi
Time: 18h-19h30
Location: Jacques BREL Room, 4 Rue de la Mare aux Carats, 78180, Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Rehearsal for Theater Sotoba Komachi (Five modern Nô plays by Yukio Mishima)
Student actors, directed by Manon Conan
Time: 19h30-20h30
Location: Jacques BREL Room, 4 Rue de la Mare aux Carats, 78180, Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Concert/Lecture
Naoko Kikuchi – koto, voice and shamisen
Emmanuelle Rouaud – shakuhachi
Time: 11h Location: Canal Mediatheque, Quai François Truffaut, 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Winter Concert – Traditional Japanese Music
Part 1: Ensemble for silver flute, guitars and harps, Japanese music workshop, children’s choir and theater group cycle
Part 2: Concert – Emmanuelle Rouaud (shakuhachi) and Naoko Kikuchi (koto, shamisen)
Time: 20h30
Location: Jacques BREL Room, 4 Rue de la Mare aux Carats, 78180, Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Free admission, on reservation within the limits of available places. Information: 01 30 64 15 73
SEPTEMBER 2019
I visited Japan in August/September to take part in the Kokusai Shakuhachi Kenshūkan’s 30-year anniversary festival. It was such a interesting and great time traveling in Japan. In particular I was happy to be one of the selected 10 finalists in the “Competition of Honkyoku classics handed down by Master Yokoyama Katsuya” at the Bisei Kankyo Kaizan Center at August 29, 2019, where I performed Daha. The six competition judges were Furuya Teruo, Matama Kazushi, Sugawara Kuniyoshi, Kakizakai Kaoru, Ishikawa Toshimitsu and Okada Michiaki.
APRIL 2019
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Concert – Musique du Japon with Teruo Furuya & Mizuka Onishi
Special invitees Emmanuelle Rouaud, Katsura Creasion
Date: 9 April, 20h30
Location: Centre Mandapa, 6 Rue Wurtz, 75013 Paris
M° : Glacière ou Corvisart (ligne 6)
AUGUST 2018
August 1-4, 2018
World Shakuhachi Festival 2018 London – World Premier of Henri Algadafe’s composition I Thought About Eva for koto and shakuhachi as part of the New Horizons/Frank Denyer concert. Performed by Emmanuelle Rouaud (shakuhachi) and TAKAHASHI Gaho (koto)
Date: 3 August, 13h00
Location: Great Hall, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths University of London, 8 Lewisham Way, London SE14 6NW