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| 22nd Tokyo Summer Festival 2006 highly-praised by critics when the curtain falls |
Photo/Shinji Takehara |
Gitlis, Brunello, Koyama |
Open-air stage in Yoyogi Park |
Youssou N'Dour |
The 22nd Tokyo Summer Festival 2006 was held based on the theme "Songs of the Earth / Music in the Streets", featuring a total nineteen performances of twelve different programs between July 5 and August 6. As in the previous years, the festival cooperated with a selection of performances suitable to this year's theme, resulting in five participatory performances and twelve related performances.
The Festival opened with the performance of a unique trio: the magic violinist Ivry Gitlis, the outstanding violoncellist Mario Brunello and Japan's beloved pianist Michie Koyama. For the first time together on stage, they assured an unforgettable opening ceremony.
The performances of the French Hip Hop dancers "Black Blanc Beur" in Yoyogi Park showed a fresh blend of high quality dance techniques and powerful street-dancing. The young and enthusiastic audience appreciated French, German and Japanese street performances in the relaxing open-air scenery.
Original Simauta from the southern Japanese Amami Islands, interpreted by Kazuhira Takesita, and Persian folk tales sang by Iranian's most popular transcendental vocalist Shahram Nazeri, provided further depth in the theme including various genres.
Gilles Apap and his group "Colors of Invention" reinvented Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" by varying between classical and folk music. Their appearance at the Parisian style "Café des Près" in Hiroo, where a discussion about music critique took place, was also highly appreciated by all.
The closing concerts were assured by the Senegalese super star Youssou N'Dour and Africa's most famous band the "Super Etoile de Dakar". The Grammy-awarded musician and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador made the Tokyo audience stand up and dance to his Afro-pop rhythms.
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Date：July 12(Wed) 19:00 / July 13(Thu) 15:00 / July 13(Thu) 19:00
Venue：Kioi Small Hall
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| Participatory Performances |
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Date：July 3 Mon 20:00
Venue：Pit Inn
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Date：July 9 Sun 17:30 / 19:30
Venue：Onshitsu
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Date：July 16 Sun 15:00
Venue：UPLINK FACTORY
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Date：July 21 Fri 19:00
Venue：MUSICASA
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Date：July 29 Sat 19:30 (Performance) / August 12 Sat19:30 (Performance) / from July 28 Fri to September 3rd Sun (Installation)
Venue：Gallery ef
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Noche Verano Del Flamenco
July 27 Th 18:30
July 28 Fri 18:30
Venue：Hibiya Yagai Dai-Ongakudo (Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya Open Air Stage)
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