A conference covering aspects of contemporary music in Japan with talks and performances:
Peter Burt, author - Not Just Toru Takemitsu, Prof. Kevin Jones, Kingston University (Chair) - The Cave and the Tree: Clues to the Music of Japan, Yayoi Uno Everett (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia) - Poetics of Intercultural Synthesis: Gagaku in Post-war Art Music, Miguel Mera, Royal College of Music - Takemitsu’s Composed Space in Kurosawa’s Ran,
There will also be performances by Aki Kuroda (piano), Takako Yamasaki (violin) and Andrew Melvin (piano) and a body painting demonstration in the gallery by Yukki Yaura
In association with the History of Art, Kingston University & the Takemitsu Society
Tickets £15
