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The Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, founded in 1968, is an international liaison and research center designed primarily to serve European and American scholars in all disciplines whose main area of study focuses on pre-Meiji era Japan.
The overall purpose of the Institute is to encourage research on neglected aspects of premodern Japanese civilization, especially during the medieval period (primarily, but not exclusively, the Kamakura and Muromachi periods 1185-1600), centuries which, until the 1970s, had received scarce attention by Japanese and Western scholars alike.
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Upcoming Events
Glories of the Japanese Music Heritage
"Japanese Sacred Gagaku Court Music and Secular Art Music: Ancient Soundscapes Reborn"
Friday, March 30, 2012, 8:00 pm
Miller Theatre, Columbia University
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Featuring the renowned Japanese Gagaku musicians
Mayumi Miyata, Shō
Hitomi Nakamura, Hichiriki
Takeshi Sasamoto, Ryūteki
with the Columbia Gagaku Instrumental Ensemble of New York
New York-based Hōgaku artists
Masayo Ishigure, shamisen
Elizabeth Brown, shakuhachi
and the Momenta Quartet
Traditional Pieces
Hyōjō no netori
Etenraku (Music of the Divine Heavens)
Goshōraku no kyū
Kashin (Glorious Days)
Bairo
Torika
Contemporary Pieces
Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) for Otto Tomek (2008)
Flower Meditation Dance
Mirage (2008)
Yaka
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Protected by the Imperial Japanese Court for more than 1,000 years, gagaku is the world's oldest living orchestral music. The program includes traditional pieces, as well as works by contemporary composers at the forefront of a revival of this traditional art form.
Presented by the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and the Columbia Music Performance Program
Supported by the Consulate General of Japan in New York
Free and open to the public. For more information please contact the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies at
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Composer's Workshop: New Music for Gagaku & Hogaku Instruments
Saturday, March 31, 2012,11:00am -5:00 pm
Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd floor of Barnard Hall, Barnard College
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Presenting modern compositions using classical Japanese instruments including the koto and shakuhachi, and ancient Japanese court instruments, the hichriki, ryuteki, and sho. Participants, musicians, and audience will discuss the presented works and give feedback. Free and open to the public. Priority seating is given to composers, musicians, and students.
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. Please indicate Composers' Workshop in the subject.
Sponsored by the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies with the cooperation of the Columbia Music Performance Program and the Department of Music
Japanese Gagaku & Hōgaku Ensembles End of Semester Concert
Wednesday, April 25, 2012,7:30pm
St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University
Come join the Gagaku Ensemble as they perform pieces from the repertoire of classical Japanese court music and the Hōgaku Ensemble as they present pieces of more modern chamber music.
Free and open to the public. For more information please contact the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies at 212-854-7403.
Sponsored by the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, the Columbia Music Performance Program, and the Department of Music
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