Ensemble Tofu Koko Koko Koko Tours vol.2 in Nishi-Tokyo

Ensemble Tofu (Kochi), which has performed at music festivals around the world and has been active both in Japan and abroad, has decided to make its home base in Nishi-Tokyo City in 2022 and will finally hold its first performance in its hometown at Komorebi Hall. The ensemble will perform music from Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, as well as works by composer Isao Matsushita for children, and a piece by Ravel based on "Mother Goose". This concert can be enjoyed by everyone from children as young as 0 years old to adults. Please come and join us.

Ensemble Tofu
The Ensemble Higashikaze is a chamber orchestra formed in 1999 by young composers and performers with Isao Matsushita (1951-2018) at the helm, after the performance group "Higashikaze Ensemble Acoustic Paintings Berlin" formed in Berlin in 1983. With a wide repertoire ranging from classical to contemporary music, the ensemble has been active in introducing contemporary music from Japan and other Asian countries. The orchestra has performed at regular concerts in Japan, "Kimaneni Ongakukai," "Nagano Music Festival," and "Asian Music Week in Yokohama," as well as at overseas music festivals in Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar, the Netherlands, etc. In 2005, they performed the Ninth at the "Anyo-in Daboto Rakkei Celebration" at Anyo-in, Itabashi Ward. In 2009 and 2010, he performed the opera "Kengo Sho - Abeno Nakamaro" (composed by Isao Matsushita) at Genjo Sanzoin of Nara's Yakushiji Temple to great acclaim. In 2019, the group will perform "Hitenyu" and other recent representative works of Matsushita at the memorial concert "Yoin tender" due to Matsushita's sudden death. 2020, Ritsuko Matsushita will assume the position of representative, aiming to create music in which the audience is united with the group.

Members of Ensemble Tofu
Flute: Sayaka Himemoto
Oboe : Akiko Nakae
Clarinet : Masashi Ohnari
Horn : Atsushi Doyama
Trumpet : Shiro Hirai
Trombone : Naoaki Kato
Percussion : Tamao Inano
Harp : Aya Horigome
Piano : Yumi Oikawa
Violin : Wakako Hanada : Jinna Furukawa
Viola : Kumi Nakajima
Cello : Takui Matsumoto
Contrabass : Naohiro Nasuno
Composition : Sakiko Kosaka : Ginha Park : Motoharu Kawashima : Fumio Tamura
Musicology : Asako Nagano
Representative : Ritsuko Matsushita