The 9th Ryogoku Art Festival 2024

Composer Akiko Yamane will be the artistic director, and the theme of the festival will be "secondary creation.
This is an experiment unique to the composer, who continues to lightly and sharply critique contemporary consumer society while manipulating keywords such as "pop" and "kawaii.
The theme will be explored in depth over six days in three different concerts featuring piano music.
Come and listen to the music of "now" in an intimate small space and through live online streaming, transcending generations and regions.


Message to the Performers
Originality, creativity.
The year is 2024. Countless musical compositions already exist and can be mass-produced. On the other hand, in modern artistic thought, writing unique music from scratch with notes is the axis of originality in composition and has had a strong authority.
The focus of the festival is on music that intentionally uses already existing compositions and concepts in some form. The name of the theme derives from "secondary composition" in pop culture. In this festival, the possibility and interest of quotation, selection, and editing will be contemplated and shared from the perspective of art music as a work for piano. In this age of sustainability, when we speak of originality, what exactly is originality and where does creativity lie?
Akiko Yamane (Artistic Director)

Program 1
August 3 (Sat) 19:00, August 4 (Sun) 14:00
Piano, electronics : Hyunmook Lim
Aug. 4 Talk Guest : Toshie Kakinuma (Musicology)

Program 2
August 7 (Wed) 19:00 Concert begins, August 8 (Thu) 14:00 Concert begins
Piano: Sakiya Kawasaki, Yusuke Satake

Program 3
August 10 (Sat) 19:00, August 11 (Sun) 14:00
Piano: Takuya Otaki, Akiko Fujita

Tickets (tax included) available from 6/1: all seats unreserved, capacity of 30
*No admission for preschool children.
*Members and student ticket holders must present their membership card or student ID card at the time of admission.

Ticket price for delivery (incl. tax): Started on June 1: The performance on the second day of each program will be delivered.
Ticket for delivery reception: Paetix

Organized by: General Incorporated Association MONTEN
Cooperation: Yamaishiya Yokoto Kobo Inc. and Naya Collective
Subsidized by:
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Arts Council Tokyo [Tokyo Arts and Culture Creation Creation Creation Grant]
Arts Council Tokyo [Grant for Arts and Culture Promotion Fund