10th of June / 19:30

The Song of the Temple

In Japanese, there is a word that can mean both song and poem:

shi (詩) — a character composed of “words” and “temple.”

But how do these words of the temple sound, and can a piece of music truly become a poem?

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The soft tones of the Japanese shō (a bamboo mouth organ), the plaintive song of the violin, and the plucked strings of the long-lost kugo — a Japanese harp from the 8th century (replica) — explore this through ancient music of Japanese temples, contemporary improvisation, and modern text.

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Sophie Steiner (Artistic Director / Kugo)

Nidani Megumi (Hichiriki)

Nawa Marika (Shō)

Kanisasare Ayako (Shō)

Aoki Fusayoshi (Shō)

Abe Miyoko (Hichiriki)

Gotō Nobuhiro (Ryūteki)

Kumaido Hirotaka (Ryūteki)

Julián Ferreira (Composition / Hichiriki)

Minami Naomi (Ryūteki)