Sawari and Awai - Satsuma biwa Tsuruta-ryū - Nishihara Kakushin live concert performance The sound-quality called sawari, literally “interference,” is considered the special characteristic of the Japanese biwa. The contact of the silk string against the flat top of the fret produces this slightly buzzing resonance, prized as the special feature of the biwa. Awai, literally “space,” expresses the meeting of two aesthetic forces, perhaps complementary, perhaps oppositional, perhaps both. [The implications and associations of these two meaning-laden Japanese words could be analyzed at much greater length, possibly as a doctoral dissertation.] This performance takes the relationship of sawari and awai as a theme, exploring classic and innovative biwa performance in relation with electronic music and modern dance. Nishihara Kakushin at age 17 heard the late Tsuruta Kinshi in the modern piece “November Steps” by Takemitsu Tōru, written for a Western orchestra with a biwa and shakuhachi added, and was moved to become Tsuruta’s disciple. She has since won international recognition as a performer of the innovative Tsuruta style and her own very innovative compositions. This performance offers first the classic biwa song “Dan no Ura,” a foundation piece for the Tsuruta- ryū. The second half attempts a new realization of biwa plus electronics in collaboration with P. Saitoh’s ambient guitar and physical expression by Saitō Masumi. The performance is in a historic Japanese farm building, now a museum/library in the Ōizumi Cultural Village. - Kyokureki (loose translation)
@chumfungNG3 жыл бұрын
芸術の圧迫力ある
@user-xn7jn6vg9t Жыл бұрын
初めてみた、聴いた、すごい。
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ありがとうございます。
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This instrument is the perfect mix between Napalm Death and a didgeridoo, I approve.