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Shigeaki Saegusa “The Last Message” for Male Chorus and Orchestra Roppongi Male Chorus ZIG-ZAG Concert at CARNEGIE HALL Presented by Roppongi Male Chorus ZIG-ZAG Shigeaki Saegusa “The Last Message” for male chorus and orchestra Roppongi Male Chorus ZIG-ZAG Concert at CARNEGIE HALL The last message is a prayer of life. Art work: HIROSHI SENJU 7:30 pm House Opens / 8:00 pm Concert Starts on Friday June 8, 2018 Stern Auditorium/ Perelman Stage CARNEGIE HALL Naoto Otomo, conductor Roppongi Male Chorus ZIG-ZAG Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Ticket: $ 50, $ 40, $ 30, $ 20, Student/ Senior $ 15 (available at the Box Office) Box office: 57th Street and Seventh Avenue (Monday through Saturday, 11 AM–6 PM* / Sunday, 12 PM–6 PM*) https://www.carnegiehall.org/ Carnegie Hall Box Office, CarnegieCharge: 212-247-7800 Daily, 8 AM–8 PM Inquiry: [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/rokudanatcarnegie/ “The Last Message” Commissioned for the Tenth Anniversary of The Roppongi Men’s Chorus Club with Orchestra Shigeaki Saegusa Hans Walter Bähr, a German editor, appealed to the bereaved of soldiers of various nations who had In 2009, on the basis of Takahashi’s translation, Jun Maki, a copywriter, compiled thirteen letters died during the Second World War. Bähr’s request was to send letters and notes written by soldiers from twelve countries into the lyrics for my composition The Last Message. and other victims of the war, so that he could convey their voices to the world. In response to his request, more than 20,000 letters written between 1939 and 1945 were submitted. In 1961, out of This work was premiered by the Roppongi Men’s Chorus Club together with the New Japan the vast number received, Bähr selected letters written by 202 soldiers from 31 countries and Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Naoto Otomo, at Suntory Hall in Tokyo in 2011, and edited them into a book titled Die Stimme des Menschen (The Voice of Mankind). This book was an re-performed in 2012 and 2013 at the same venue. In 2011, this work was performed at Victoria earnest personal record of the hope and agony of the soldiers at the front, presenting vividly to Hall in Geneva with Swiss Romado, conducted by N. Otomo as an event of International Red Cross readers the cruel reality of the war through their desperate voices. The letters ring with the themes and Red Crescent congress. In 2013, the work was performed with Volgograd Philharmonic of resisting force, protecting humanity, and preventing the endless cycle of the cruelty of war, as conducted by N. Otomo in Volgograd, Russia and with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra well as the endurance of family love. conducted by Seikyo Kim at Philharmonia, St. Petersburg, Russia as a memorial concert of for the Anniversary of the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad. I encountered Bähr’s book translated into Japanese by Mr. Kenji Takahashi under the title of Ningen no Koe (The Voice of Humanity) when I was studying music at the Tokyo University of the Arts. Since I sincerely hope that the thoughts and feelings of the soldiers guide us through my musical work to then, I have wanted to record these voices in my music for future generations. More than fifty years strive more diligently for the creation of a peaceful world. later I am now in the midst of this work. ● Naoto Otomo, Conductor Born in 1958, Naoto Otomo graduated from the Toho Gakuen School of Music having studied conducting under Seiji Ozawa, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Tadaaki Odaka and Morihiro Okabe. His studies took him to Tanglewood where he worked with conductors such as André Previn, Leonard Bernstein and Igor Markevitch. While still a student at Toho Gakuen, Naoto Otomo was named Assistant Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, and upon the recommendation of its members, made his debut with the orchestra at the age of 22. During his career, Naoto Otomo has regularly made appearances with major orchestras both in Japan and overseas. Having previously held the posts of Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Permanent Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor, Permanent Conductor as well as Music Director of the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, he is currently Music Director of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra, Honorary Guest Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, and Music Advisor © Rowland Kirishima to the Ryukyu Symphony Orchestra. In 2004, he was appointed as the first Music Director of the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan concert hall, a post he held for 8 years. He also led the Osaka Philharmonic on a tour of Europe in 1986, and his tours with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra to Southeast Asia in 1992, Portugal in 1994 and 1996, and Europe in 2001 were all extremely ● successful. Roppongi Male Chorus ZIG-ZAG Outside Japan, Naoto Otomo has appeared with the Colorado Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and In 1999, about 20 people, laymen as singers but well known professionals in Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; in July 2001 he led the Philharmonia Orchestra on their tour to Japan, in their own fields, got together to perform at an AIDS charity benefit concert. March 2012 he conducted the opening concert of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, and in June 2012 he appeared Soon thereafter, the group was formally constituted as the Roppongi Men’s as a guest conductor with the Lorraine National Orchestra. He was invited to George Enescu International Festival in Chorus Club until November 2015.Members hail from wide range of 2013 where he conducted String Octet in C Major, Op.7. Critics acclaimed “this octet has been performed several backgrounds: politicians, businessmen,academics and cultural figures, ranging in age times, but this is by far the best,” and “the performance by a Japanese orchestra gives hope to western music.” There from 21 to 85. They perform and raise money at various charity events for causes is much anticipation of future work in both Europe and the United States. such as the Children’s Earth Fund, the Afghanistan Ambulance Fund, Indian Ocean Naoto Otomo’s career also includes collaborations with numerous soloists including: violinists Gil Shaham, Augustin Tsunami aide and assist the victims of 311 the Great East Japan Earthquake. Dumay, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Joshua Bell, Jean-Jacques Kantorow and Shlomo Mintz; violists Gérard Caussé Activities also extend outside of Japan. The first tour in 2003 went to Vienna, and Yuri Bashmet; cellists Mario Brunello and David Geringas; pianists Radu Lupu, André Watts, Bruno-Leonardo Graz and Berlin. The tour to Cuba followed in 2005. In 2006 the chorus performed Gelber, Ivan Moravec, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Cyprien Katsaris, Jean-Phillipe Collard, Cristina Ortiz, and Hélène in Honolulu, Hawaii,and they made their opera debut at the Puccini Festival in Grimaud. His work with tenor José Carreras was also highly praised, and he regularly receives requests from many Italy in August of this same year. In 2007, they performed at Salle de Garnier in of these artists for further collaborations. the Monte Carlo Opera House, attended by Prince Albert of Monaco. The Following his opera debut in 1988 with Weber’s Der Freischütz at the Nissay Theatre, Naoto Otomo has also been performance at Sala Sao Paulo, was recognized as an official program of “100 active in opera; he has conducted productions such as Gluck’s Orfeo and Eurydice, Verdi’s Rigoletto, Mozart’s The Years of Japan & Brazil Friendship”in 2008. In 2009, they performed at Magic Flute and Shigeaki Saegusa’s Chushingura. Madeleine Cathedral in Paris and at National Opera in Bordeaux as an official In February 2006, Otomo led the Tokyo Symphony in a production of Ai-En ‒ To Die for Love ‒ (composed by program. In 2010, Milano Duomo has invited the chorus to perform at their Minoru Miki, libretto by Jakucho Setouchi), and in June of the same year, he led a joint production between the Cathedral. The chorus sang at the mass of St. Pietro in the Vatican the following Tokyo and Kyoto Symphonies to perform Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder in the cities of Tokyo and Kyoto. Other notable day. In 2011, they performed The Last Message composed by Shigeaki Saegusa in productions include Jr. Butterfly, composed by Shigeaki Saegusa and performed in August 2006 at the Puccini Geneva as an official concert for The International Conference of the Red Cross Festival in Italy which was also revived at the same festival in 2014, the world premiere of Saegusa’s KAMIKAZE in and Red Crescent. In 2013, Volgograd Oblast organized their concert in Volgograd January 2013, as well as Akira Senju’s new opera, Taki no Shiraito in January 2014, all of which attracted great city. In 2014, they appeared on re-performance of Saegusa’s opera “Jr. Butterfly” interest. at the 60th Puccini Festival in Italy.In January 2015, the chorus performed their Otomo has also conducted Toshiro Mayuzumi’s Kojiki (Days of the Gods) and Elgar’s The Kingdom, The Apostles and original musical Waist Size Story in Tokyo. The Dream of Gerontius as part of the Tokyo Symphony’s subscription concerts; his conducting the Japanese premiere On September 8, 2015, they have performed The Last Message at the Philharmonia of Mayuzumi’s opera Kojiki (Days of Gods) as part of the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 50th Anniversary Festival drew much in St.Petersburg as a memorial concert for the Anniversary of the beginning of attention and was critically acclaimed. the Siege of Leningrad. Naoto Otomo’s repertoire ranges from classical to contemporary works, and since his first recording at the age of The chorus has appeared on TV commercials, recorded theme songs for television 20, his work has been featured on numerous albums.
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