The Noh singer Ms Ryoko Aoki’s “HO NOH” series has finally reached its fifth stage! This series has been conducted by connecting venues in Japan and abroad online to pray for the end of the coronavirus, and a real-time remote performance will be streamed on YouTube. Do not miss it!!

★Message from the artists★.
The Noh singer, Ryoko Aoki will broadcast the online concert “HO NOH – Pray for an end to the Covid-19” vol.5 from 11:00 (CET) on 19th February 2021 especially for people who live in Germany. Ryoko Aoki will sing Peter Eötvös “Secret Kiss” as live-streaming distant session with Ensemble Musikfabrik in Cologne. In 2019, Ryoko Aoki and Ensemble Musikfabrik played Peter Eötvös “Secret Kiss” at Berlin Philharmonie under the composer’s baton. Peter Eötvös composed “Secret Kiss” based on “Silk” by Alessandro Baricco. The venue of streaming will be Sankeien Garden. The founder of it was Sankei Hara. He was the silk trader, and ran Tomioka silk mill, which could be model of “Silk” by Alessandro Baricco.
From May 2020, Ryoko Aoki has broadcasted “HO NOH – Pray for an end to the Covid-19”. In the Japanese traditional Noh theatre, Noh performers historically performed for religious rituals: for example, to pray for recovery from illness. Now we are suffering from Covid-19 pandemic. Ryoko Aoki has collaborated with international composers to write new pieces for Noh voice. We have organized the online concert to share these contemporary music for Noh voice written by composers all over the world to pray for an end to the Covid-19.

HO NOH – Pray for an end to the Covid-19 vol.5, For Germany

Date: 11:00-11:30 (CET) 19 February 2021
Venue: Yokohama Sankeien Garden, Buddhist Sanctum of the Former Tokeiji Temple [Important National Cultural Property] / Studio Ensemble Musikfabrik, Cologne
Subsidized by Magnet Culture Project Kanagawa
In cooperation with Goethe-Institut Tokyo, Sankeien Garden and AMATI

[Live streaming]

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