Saxophone Night with Katsura Yamauchi
Sat 18 Mar 2017, 7.30 – 9.30 pm
Six Space
From the organizer:
As part of Katsura Yamauchi’s tour in Vietnam, Six Space is honored to be the next destination of the artist tour in Hanoi after Hue and Saigon. Katsura Yamauchi is an avant-garde jazz saxman known for his minimal sheets of sound, headlines this triple-bill of experimental artists. Besides doing experimental music, he also spends a lot of time researching and producing short art-related films.
The event SAXOPHONE NIGHT WITH KATSURA YAMAUCHI consists of 3 major activities:
◊ Film screening
◊ Experimental saxophone performance by Katsura Yamauchi.
◊ Talk and discussion with Katsura Yamauchi.
ABOUT KATSURA YAMAUCHI:
“Katsura Yamauchi is really both a new and a veteran artist… I am greatly refreshed by his energetic and confident performance.” – Otomo Yoshihide, July 2003
Katsura Yamauchi (1954) picked up his first saxophone in the early 1970s and was quickly drawn to modern jazz, avant-garde and free improvisation. Born in Beppu, far from the traditional creative centers around the bigger cities in Japan, Yamauchi was until recently relatively unknown, but has now shown himself to be one of the most unique musicians in Japan. Yamauchi was influenced by the new experimental sounds coming from Tokyo, but had developed his own original style, mixing improvisation and minimalism with melodic elements.
Listen to his soulful “SAGA”, a tune he dedicated to his late mother:
For more information about the artist, click here or visit his official website.
ABOUT THE SHORT FILM
◊ The movie was directed, shot and written all by Katsura Yamauchi himself.
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– International Film Festival Villavicencio 2015 (Colombia)
– Festival Internazionale del Cinema d’Arte 2015 (Italy)
– Voices from the Waters 2015 (India)
– Asiana International Short Film Festival 2015 (Korea)
– Bangkok Underground Cinema 2015 (Thailand)
Watch a preview of the film here:
Entrance fee: 50,000 VND (register at the door)
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| Six Space 6th floor, 94B Tran Hung Dao, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi |
