12 THE MONGOL MESSENGER

ART & CULTURE

Friday, October 05 , 2012

ARTS COUNCIL OF MONGOLIA Famous Japanese pianist to perform in Mongolia

Izumi Tateno is a top Japanese pianist who has performed over 3,000 concerts around the world and released one hundred recordings. Izumi Tateno is going to perform piano concerts for the first time in Mongolia with the Symphony Orcherstra of the Mongolian State Philharmonic conducted by Hisayoshi Inoue. On October 6 and 7, concerts ill be held at 6 pm in the State Philharmonic Hall. The concerts are being organized in frames of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Mongolia. In 1968, Izumi Tateno placed second at the Messiaen International Piano Competition. In 1976, the Finnish government awarded him the Order of the First Class Knight of the Lion of Finland. Since1981, he has been the beneficiary of a stipend given by the government of Finland. Presently, he is the president of the Sibelius Society of Japan. In 1994, he was a soloist with a Japan tour for the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and was invited to the St. Petersburg White Nights Festival in 1995. The same year, he gave recitals around Japan and in Helsinki in commemoration of his thirty-fifth year as a concert pianist. In 1996, he received an award from the Japanese foreign minister for his contributions to friendly relations between Japan and other nations. In honor of the two hundredth anniversary of Franz Schuberts birth, he presented a seven-evening series of over 50 concerts around Japan and Finland. From 1989 until 1993, he worked as artistic director for the Finland Music Festival, and from 1991, the artistic director of the Nordic Light Sapporo music festival. In 1998 he became the artistic director of an annual event called the Oulunsalo Music Festival Izumi Tateno and Friends. On January 9, 2002, Tateno collapsed on stage with an apoplectic stroke. It was right after the last piece at his recital in Finland. It resulted in the paralysis of the right half of his body. After concentrating on continuous rehabilitation, Tateno returned to concert activities and performed recitals throughout Japan in May 2004, playing with only his left hand. His passion for music has moved people and he has been capturing peoples attention since then. Various magazines and TV programmes have featured his life story. Currently, he continues solo activities with only his left hand and a number of new pieces for the left hand have been written for him by composers who were touched by his activities. Most active composers as Michio Mamiya, P.H Nordgren, Hikaru Hayashi,Yasuo Sueyoshi, Takashi Yoshimatsu, coba,and Kensaku Tanikawa have dedicated original works for his left hand. The music pieces he worked on are as if they were following the water vein of his life and gives audiences an unforgettable impression, calmly backed with his burning love for music. He has performed with almost every living Finnish and Japanese conductor such as Paavo Berglund, Okko Kamu, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Hiroyuki Iwaki and Hiroshi Wakasugi, to name

Japans Izumi Tateno dazzles audiences as he performs singlehandedly a few. His broad repertoire ranges from 2008, Tateno was awarded the Order of classical to contemporary pieces. He has the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette received high acclaim for his performances and honorable recognition from the and recordings in all genres. In 2006, he Commissioner for Cultural Affairs in Japan was awarded the Sibelius Medal by the for his outstanding musical contributions Sibelius Society of Finland. In autumn over many years.

Giant Steppes of Jazz festival features international artists

In 2006, the Giant Steppes of Jazz NGO was newly formed. Jazz is a fledgling art in Mongolia and the Jazz Festival and Giant Steppes of Jazz NGO is working to develop professional jazz, support its growth by building audience awareness, forming our own professional team, offering jazz education for young aspiring Mongolian musicians, and organizing a traditional International Jazz Festival each year in Mongolia. From October 2 to 6, the Giant Steppes of Jazz Festival is running as an international jazz festival based in Ulaanbaatar with its roots going back to 2006. The participants of the 6th Annual Giant Steppes of Jazz International Festival are Bonnie J. Jensen, a jazz violinist and pianist from Australia, Graham Jesse, jazz saxophonist from Australia, Deb Rasmussen, jazz singer from Canada, Eliane Amherd, singer songwriter from Switzerland, Emilie Calme, flutist, Laurent Maur duet singer from France, Martin Jacobsen, tenor sax from Denmark, Paul Kirby pianist from the United Kingdom, Martin Zenker bass player from Germany, and Kim Minchan on drums from Korea. On October 5, a Gala Concert will be held at the Blue Sky tower at 8 pm and evening Club Performances will be held on October 3 and 4 at 8 pm at the Kempinski Hotel. There will be Late Night Jam sessions at the Blue Sky and Kempinski hotels on October 3 and 4 starting at approximately 10 pm. Collaborative concerts with the Military Song and Dance Academic Ensemble will be held during the festival. Additionally, during the Festival, featured international artists will conduct workshops for students and faculty at both the College of Music & Dance and the University of Arts and Culture. For more information please visit the Jazz Festival website at www.jazzmongolia.com Giant Steppe promotions reflect the jazzy music

Dinosaur in a Box program educates school children

For kids who cant visit the museum, the program reaches out to their schools

Since 2010, The Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM) has been implementing a Museum in a box heritage education outreach program with aims to transmit knowledge about museum movable heritage, to build the capacity of museum educators, and to provide museums with resources & methods. Since then, ACM has developed 3 heritage education tool kits for Mongolian museums with the financial support of the Arts Council of MongoliaUS and Xanadu Mines, LLC. On October 26, within this frame of work, ACM organized training for Natural history museums about the Dinosaur in a Box tool kit in collaboration with the Institute of Mongolian Dinosaurs. This first pilot class about dinosaur fossils involved 8-11 year-old students from Gegeerel informal education center in the Songinokhairkhan district. The content of the Dinosaur box was developed by Bolortsetseg Minjin paleontologist, Director of Institute for the Study of Mongolian Dinosaurs NGO. The tool kit includes a curriculum, presentation and artifacts and distribution materials for students. During the training, ACM granted a Dinosaur box education tool kit to the Natural History Museum. For schools

unable to visit the museum, this box can facilitate a rich learning experience that connects students with the museum in a memorable way. For teachers who plan to bring classes to the museum, the boxes can help prepare students for their visit or be part of a follow-up lesson. With the support of Khas Bank and Petrovis LLC, the Museum in a box heritage educational program will reach primary schools students in 2012. Museum heritage education lessons will be organized in collaboration with the Choijin lama temple museum and Zanabazar fine arts museum.

The dino kit opens a new learning experience

Arts Council of Mongolia, Delta Foundation Center, IV floor, Tourists Street-38, Chingeltei District Tel/Fax: 976-11-319015 E-mail: education@artscouncil.mn Web: www.artscouncil.mn
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