Entertainment Division
Jury Selections
YOICHI OCHIAI × JAPAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA VOL.3
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra / OCHIAI Yoichi / EBIHARA Hikaru / EBARA Yoko / WOW / NARUSE Kazuhiro / TBWA\HAKUHODO Team
Reimagines the orchestra to let a wide range of people enjoy classical music through the power of technology. Sound-Free Concert 2019 created new ways to enjoy sounds through devices converting music into vibration and color, and actions such as hitting a typewriter. The Crossing Un-Orchestra creates possibilities for sensitive listening to classical music with analog-digital, natural-industrial, subject-object, and Western-Japanese mixtures.
Profile
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Founded in 1956. Transmits culture through music.
OCHIAI Yoichi
Born in 1987 in Tokyo. Media artist. Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba. Head of Digital Nature Group.
EBIHARA Hikaru
Born in Kagoshima Prefecture, 1974. Graduated and earned masterʼs degree from Tokyo University of the Arts. Studied conducting with KOBAYASHI Kenichiro, TAKASHINA Masamitsu, and János Kovács.
EBARA Yoko
Plays Uta no oneh-san (Sister of Song) on NHK Educational TV show Utatte go (Sing and Go). Played Miss Clavel of Madeline, etc. In addition to singing, also works as a master of ceremonies of concerts.
WOW
Founded in 1997. A visual design studio with locations in Tokyo, Sendai, London, and San Francisco.
NARUSE Kazuhiro
Born in Aichi Prefecture, 1955. Stage lighting. Won Japan Association of Lighting Engineers & Designers Award for Excellence in Stage Lighting twice, for Tsuki no tami (People of the Moon) and Shiko: Ginga tesudo no yru (Antholoby: Night of the Galactic Railroad).