FULL Diary of a Mad Old Man (Kenichi Nishizawa) Tokyo 2018 Atsushi Okamoto,Yuri Shingu, Megumi Tsuyama, Shingo Yokoyama
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Diary of a Mad Old Man
- Composer: Nishizawa Kenichi
- Libretto: Kenichi Nishizawa based on "Diary of a Mad Old Man" by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Meguro Persimmon Hall Small Hall, Tokyo, Japan
- Recorded: December 2018
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Atsushi Okamoto, Yuri Shingu, Megumi Tsuyama, Shingo Yokoyama, Chihiro Hara, Haruko Mori
- Conductor: Kenichi Nishizawa
- Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Kenichi Nishizawa
- Date Published: 2020
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, jpsubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Born in Tokyo in 1978, Kenichi Nishizawa started playing piano at the age of 15, and at the same time he began teaching himself composition. In 1996, he was accepted to the Kunitachi College of Music. However, he left the college after one year. In January 1999, he was awarded both the first prize and the Kodama Prize at the Fifth International Competition of Piano Duo Music Composition. In December of that year, he won the first prize at the Fourth Tokyo International Composition Competition of Chamber Music.
In October 2005, Nishizawa made waves at the 33rd Festival Internacional Cervantino, an annual classical music event. Japan was a special guest at that particular festival as it commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Japan-Mexico Cultural Agreement. His Piano Trio No. 2 was introduced by Japanese violinist Yuriko Kuronuma and others as one of the leading pieces of classical music from Japan, putting it in the company of Ikuma Dan’s opera “Yuzuru.” Nishizawa’s piece also garnered high praise from critics.
In August 2013, Nishizawa published his first symphony. In November 2017, he published his first opera “Quicksand” (based on Jun’ichiro Tanizaki’s novel). Its libretto was adapted by himself.