デュオ・上田・オッフェルマンズ

デュオ・上田・オッフェルマンズ(上田純子:薩摩琵琶&声、ウィル・オッフェルマンズ:フルート&作曲、オランダ)は、世界中でデュオ・コンサートを行い、聴衆を魅了し続けている。このデュオは、フルート現代奏法(循環呼吸法、バンブートーン、重音奏法、等)と、薩摩琵琶と声明という、一見正反対を装う西洋と東洋の様相の出会いを探求している。このユニークなコンビネーションによるデュオの音楽は、主に彼等の自作品と即興演奏より成っている。そして彼らはその創作を通じて、古代と現代、そして東洋と西洋の間に広がる不可欠な時空間を、未来に向けて開拓し続けている。近年、様々な音楽祭にも参加している(例:ミュージック・アクション・ナンシー・フランス、シンガポール芸術祭、ケベック夏の音楽祭・カナダ、ミドルブルグ現代音楽祭・オランダ、ボゴタ現代音楽祭・コロンビア、等)。また、北南アメリカ、カナダ、インドネシア、東南アジア、日本にて長期に渡るコンサート・ツアーを行ない、現地の音楽家との交流を深めた。デュオCD「 How to Survive in Paradise」(VDE-Gallo、CD732) と「出島組曲」(E-records、CDE011) が発表されている。
How to Survive in Paradise II ではサイエンス・フィクションのパラダイスを想像する。そこでは、快楽で豊富で自然と調和のとれた平和な生活が、次第に人間の存在、休むことのない活動、好奇心によって浸食されていく。
コンサート・プログラムは各々のソロの演奏とデュオの演奏より成っている。デュオの演奏では、自作品「How to Survive in Paradise II」「源氏物語とロルカ」「出島組曲」の他に、即興演奏、そして武満徹の作品「ノベンバー・ステップス・カデンツァ」などをプログラムに取り入れている。ライブ・エレクトロニクスを使用する作品もある。
過去のデュオ・コンサート例
- Palais des Beaux Arts - Brussels - Belgium
- Japanese Embassy auditorium - Brussels - Belgium
- St.Logos - Gent - Belgium
- 't Spiegelhof - Grimbergen - Belgium
- CC Soumagne - Salle de Melen - Soumagne - Belgium
- Great George Gallery - Charlottetown PEI - Canada
- Gallery Connexion - Fredericton NB - Canada
- Centre for the Art Tapes/ Wood Church - Halifax NS - Canada
- Galerie Sans Nom - Moncton NB - Canada
- Theatre La Chapelle / Traquen'art - Montreal QB - Canada
- Gallery 101 - Ottawa QBC - Canada
- Festival d'été de Québec (Museé du Québec) - Québec QBC - Canada
- Obscure - Quebec QBC - Canada
- East Vancouver Cultural Centre - Vancouver BC - Canada
- Time Flies Festival - Vancouver BC - Canada
- Western Front - Vancouver BC - Canada
- Open Space - Victoria BC - Canada
- Festival de Musica Contemporanea (Auditorio Leon de Greiff) - Bogota - Colombia
- Gimnasio Moderno - Bogota - Colombia
- International Summer Academy of Music - Nice - France
- City de la Musique - Marseilles - France
- Grand Palais (auditorium) - Paris - France
- Musique Action 1990 - Vandoevre-Les-Nancy - France
- Abbey St. Michel de Grandmont - France
- Abbey Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul in Caunes Minervois - France
- Eglise Ntre Dame de Riquer - Catllar - France
- Eglise de St. Julien - Olargues - France
- Eglies St. Roch - Maury - France
- Music Loft - Aachen - Germany
- Freunde Guter Musik - Berlin - Germany
- Dresdener Zentrum fur zeitgenossische Musik - Dresden - Germany
- Stadtische Galerie im Rathauspark Gladbeck - Gladbeck - Germany
- Hamburger Konservatorium - Hamburg - Germany
- Museum fur Volkerkunde - Hamburg - Germany
- Gustav-Lübcke Museum / Japan Institute - Hamm - Germany
- Galerie Esplanade - Hannover - Germany
- Aula Der Alten Nikolaischule - Leipzig - Germany
- Wasserturm - Meerbusch - Germany
- Linden-Museum Wannersaal - Stuttgart - Germany
- Provadja Theater - Alkmaar - Holland
- Schouwburg De Vest - Alkmaar - Holland
- Almere Stadhuis - Almere - Holland
- International Composers Workshop Gaudeamus - Amsterdam - Holland
- Nederlands Filmmuseum - Amsterdam - Holland
- Nemo (newMetropolis) - Amsterdam - Holland
- St. Japan-Netherlands CC - Amsterdam - Holland
- Stedelijk Museum - Amsterdam - Holland
- Van Reekum Museum - Apeldoorn - Holland
- Festival Nieuwe Muziek Gelderland - Arnhem - Holland
- Prinsenhof - Delft - Holland
- 't Hof (Statenhal) - Dordrecht - Holland
- Apollohuis - Eindhoven - Holland
- Stichting AXES - Eindhoven - Holland
- Eem Hoge der A6 - Groningen - Holland
- Podium Winschoterkade - Groningen - Holland
- Stadhuis Gravenzaal - Haarlem - Holland
- Oude Kerkje - Kortenhoef - Holland
- Lösstheater - Maastricht - Holland
- Kloveniersdoelen - Middelburg - Holland
- O 42 - Nijmegen - Holland
- De Evenaar - Rotterdam - Holland
- Dodorama - Rotterdam - Holland
- Museum Boymans- Van Beuningen - Rotterdam - Holland
- CC De Stoep - Spijkenisse - Holland
- Brabants Conservatory - Tilburg - Holland
- Stadsschouwburg Tilburg - Tilburg - Holland
- Bijenkorf - Utrecht - Holland
- Kunsthuis 13 - Velp - Holland
- Museum Van Bommel-Van Dam - Venlo - Holland
- CC.Vleuten - De Meern - Vleuten - Holland
- Papenstraattheater - Zwolle - Holland
- Ijsbreker - Amsterdam - Holland
- Schunck* - Heerlen - Holland
- Hong Kong University - Hong Kong Island - Hong Kong
- The Fringe Club - Hong Kong Island - Hong Kong
- Chinese University of Hong Kong - Satin - Hong Kong
- PPKIP / Alliance Francaise - Bandung - Indonesia
- Arena Theatre, TIM - Jakarta - Indonesia
- Erasmushuis - Jakarta - Indonesia
- Tebet Theatre - Jakarta - Indonesia
- The Stage - Jakarta - Indonesia
- Yayasan Musik Laras - Surabaya - Indonesia
- Puri Artha - Yogyakarta - Indonesia
- Acquario Romano - Roma - Italy
- Pomeriggi di Musica Nuova / Teatro Juvarra - Torino - Italy
- Mantica Festival - Cesena - Italy
- National Conservatory of Athens - Athens - Greece
- Japanese Embassy auditorium - Athens - Greece
- Arkas Concert Hall - Sasebo - Japan
- Enmeiji-Temple - Aoto,Tokyo - Japan
- Senryu-shuzo Sake Factory - Emukae - Japan
- Higashi Tagawa Cultural Centre, Meiji Hall - Fujishima, Yamagata - Japan
- Nameri Takeda Gallery - Fukuoka - Japan
- Fukuman-ji Temple - Himosashi - Japan
- Hirado Hokubu cultural Centre - Hirado - Japan
- Saikyô-ji Temple - Hirado - Japan
- Iki-Deai-no-mura Gallery - Iki, Nagasaki - Japan
- Taiki-ken - Ikitsuki - Japan
- Kawatana Concert Hall - Kawatana - Japan
- Kobe Earthquake Support concert, Fujiwaradai Temporary Housing - Kobe - Japan
- Daimyo-ji Temple concert - Kyoto - Japan
- Hoshika Chomin Center - Matsuura - Japan
- Bekkou-Kaikan Hall - Nagasaki - Japan
- NBC TV - Nagasaki - Japan
- NIB Dejima Hall - Nagasaki - Japan
- Kofuku-ji Chinese Temple - Nagasaki - Japan
- Yui-no-ie auditorium (Gallery Shimada) - Nagato, Yamaguchi - Japan
- Nagayo Komin-kan Hall - Nagayo - Japan
- Jokei-ji Temple - Nara - Japan
- New Public Hall - Nara - Japan
- Bizen Art Festival - Okayama - Japan
- Ookawa Vinegar Factory - Ookawa, Saga - Japan
- Romanische Cafe - Roppongi, Tokyo - Japan
- NBC Radio Saga - Saga - Japan
- Komiya Zakkicho - Sagamihara, Kanagawa - Japan
- Sakura Concert Hall - Sakura-city, Chiba - Japan
- Chôon-in Temple - Shikamachi, Nagasaki - Japan
- Hayamegawa Gallery - Shimabara - Japan
- Takaishi Studio - Soka, Saitama - Japan
- Suwa Cultural Center - Suwa, Nagano - Japan
- Tabira Chômin Center - Tabira - Japan
- Shoubi Conservatory, Stella Studio - Tokyo - Japan
- Springer Verlag Publishers - Tokyo - Japan
- Tokyo College of Music, Concert Hall - Tokyo - Japan
- Subaru Hall - Tondabayashi - Japan
- Care House Tsurugaoka - Tsuruoka - Japan
- Dewa Shounai Kokusai Village Hall- Tsuruoka - Japan
- Tochigi-ken Sogo Cultural Centre - Utsunomiya, Tochigi - Japan
- Bunshokan Hall - Yamagata - Japan
- Tomihiro Gofuku Gallery - Yamagata - Japan
- Creative Space Renga - Yamaguchi - Japan
- Ikoi-no-Hiroba Park - Yamauchi - Japan
- Yamauchi-cho Michi-no-eki - Yamauchi - Japan
- Toya Art Gallery - Yanai - Japan
- Yanai Grand Hotel - Yanai - Japan
- Tôei-ji Temple - Yokaichiba - Japan
- Sankyo Gakki audetorium - Yokohama - Japan
- Best Amenity Stadium - Tosu - Japan
- Musashi-Murayama Cultural Centre - Tokyo - Japan
- Shinjuku Olympic Centre - Tokyo - Japan
- Hônen-in Temple - Kyoto - Japan
- Jôsai High School auditorium - Kamiyama - Japan
- Kamiyama Onsen auditorium - Kamiyama - Japan
- Core Shakkyô - Tokyo - Japan
- Shangli-ra Live House - Tokyo - Japan
- Fujimi Cultural Centre - Tokyo - Japan
- Daishô-an - Tsuruoka - Japan
- Gyokusen-ji Temple - Tsuruoka - Japan
- Daizen-in Temple - Tokyo - Japan
- Kuma Museum - Kuma-Kôgen, Ehime - Japan
- Nishi-no-bô Temple - Marugame, Kagawa - Japan
- Tennyo-za Theatre - Kumano-shi - Japan
- Kuki Planetarium - Saitama - Japan
- Kyushu National Museum - Fukuoka - Japan
- Kuki Cultural Centre Concert Hall - Saitama - Japan
- Copis Miyoshi Concert Hall, Saitama - Japan
- 12th Composers Workshop - Kazimierz-Dolny - Poland
- Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej - Warsaw - Poland
- Guarnerius Art Foundation - Beograd - Servia
- University of Beograd (Sala Heroja) - Beograd - Servia
- Singapore Festival of Arts - Singapore - Singapore
- La Casa Encendida - Madrid - Spain
- Teatro Alhambra - Granada - Spain
- University of Örebro - Örebro - Sweden
- Bangkok Music Society - Bangkok - Thailand
- NFA Flute Convention 1993 - Boston MA - USA
- Oregon State University - Corvallis OR - USA
- Hofstra University - Hempstead NY - USA
- University of California San Diego - La Jolla CA - USA
- Experimental Intermedia Foundation - New York City - USA
- Roulette - New York City - USA
- The Asia Society - New York City NY - USA
- Portland State - Portland OR - USA
- New Langton Arts - San Francisco CA - USA