Flower will break language barrier

日本語;西村花店

Of course I love music, but I have felt something like guilty to music.

Because I gave up practicing a piano after I had learned for many years.

It was the first time to quit something with my will.

So I know how difficult it is to play instruments well.

That is why I said “Flower is the same ” after a hesitation,

when I was talking with musicians about “Music breaks language barrier”

I was sure that flower is the same.

But I was not sure whether flowers I arranged had worth to a music

based on their huge efforts.

 

Today, I was happy to see my flower were suit to the church

and Bach.

I am very happy to go back to music

after I gave up it and found another thing.

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Bach and Spiraea

日本語

I will present my flower work to a concert at Maarten Luther Kerk.

While the play “Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 3, BWV 1016”,

I will exhibit arranging ikebana work.

 

Today, they had a rehearsal.

I took cherry blossoms, roses, and spiraeas.

And vases are created by Marten, the pianist.

 

I did not so much interesting “a collaboration of music and flower”.

But today, I felt it when I hold a spiraea,

“it suits with Bach”.

 

I was surprised what I felt and my hands stopped.

I have never felt like that.

But two musicians also stopped their hands and told me

it is beautiful.

I was moved close to crying.

The sonata of Bach they were playing was beautiful and

spiraea were really suit with it.

We all felt same things beautiful.

 

I always try to arrange flowers to suit each places.

Musics make an air at the place.

Now I believe there is a flower suit to the music

and that flower will break the language barriers.

 

Ayumi, Marten, Thank you for telling me about it.

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Hello, Amsterdam I’m Hiroki

Hello, I’m Hiroki Yokoyama, who stays in Amsterdam from 21st of July till 31st of August. I will hold a Green Tea Cheese Fondue Party!!

 

I love eating.  That’s why I mix food culture and art culture for intercommunication between Holland and Japan.

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It’s already passed a week, sorry for that  I didn’t posted to the weblog.

 

I play the drums in a hard core punk band “Flat Sucks“, and sometimes do performance. I also dance in a community dance company these days, not well-trained though. But I played basket ball, base ball, and Kyudo(a kind of Japanese archery) when I was a student, so about body is interesting ever for me.

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Flat Sucks(click to youtube)

Communication is very important for my performance because I feel joy to live as a human being when I communicate  with the people. Of course it’s also precious to communicate with myself and other things in the nature. My policy‘s here. I don’t care so much about the way to  act if the view point is following the policy.

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At Kyoto station

 

 

 

 

 

Wonderful night!

I took the performance in the old church last night.
It is a session of tap dance and drum and pipe organ.
Organ of the church did not have the repair 250 years.
It will repair. We will not be able to hear the sound for a while.
There was a very powerful!
Ceiling is very high church. So sound was very sound.
Bravo! !

Thank you for a wonderful night!

And my project will start from tomorrow .
I will meet with the parents and students of Japanese school in Amsterdam.
They do Hanami in the park.
I’ll do a throw pillow as an event there. I am very excited!

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Muziek

6月も最後

6月の Amsterdam は暖かい日もありましたが

最近は風も強く肌寒く感じます

さてさてここ最近は

Muziek

まずは Bimhuis

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BILLY CHILDS ALL-STAR QUARTET

4人で構成された JAZZ group

この公演へきてよかった

心からそう思いました

運良く1番前の席でみることができました

彼ら4人が奏でる音

フリーに演奏する中に常に結ばれているオト

4人の見事なタイミング

この一瞬のタイミングがあるからこそ

気持よくオトが体に入ってきますし

それがまた次のオトを惹きつける要素となる

その連鎖を楽しみました

バンドをやっていくには絶対必要なモノ

いい勉強になりました

また Drums の方の

叩き方

音の種類

あんなプレイ

初めてです

日本では Rock, Pop や Classical コンサートへは行きますが

思えば本格的な Jazz は初めて

なのでこのことは日本はどうであるのかはわかりませんが

こちらで驚いたこと

それは休憩時間や公演終了後

アーティストが普通にお客と交流していること

私もほんの少しだけ

Piano の方とお話させていただきましたが

なんてオープン

実際に音楽を勉強している学生やプロを目指している人にとって

これ程嬉しいことはないですよね

直接会ってお話ができる

しかも特別に作った時間ではなく

自然に

とてもいい環境だと思いました

そしてここへも行きました

Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht

Percussion と Piano

というこれもまた初めて聴く音楽

Percussion の方には驚きました

音魂

こんなコトバはないでしょうけど…

一つひとつの音に込められた彼の魂

ひしひしと伝わってきました

ジャンルは違えど

同じ音楽

聴く価値あります

また

さすが音楽院ということでこの写真

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Amsterdam ではコロッケの自販機がありますが

これはギターの弦やカポ、ドラムのスティック、シールドまで

売っている自販機

こういうちょっとした発想が面白い

来週はギター工房へ!!