Beethoven Symphony No. 5 "Destiny"

Hikaru Ebihara

Hikaru Ebihara was the winner of the 3rd prize at the Lovro von Matacic Conducting Competition in 2007 and the 6th prize at the Malko Competition in 2009. He also won the jury’s special prize at the International Competition for Orchestra Conductors “Antonio Pedrotti” in 2010.
He was Associate Conductor of Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra from 2010 to 2015.

Hikaru Ebihara was born in Kagoshima, Japan, in 1974. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, where he also completed the graduate course. He continued his studies in Hungary. From 2004 to 2006, he was an apprentice conductor of Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra and received guidance from Taijiro Iimori and Hikotaro Yazaki. Ebihara studied conducting with Ken-ichiro Kobayashi, Masamitsu Takashina, Janos Kovacs, Julius Kalmer, and Zoltan Pesko.

Hikaru Ebihara has conducted numerous orchestras including the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra,
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Gunma Symphony Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Osaka Symphony Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, and Kyushu Symphony Orchestra.

From 2011, Ebihara regularly appeared in the Kirishima International Music Festival. He was invited to conduct subscription concerts of HRT Symphony Orchestra (Croatia Radio Symphony Orchestra) in Zagreb for the first time in 2012, and returned to conduct in 2015, winning favorable recognition.

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MIKIKO (performance performer)

Mikiko Mizuno, known professionally as simply Mikiko (stylized MIKIKO) or Mikiko-metal, is a Japanese dancer and choreographer based in Hiroshima. She is the director and principal choreographer of the high-tech dance troupe Elevenplay, and also works with performers and idol groups such as Perfume, Sakura Gakuin, and Babymetal. She was the stage director and choreographer for Japan's cultural presentation at the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

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Ishikawa Naoki (Explorer / Photographer)

1977 Born in Tokyo, Japan
2002 Waseda University, Tokyo, B.F.A.
2005 Tokyo University of the Arts, M.F.A.
2008 Tokyo University of the Arts, Ph.D.

Lives and works in Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions
2003
“For circumpolar stars" epSITE -EPSON Imaging Gallery, Tokyo
2005
“THE VOID” Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo
2006
“THE VOID” Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka
2007
“POLAR” KONICA MINOLTA Plaza, Tokyo
“NEW DIMENSION” Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo ; Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka
“POLAR” SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
2008
“VERNACULAR” INAX Gallery, Tokyo
“POLAR/NEW DIMENSION: Ishikawa Naoki Photo Exhibition”
Kodak Photo Salon, Tokyo
“Mt.Fuji” Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo
“VERNACULAR” Place M, Tokyo
2009
“TRAVELOGUE 2000 – 2009” Fukuoka Camera Museum, Toyama
“Mt.Fuji” Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka
“ARCHIPELAGO” Chukyo University Art Gallery C. Square, Nagoya
“CHRISTMAS ISLAND” Place M, Tokyo
“ARCHIPELAGO” CANON GALLERY S, Tokyo
2010
“ARCHIPELAGO” Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Okinawa
“ARCHIPELAGO” Niki Club, Tochigi ; Gallery Satsu, Tokyo
“CORONA” Place M, Tokyo
2011
“CORONA: Ken Domon Award-winning works Exhibition”
Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo ; Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka ;
Ken Domon Museum of Photography, Yamagata
“8848” SCAI THE BATHHOUSE , Tokyo
“Halluci Mountain” EYE of GYRE, Tokyo
2012
“Remembrance 3.11” Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo ; Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka
“the stranger” Tohoku University of Arts & Design, Yamagata
“Remembrance 3.11”, Yamagata Institute of The Arts, Yamagata
“Manaslu” SLANT, Kanazawa
“the stranger” Place M, Tokyo
2013
“Lhotse | Manaslu” EYE OF GYRE, Tokyo
“Lhotse” SLANT, Kanazawa
2014
“POLAR” Embassy of Canada Prince Takamado Gallery, Tokyo
“MAKALU” IMA Gallery, Tokyo
“AMA DABLAM/GLACIER” OVER THE BORDER, Tokyo
“Kunisaki Peninsula” Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo ; Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka
“marebito” Ofunato City Museum, Iwate
2015
“New Map” Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino, Kanagawa
“Across Borders:” Royal Alberta Museum, Canada
“Across Borders:” Hokkaido Museum, Hokkaido
“K2” CHANEL NEXUS HALL, Tokyo
“Encounter Nature” CANON OPEN GALLERY 1, Tokyo
2016
“Marebito”
CANON GALLERY GINZA, Tokyo ; CANON GALLERY UMEDA, Osaka ;
CANON GALLERY NAGOYA, Aichi ; CANON GALLERY FUKUOKA, Fukuoka ;
CANON GALLERY SAPPORO, Hokkaido ; CANON GALLERY SENDAI, Miyagi
“Across Borders:” Embassy of Canada Prince Takamado Gallery, Tokyo
“DENALI” MORIOKASHOTEN, Tokyo
“Naoki Ishikawa Capturing the Map of Light on This Planet” ART TOWER MITO, Ibaraki
2017
“Naoki Ishikawa Capturing the Map of Light on This Planet” Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata
“ITSUDEMO DOKODEMO UTSURUNDESU” FUJIFILM SQUARE, Tokyo
“POLAR” YUKIO TABUCHI MEMORIAL MUSEUM, Nagano
“Naoki Ishikawa Capturing the Map of Light on This Planet” Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Chiba
“Svalbard” NADiff Gallery, Tokyo
2018
“NAOKI ISHIKAWA – Far North –” NEW ALTERNATIVE, Kagoshima
“NAOKI ISHIKAWA “Climbing for Mt.Fuji”” The Former Kishi Residence in Higashiyama, Shizuoka
“Naoki Ishikawa Capturing the Map of Light on This Planet” THE MUSEUM OF ART, KOCHI, Kochi
“Ryusei no shima” Nikon plaza Shinjuku THE GALLERY 1+2, Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibitions

2004
"Visions on the move" graf media gm, Osaka
"On The Edge of Nowhere” kuspace wien, Vienna, Austria
"Photo-Documan STILL & MOVE" Mori-no-Hall Hashimoto, Kanagawa
2005
“Project the Projectors” former Sakamoto Elementary School, Tokyo
“SKY-HIGH: Kazuhiko Hachiya, Taro Shinoda, Naoki Ishikawa" KPO Kirin Plaza, Osaka
2006
“THE EXPOSED of the art vol.1: Photographs" Contemporary Art Space Osaka
“New Visions of Japanese Photography" Yachao Gallery, Shanghai
“epSITE retrospective 1998-2006" EPSON Imaging Gallery epSITE, Tokyo
2007
“Emerging Artists in Meguro : Seven Artists, Seven Aspects" Meguro Museum Of Art, Tokyo
“The Doctoral Program Final Exhibitions” Tokyo University of the Arts The University Art Museum, Tokyo
2008
“Matrix of Photography 2008 Towards a game of Photography: 11 Contemporary Artists playing with Photography" Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa
“Art and Ecology: Ecosophy in Practice 1" EYE of GYRE, Tokyo
“Whispered Prayers" 21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo
“The Exhibition of Photographic Society of Japan Award-winning Works“ FUJIFILM PHOTO SALON, Tokyo
“Five Photographers Show" Gallery ILLUM, Seoul, Korea
“NOW JUMP: Nam June Paik Festival" Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul, Korea
“MOT Collection: Survival Action: Focusing on New Aquistitions” Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
2009
“Artist File 2009: The NACT Annual Show of Contemporary Art” The National Art Center, Tokyo
“MOT Collection: Field of Dreams” Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
“Ecology and Art: From Nearby to Far Away” Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi, Gunma
“The 25th Higashikawa Prize” Higashikawa bunka gallery, Hokkaido
“Voyages” Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, Paris
“Sakhalin” Hokkaido Museum of Literature, Hokkaido
“Contemporary Japanese Photography Vol.8: Voyage” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
“PHOTO BOOK.PH 2009＋10” Photobook Award, Frankfurt
2010
“Crossing Chaos 1999-2009” Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo / Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka
“VOCA: The Vision of Contemporary Art” The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
“Setouchi International Art Festival” Fukutake House (Former Megi Elementary School), Kagawa
“126 POLAROID” Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa
“2010 Sagamihara Grand Prize” Sagamihara citizen’s gallery, Kanagawa
“Tokyo Art Meeting: Transformation” Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
2012
“Daido Moriyama x Naoki Ishikawa To Nirvana and Back" Shibuya Hikarie 8/CUBE 1,2,3, Tokyo
"Water and Land-Niigata Art festival 2012" the old Sasagawa residence, Niigata
"Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2012" Niigata
2013
“Kunisaki Art Project -Spring” Kunisaki, Oita
2014
“Kunisaki Art Festival 2014” Kunimi Furusato Tenjikan Old Arinaga House & ZECCO, Oita
“Ohdate Kita Akita Art Festival 2014” Akita
“Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam Special Exhibition anima on photo” Netherlands
2015
Naoki Ishikawa + Yoshitomo Nara two-persons Exhibition
“to the north, from here” The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
“TRANSMIGRATION 2015” Alang-Alang House, Bali
“MOT Collection Postwar Art in Close-Up“ Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
“Water and Land Niigata Art Festival 2015” Niigata
“To the Heart of the Unknown Trail” Aomori
“Tokyo International Photography Festival 2015” ART FACTORY JONANJIMA, Tokyo
2016
“GENBI SHINKANSEN” Joetsu Shinkansen, Niigata
“Aomori EARTH 2016：Roots and Routes” Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori
“Form of Landscape in Photographs by Shinzo Maeda and Japnese
Contemporary Photographers” Ashikaga Museum of Art, Tochigi
“IKIMONO / NAOKI ISHIKAWA × KENSHICHI HESHIKI” Kenshichi Heshiki Gallery, Okinawa
2017
“Looking at the topography around the Shiraoi and Noboribetsu area,these places are named in the Ainu language” THE AINU MUSEUM, Hokkaido
“Risaku SUZUKI・Naoki ISHIKAWA PHOTO EXHIBITION in SHIRETOKO “TOP END”” Yume Hall Shiretoko, Hokkaido
“to the mountains” Setagaya Literature Museum, tokyo
“Sapporo International Art Festival 2017” Miyanomori International Museum of Art, Sapporo, Hokkaido
“OKU-NOTO TRIENNALE” Suzu, Ishikawa
“Kumamoto Admirable” Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
“Sequenza Sismica” THE MODENA MATA, Italy
“Géants, le spectacle de la montagne Exposition” Librairie Volume, Paris
2018
“NEW PLANET PHOTO CITY” 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, TOKYO
“Naoki ISHIKAWA & Ryuichi ISHIKAWA Photo Exhibition in Shiretoko “TOP END2”” Yume Hall Shiretoko, Hokkaido

Photographic Publications

POLE TO POLE, Chuokoron-shinsha, 2003<br /> THE VOID, knee high media japan, 2005<br /> NEW DIMENSION, AKAAKA Art Publishing, 2007<br /> POLAR, Little More, 2007<br /> VERNACULAR, AKAAKA Art Publishing, 2008<br /> Mt. Fuji, Little More, 2008<br /> ARCHIPELAGO, Shueisha, 2009<br /> CORONA, Seidosha, 2010<br /> Lhotse, SLANT, 2013<br /> Qomolangma, SLANT, 2014<br /> Manaslu, SLANT, 2014<br /> Makalu, SLANT, 2014<br /> Kunisaki Peninsula, Seidosha, 2014<br /> HAIR, Seidosha, 2014<br /> SAKHALIN, amana, 2015<br /> KATA and SATOYAMA, Seidosha, 2015<br /> K2, SLANT, 2015<br /> DENALI, SLANT, 2016<br /> Shiretoko Peninsula, The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, 2017<br /> Svalbard, SUPER LABO, 2017<br /> Ruisei no Shima, SUPER LABO, 2018 

Public Collections

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan <span lang="ja">［</span> THE VOID /<br /> NEW DIMENSION / POLAR <span lang="ja">］</span><br /> Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan <span lang="ja">［</span> Mt.Fuji <span lang="ja">］</span><br /> Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan <span lang="ja">［</span> ARCHIPELAGO <span lang="ja">］</span><br /> Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan <span lang="ja">［</span> ARCHIPELAGO <span lang="ja">］</span><br /> Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan <span lang="ja">［</span> KATA and SATOYAMA <span lang="ja">］</span><br /> Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art <span lang="ja">［</span> Mt.Fuji <span lang="ja">］</span><br /> Ken Domon Museum of Photography, Yamagata, Japan<span lang="ja">［</span> CORONA <span lang="ja">］</span><br /> Sagamihara-city, Kanagawa, Japan <span lang="ja">［</span> THE VOID / ARCHIPELAGO <span lang="ja">］</span><br /> Higashikawa bunka gallery, Hokkaido, Japan <span lang="ja">［</span> NEW DIMENSION <span lang="ja">］</span><br /> East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Niigata, Japan <span lang="ja">［</span> KATA and SATOYAMA /<br />  K2 <span lang="ja">］</span><br /> Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.<span lang="ja">［</span> POLAR <span lang="ja">］</span><br /> Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Shanghai, China <span lang="ja">［</span> THE VOID <span lang="ja">］</span> 

Award

2006 Sagamihara Emerging Photographer Incentive Award<br /> The Annual Miki Jun Award<br /> 2008 The Newcomer's Award from the Photographic Society of Japan<br /> The Kodansha Publication Culture Award for Photography.<br /> The Kaiko Takeshi [Non-Fiction] Award<br /> 2009 The Higashikawa Award, New Photographer Prize<br /> 2010 Sagamihara Award<br /> 2011 The Domon Ken Award 

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Morishta Maki

Morishta Maki (Morita Maki, English: Maki Morishita, 1975 -) is a dancer. She has performed solo works in more than 30 cities in 10 countries.
She was born in 1975 in a relocated family. She began modern dance in high school. When she was at Chiba University, Modern Dance Department, she appeared in many major works and performances as a dancer of "Study of Live works T (Vaneto)", together with Shiro Shirai.
She had participated in "Ito Kim + Shining Future" for three years from 1997. Together with the members she met there, "Makoto Kure" was established. In 2003, she performed her solo debut with "Debutant".

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Kasai

Akira Kasai is a butoh dancer, choreographer.

In the 1960s he made friends with Hijikata Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno and performed numerous solo dance performances, mainly in Tokyo.
He presided over the 70's Angel Pavilion and trained many dancers.
He studied in Germany from 1987 to 1985. After returning home, he had not do stage activity for 15 years, but he returned to the stage with "Serafita". After that, he performed numerous performances at home and abroad, and was admired as "Butoh's Nizzinski".

His masterpiece "Pollen Revolution" was performed in many cities of the world. He worked on Berlin, Rome, New York etc.
In April of this year, they will hold performances and work instruction at the Angers-France National Choreography Center, and tour in Italy in September.

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Mirai Moriyama

Mirai Moriyama (森山 未來 Moriyama Mirai, born August 20, 1984) is a Japanese actor and dancer.
Moriyama started training in dance when he was 5 years old. He trained in jazz dance, tap dance, ballet and hip-hop, and he appeared in several stage roles. He officially made his stage debut with 1999 Boys Time. In 2008, he played the lead character in a Japanese version of the musical RENT.

In the 2004 film Socrates in Love, he played a high school age hero trying to deal with his terminally-ill girlfriend. He also portrayed the character Kakuta on the film 20th Century Boys.

He starred in Kueki Ressha. He also appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's television drama Penance[4] and Junji Sakamoto's film A Chorus of Angels

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