Sannin no Kai
Sannin no Kai ( Japanese 三人 の 会 , dt. "Group of Three") was a group of Japanese composers that was founded in 1953 and existed until 1962. The "three" included Akutagawa Yasushi , the son of the writer Akutagawa Ryūnosuke , Dan Ikuma and Mayuzumi Toshirō . The group held five concerts, not least to make their own works and compositions known.
The five concerts of the "three"
- Concert number 1
- Date: January 26, 1954 at Hibiya City Hall, Chiyoda Ward , Tokyo
- Alexandre Tansman : Triptyque (world premiere in Japan, conductor: Ueda Masashi )
- Akutagawa Yasushi: Symphony No. 1
- Mayuzumi Toshirō: Bacchanale - "Kyōen"
- Dan Ikuma: Sinfonia Burlesca
- Concert number 2
- Date: June 23, 1955 in Hibiya City Hall, Chiyoda District , Tokyo with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
- Anton Webern : Symphony op.21 (world premiere in Japan, conductor: Ueda Masashi)
- Mayuzumi Toshirō: "Tōn Pureromasu 55" ( ト ー ン ・ プ レ ロ マ ス 55 )
- Dan Ikuma: Orchestral Suite "The Silk Road"
- Akutagawa Yasushi: Divertimento
- Concert number 3
- Date: April 2, 1958 at the Shinjuku Koma Theater, Kabukichō District, Shinjuku District , Tokyo with the NHK Symphony Orchestra
- Mayuzumi Toshirō: Nehan kokyokyoku ("Nirvana Symphony") (Conductor: Iwaki Hiroyuki )
- Dan Ikuma: "Journey through Arabia"
- Akutagawa Yasushi: Ellora Symphony
- Concert number 4
- Date: March 27, 1960 at Yomiuri Hall, Chiyoda District, Tokyo with the NHK Symphony Orchestra
- Mayuzumi Toshirō: Mandala Symphony (Conductor: Iwaki Hiroyuki)
- Dan Ikuma: Symphony No. 3 (Conductor: Iwaki Hiroyuki)
- Akutagawa Yasushi: Opera Kurai kagami , ("The Black Mirror") (Conductor: Iwaki Hiroyuki)
- Concert number 5
- Date: April 16, 1962 at Osaka Festival Hall, Kita district with the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
- Mayuzumi Toshirō: Nehan kokyokyoku ("Nirvana Symphony")
- Dan Ikuma: Orchestral Suite "The Silk Road"
- Akutagawa Yasushi: Opera Kurai kagami , ("The Black Mirror")
