- This program has finished.
- Performance: Trond Magne Brekka (Flutist/Piccoloist,
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Global Artist-in-Residence, TAHIM)
- Date: Thursday, April 26, 2018, 7:00 pm
- Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
- Language: English
- Co-sponsored by Tokyo Academy of Instrumental Heritage Music (TAIHM), IMJS (Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies): Japanese Cultural Heritage Initiatives at Columbia University, supported by Toshiba International Foundation
- Tickets: 1,000 yen (Students: 500 yen, IHJ Members: Free)
Norwegian Trond Magne Brekka (flute/piccolo), the 2018 Global Artist-in-Residence, speaks about his career in Europe and experiences in the shakuhachi training under the 2018 Global Artist Residency program in Japan. He will also give a performance on the flute and play some tunes on the shakuhachi.
Launched in 2014 by the Tokyo Academy of Instrumental Heritage Music (TAIHM), the program is administered by IMJS: Japanese Cultural Heritage Initiatives at Columbia University (currently with support from the Toshiba International Foundation) and offers unique opportunities for professional wind instrumentalists of major orchestras around the world to train intensively for three months in a Japanese instrument.
Trond Magne Brekka is a solo-piccoloist in the Oslo Philharmonic. He has previously held the same position in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 2001 until 2008 and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra from 2008 until 2014.
Brekka started his studies at the Norwegian Music School, continued at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris and obtained his postgraduate diploma from the Royal College of Music in London.
As chamber musician he has played in radio and television and at festivals such as the Festivals in Bergen and Risør Chamber Music Festival. He has acted as a soloist with several of the country’s orchestras and held master classes in flute and piccolo across Europe.
He has previously taught at the Grieg Academy in Bergen and currently teaches at the Norwegian Music Academy as well as Barratt Due Music Institute.