The many celebrated works of HKBP, performed on percussion, rap, flute, alto saxophone, and trumpet. A borderless concert where rap, gagaku, jazz, and rock entwine.

When live performances were cancelled due to COVID-19, KOIKE Hiroshi turned to film for the first time. Two panoramic views of the Mahabharata: a five-minute photo film and a twenty-five-minute motion picture.

Dancer IWASHITA Toru and jazz trumpeter NAKAMURA Keisuke. Rapper and percussionist Shitamachi-Kyoudai. What will happen?

A deep dive into the life and past of KOIKE Hiroshi.

The many celebrated works of HKBP, performed on percussion, rap, flute, alto saxophone, and trumpet. A borderless concert where rap, gagaku, jazz, and rock entwine.

Gagaku meets jazz? OTA Yutaka leads young gagaku musicians in improvisation, interwoven with hip-hop, contemporary dance, and Nihon-buyō.

Music critic SATO Eisuke interviews KOIKE Hiroshi about his musical life, while Frank Zappa scholar UMEMURA Shoji paints and interjects.

A mysterious encounter between diverse voices, flute, and saxophone, interwoven with contemporary and ballet dancers.

KOIKE Hiroshi, who believes classical forms should not be confined to their genre, in conversation with OTA Yutaka, who became a gagaku musician after studying jazz.

A multi-day workshop would be ideal, but this two-hour condensed version offers a taste of the extraordinary.

SAEKI Tsuyoshi, editor of the acclaimed journal Kaze no Tabibito, interrogates KOIKE Hiroshi — accompanied by documentary film and photo screenings of “HINOTORI”.

Pianist and composer NAKAGAWA Toshio, jazz trumpeter NAKAMURA Keisuke, and dancer MATSUSHIMA Makoto — who has long worked alongside KOIKE — together with KOIKE’s student, a young hip-hop dancer.

The dance of Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Heritage TSUMURA Reijiro opens the piece, while calligrapher NANASAWA Nanami writes as NAKAGAWA Toshio’s toy piano and melodica melt the air. Jazz trumpeter NAKAMURA Keisuke drives in sharp, precise sound. Shitamachi-Kyoudai and NAKAGAWA play freely as MATSUSHIMA Makoto and TSUMURA Reijiro intertwine once more — an improvised work.

Visual artists AIDA Makoto and KURIBAYASHI Takashi, who have long worked on KOIKE’s scenic design, are joined by composer and pianist NAKAGAWA Toshio. Four voices — no telling where this conversation will go.