Projects
Lafcadio Hearn project
The Lafcadio Hearn Project* was created by ‘nothing but music’, Satoko Inoue and Yuji Ito in 2017 as part of ‘the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Ireland’, and is an ongoing project.
*Lafcadio Hearn is a very interesting writer who was born in Ireland, moved to the USA and ended his life in Japan. Japanese name ‘Koizumi Yakumo’.
The members of this project are
Japanese composer
Yuji Ito: director of nothing but music, lives in Japan
Akemi Naito: lives in the USA
Irish composer
John McLachlan: Lives in Ireland, also a narrator.
Paul Hayes: lived in Japan for nearly 20 years and now lives in Ireland
Pianist
Satoko Inoue: This project, with Lafcadio Hearn at its centre, was conceived by Satoko Inoue.
Narrator
Keiko Ibaraki: narrated the Japanese performances in Japan.
Each of the four composers selected a text by Lafcadio Hearn, composed for it, and performed it in a performance format with recitations.
Performed in Ireland (Letterkenny, Dublin, Waterford) and Japan (Tokyo, Matsue) in 2017 and in Canada (Montreal) and the USA (New York) in 2023.
4 Days of Concert and Symposium
Contemporary Music from Switzerland (2014)
2014 was the important anniversary year of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Japan. We "nothing but music" organized 4 days project of the concerts and symposium to introduce Swiss contemporary music works to the audience in Japan, by inviting Swiss composers and players.
Invited composers and players
Jean-Luc Darbellay (composer,moderation),
Noëlle-Anne Darbellay, violin and voice, Pierre-André Bovey, flute (also the composer)
Elsbeth Darbellay, bassethorn, Olivier Darbellay, horn, Hans Eugen Frischknecht, piano (also the composer), Max E. Keller, piano (also composer)
Hommage a Breccia (2003)
In 2003, Italian composer David Macculi organized the project "Hommage à Breccia" inviting 24 composers' works of 7 countries. Each composer chose a painting of Pier August Breccia (https://www.pieraugustobreccia.com/) who has in good contact with David, and composed the piece for it. In the concert, each painting had projected on to the screen, and the piece was performed by piano, flute and violin. This project was realized in Italy, Japan, Swiss and Germany. In Japan, Yuji Itoh – nothing but music - organized 2 concerts in Tokyo and Kobe. (piano : Satoko Inoue)
A Guide to Better Appreciation of 20th-century Music
(1995 - 1999)
This series of “concerts and the lectures” was held from 1995 to 1999,
planned by the cultural promotion foundation of Kodaira city, Tokyo.
"nothng but music" = Yuji Itoh and Satoko Inoue had done the whole work,
from making all the contents to directing all the performances.