Eriko Makimura Plays Four Seasons - Under The Cherry Trees

Eriko

Makimura Plays Four Seasons - Under

the Cherry TreesIn collaboration with costume designer and

milliner Frida Barfod.The program is structured by four

different scenes. Each scene represents each season throughout her

storytelling, music and significant costumes created by Danish

costume designer and milliner Frida Barfod. Frida and Eriko had a

three weeks research trip together in Japan, spring 2024 to

investigate how come humans are dazzled by the ephemeral moments of

cherry blossoms in full bloom and afterwards their quick

falling.According

to the Japanese renowned poet Kajii Motojiro, a corpse is buried

under a cherry tree. All rotting, maggoty, and unbearably smelly. Yet

they’re dripping with a liquid-like crystal. The roots of the

cherry tree, like a greedy octopus, clutch at them and suck the

fluid, collecting hairy roots like the eating threads of a sea

anemone.The stories of summer, autumn and winter as well as spring will each be presented through music.Doors: 19:30



【Program】Spring:

Under the Cherry Trees Igor

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (transcribed for piano solo)Summer:Death

of firefliesLera

Auerbach: from 24 Preludes for pianoAutumn:

Four Extended NovemberLudwig

van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.8 c minor Op.13 “Pathétique”Winter:

Fjord in Deep SleepPeter

Ilyich Tchaikovsky: from The SeasonsPianist and performance artist: Eriko Makimura

Costume and set design: Frida Barfod

Sound and lighting design: Jiazi Liu