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Live from the NHK Hall, Tokyo (2014):
Excerpt of "The Ninth Symphony" - an epic ballet performance by Maurice Béjart to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor. Featuring the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, The Tokyo Ballet, Ritsuyukai Choir & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta.
Watch the full event: youtu.be/stIxeUhaIzI
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Choreography and staging: Maurice Béjart
Artistic director: Gil Roman
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Béjart Ballet Lausanne
The Tokyo Ballet
Ritsuyukai Choir
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta - conductor
Soloist dancers:
Dan Tsukamoto, Mizuka Ueno, Iori Nittono, Aya Takagi, Kathleen Thielhelm, Masayoshi Onuki, Elisabet Ros, Julien Favreau, Lisa Cano,Fabrice Gallarrague, pauline Voisard, Felipe Rocha, Oscar Chacon, Keisuke Nasuno, Marsha Rodriguez, Cosima Munoz, Mari Ohashi, Kwinten Guilliams, Aldriana Vargas Lopez, Hector Navarro, Alanna Archibald
Gil Roman - narrator
Kristin Lewis - soprano
Mihoko Fujimura - mezzo-soprano
Kei Fukui - tenor
Alexander Vinogradov - bass
jB Meiner & Thierry Hochstätter - percussion
About "The Ninth Symphony" by Maurice Béjart
Maurice Béjart’s compelling staging of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony has been enchanting audiences worldwide since its inception and its idea of universal brotherhood remains highly topical. “Alle Menschen werden Brüder” (All men will be brothers) is a powerful message communicated by the unforgettable music and choreography.
From the stage of the NHK Hall in Tokyo, 250 dancers and musicians send this message out into the world. “It is a ‘manifestation’, in the deepest sense of the word.” Maurice Béjart This performance of Maurice Béjart’s “Ninth Symphony” has been performed at the NHK Hall, Tokyo in November 2014. It is the very first recording for TV and DVD.
TV Director: Mari Inamasu
Produced by EuroArts Music & NHK, Japan
in co-production with WDR/Arte
in cooperation with RTS/Sintonía Media/Medici TV
© 2015, WDR/EuroArts/NHK
Live from the NHK Hall, Tokyo (2014):
Excerpt of "The Ninth Symphony" - an epic ballet performance by Maurice Béjart to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor. Featuring the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, The Tokyo Ballet, Ritsuyukai Choir & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta.
Watch the full event: youtu.be/stIxeUhaIzI
Subscribe to EuroArts: goo.gl/jrui3M
Choreography and staging: Maurice Béjart
Artistic director: Gil Roman
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Béjart Ballet Lausanne
The Tokyo Ballet
Ritsuyukai Choir
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta - conductor
Soloist dancers:
Dan Tsukamoto, Mizuka Ueno, Iori Nittono, Aya Takagi, Kathleen Thielhelm, Masayoshi Onuki, Elisabet Ros, Julien Favreau, Lisa Cano,Fabrice Gallarrague, pauline Voisard, Felipe Rocha, Oscar Chacon, Keisuke Nasuno, Marsha Rodriguez, Cosima Munoz, Mari Ohashi, Kwinten Guilliams, Aldriana Vargas Lopez, Hector Navarro, Alanna Archibald
Gil Roman - narrator
Kristin Lewis - soprano
Mihoko Fujimura - mezzo-soprano
Kei Fukui - tenor
Alexander Vinogradov - bass
jB Meiner & Thierry Hochstätter - percussion
About "The Ninth Symphony" by Maurice Béjart
Maurice Béjart’s compelling staging of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony has been enchanting audiences worldwide since its inception and its idea of universal brotherhood remains highly topical. “Alle Menschen werden Brüder” (All men will be brothers) is a powerful message communicated by the unforgettable music and choreography.
From the stage of the NHK Hall in Tokyo, 250 dancers and musicians send this message out into the world. “It is a ‘manifestation’, in the deepest sense of the word.” Maurice Béjart This performance of Maurice Béjart’s “Ninth Symphony” has been performed at the NHK Hall, Tokyo in November 2014. It is the very first recording for TV and DVD.
TV Director: Mari Inamasu
Produced by EuroArts Music & NHK, Japan
in co-production with WDR/Arte
in cooperation with RTS/Sintonía Media/Medici TV
© 2015, WDR/EuroArts/NHK
