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Yoko Nishii bridges Okinawa, Japan and Croatia performing Dora Pejacevic
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By Nenad N. Bach and Darko Žubrinić
Published on 05/16/2024
 

 The concert is organized by the Honorary Consulate of Croatia in Naha as a cultural exchange program between Croatia and Naha City. Also, as a charity concert, the proceeds will be donated through the Croatian Embassy to support the recovery from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake. The program includes compositions by Dora Pejačević (1885-1923), the first Croatian women-composer. The concert will take place on 19th May 2024 in the Naha Cultural Arts Theater "NAHArt", which was opened in 2021.
Charity concert, supporting the recovery from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake


Yoko Nishii at the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Tokyo.


The concert is organized by the Honorary Consulate of Croatia in Naha as a cultural exchange program between Croatia and Naha City. Naha City is the capital of Okinawa.

Also, as a charity concert, the proceeds will be donated through the Croatian Embassy to support the recovery from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.

The concert will take place on 19th May 2024 in the Naha Cultural Arts Theater "NAHArt", which was opened in 2021.


Program

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Clair de Lune

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849): Nocturne in D Flat Major, Op. 27-2

Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Liebestraume No. 3

Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Widmung (arranged by F. Liszt)

Franz Liszt:
Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke

***intermission***

Okinawa Folk Song: Tinsagu nu Hana

Ivo Josipović (1957- ), The Glass Bead Game

Dora Pejačević (1885-1923):
    • Rose (Flowers Life Op. 19-5)
    • Piano Sonata in B Flat Minor, Op. 36
      • I. Con fuoco ma non troppo allegro
      • II. Andante con molto espressione
      • III. Rondo. Allegro risoluto

The Okinawa dialect (Ryukyu-ben) is entirely different from Japanese language.

The NAHA Concert HALL: PDF

Announcement of Yoko Nishii's concert by the Okinawa Times, 15th May, 2024:






The concert was organized by the Honorary Consulate of Croatia in Naha, supported by Naha City and Croatian Embassy, also sponsored by the Hotel palm Royal Naha Kokusai Street and The Okinawa Times.

The concert was held as a cultural exchange project between Croatia and Naha City, and as a charity concert to support the recovery from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.

One million yen will be donated from the proceeds of the recital and other donations through the Croatian Embassy.


The concert was attended by 315 people, while the number of seats in the hall was 260! And 40 people were not permitted to enter the hall due to fire protection measures.

Welcome speeches were deliverred by Mr. Satoru Chinen, Mayor of the city of Naha, and H.E. Dražen Hrastić, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Japan.

Yoko Nishii with Blaženka and Dražen Hrastić







Speech of H.E. Dražen Hrastić, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Japan

Speech of Mr. Satoru Chinen, Mayor of the city of Naha, capital of Okinawa

Yoko Nishii playing in the concert hall of Naha, capital of Okinawa

Yoko with Mr. Koichi Takakura, Croatian Honorary Consul in Naha.