Masako Ohta, HaiKu-la-Vier "Ein blühender Frühsommer"

Welcome to the Haiku & Piano Concert!

In the Japanese short poem - haiku - the four seasons are a very important element.
Poetry is released through the feeling of the seasons.
"HaiKu-la-Vier" is a harmony of haiku, piano, La Vie - life - and the four seasons.

"Each season I create a "HaiKu-la-Vier" concert.
I read classical haiku by great haiku poets in Japanese and translate these texts into German. For each haiku, I play suitable piano music from all possible eras and countries: this time with works by Takemitsu, Chopin, J.S.Bach, Ohta and improvisation, among others." In the concert, I choose the pieces of music spontaneously here and now and communicate with the pictures by Christoph Schneider."

Tokyo-born Japanese pianist, sound performer and composer Masako Ohta is active in the fields of classical and contemporary music, improvisation and film scoring. She was awarded the 2019 Förderpreis für Musik der Landeshauptstadt München and the Giesinger Kulturpreis 1st prize in 2016. Since 2021 she has been organizing together with the PATHOS Theater Munich

"IMAGINE" festivals together. She completed her piano studies in Tokyo and Berlin, as well as master classes with András Schiff, György Sebök and György Kurtág.