Annelies VAN PARYS

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Annelies VAN PARYS

Participating Project	Institutional Recommendation Program
Activity Based	Ghent (Belgium)
City / Place stayed	Tokyo
Period	2025.9-2025.11

Purpose of the residency

During my residency I would like to do some further research on Japanese story telling. It would also be great to be in contact with some performers of traditional music, to learn more about the music and its techniques. I'm also interested in the ‘sound’ of Japan. Therefor I will make field recordings.
For the future chamber opera project, I will collaborate with Ryoko Aoki for one of the vocal parts. This chamber opera handles the theme of domestic violence and femicide. For this I would like to learn more about women’s social position and about (domestic) violence in Japan.

Plan during the residency

• Collaborations with Ryoko Aoki and eventually other musicians to learn more about traditional Japanese singing and music, techniques and notation.
• Learn more about the social position of women in Japan with a focus on domestic violence & femicide.
• Making field recordings in Japan and the city of Tokyo and discover acoustically interesting places.
• Making first sketches for the opera and trying to find interest to co-produce or present the opera in Japan. Next to this: working a bit on current projects (SWR Vokal & EUYO strings).
• Visit conservatories of Hiroshima where the Royal Conservatory has a connection as part of my duties as a Professor in Brussels.

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