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  Nara Women’s University Centennial Celebration


The following events will be held at MoMAK in celebration of the centennial of the founding of Nara Women’s University.  (Contact)


Tuesday, November 11 – Monday (holiday), November 24, 2008
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto  1F/4F


I.  Commemorative lecture: 30th Anniversary of Dr. OKA Kiyoshi’s Death
Sunday, November 23, 2008  2:00PM–4:00PM
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto  1F Lecture hall

14:00–14:45 “The OKA Kiyoshi Collection Database”
TSUNODA Shuichiro (Professor, Department of Mathematics, Nara Women’s University)
15:00–16:00 “Song of Fire—The Life of OKA Kiyoshi, Mathematician”
TAKEUCHI Akira (Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University)
in Japanese only

OKA Kiyoshi (1901–1978) taught at Nara Women’s University as a professor and professor emeritus from 1949 to 1971.

(Nara Women’s University)


II.  Grand piano (coll. Nara Women’s University) concert by Albert Lotto
Sunday, November 23 & Monday (holiday), November 24
6:00PM–7:30PM (doors 5:30PM)
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto  1F Entrance hall
Reservation required, maximum capacity 150

17:30– doors open
18:00– Albert Lotto concert program (tentative)
J.S. Bach: „Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe“
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E minor
W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331: “Alla Turca”
W.A. Mozart: Fantasy No. 4 in C minor, K. 475
F.J. Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Hob.XVI:46
F. Liszt: “Reminiscences”
F.F. Chopin: Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major, Op. 27-2
F.F. Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66

Reservations:  Reservation is required for the concert above.  Limited to one person per reservation.
Please indicate (1) which day you would like to attend (the 23rd or the 24th), (2) your full name, and (3) contact information (address, phone number, FAX number).

     via reply‐paid postcard (ōfuku hagaki):

          Nara Women’s University: Piano Concert
          Kitauoyahigashi-machi, Nara  630-8506

     via FAX:  0742-20-3205

Your contact information will only be used to make a piano concert reservation and for no other purpose.

The grand piano owned by Nara Women’s University was made in the Meiji Period in Japan.  It will be on display in the museum entrance hall from November 22 to 24.

Albert Lotto (1946–) is an internationally renowned pianist based in New York.  His partner, pianist Miyoko Nakaya Lotto, is the third daughter of Dr. NAKAYA Ukichi, who was affiliated with Dr. OKA Kiyoshi.

(Nara Women’s University)


III.  Nara Women’s University and OGURA Yuki
Tuesday, November 11 – Monday (holiday), November 24, 2008
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto  4F Collection Gallery
Admission required

Strawberries (folding screen) and Full Bloom, coll. Nara Women’s University
Insect Cage, coll. Saho-kai Corporation (Alumni Association of the Nara Women’s Higher Normal School and Nara Women’s University)

The three works above will be on display as part of the 10th Collection Gallery exhibition at MoMAK from November 11 to 24.

OGURA Yuki (1895–2000) is a nihonga (Japanese-style painting) artist and the valedictorian of the class of 1917 of the Nara Women’s Higher Normal School.

(Nara Women’s University)


Organizer
The National University Corporation  Nara Women’s University

Cooperation
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

Support
The Kyoto Shimbun
Nara International Music Academy
Nara Newspaper
Yamaha Corporation


Contact
Nara Women’s University
General Affairs and Planning Division
Kitauoyahigashi-machi, Nara  630-8506
TEL 0742-20-3204


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