EAT

What's your morning ritual like?

Following a sold-out edition during Oerol Festival in 2023, artist and pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama returns this coming summer to Amsterdam with a series of fourteen concert-breakfast rituals.
This time hosted by Mediamatic, located within walking distance of Centraal Station where every minute and even second counts, a new approach to spending time is being performed.

Through a one-hour experience, EAT presents a seven-course piano composition paired with flavors that tell unique stories about time and place, such as aged miso produced on the island of Terschelling and plums from a 200-year-old tree. Energizing compositions by Henk van der Meulen and a Japanese vegan breakfast served on handmade bowls by ceramic artist Akihiro Nikaido bring what’s needed to begin days in a more attentive way.

Artist and pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama explains that during EAT, we sow the seeds, so that we can harvest the rewards in the hours that follow. She is interested in how people in Amsterdam spend their mornings. As many of us are stuck in a cycle of repetitive, easy meals and mind-numbing screen time, Mukaiyama feels the urge to disrupt this.

"Because the way I spend my morning strongly impacts my entire day, I created EAT. This performance is designed so that flavors engage in a dialogue with sounds, making you hyper-aware. After attending, you'll find a new focus, allowing you to appreciate the subtle details that often go unnoticed."

Tickets are now available from June 6th to 10th and 12th to 16th at 8:30 am. Prefer sleeping in? A second session is offered at 11:00 am only on Saturdays and Sundays.

Date and Time:

6th June (Thu) 8:30-
7th June (Fri) 8:30-

8th June (Sat) 8:30-, 11:00-

9th June (Sun) 8:30-, 11:00-

10th June (Mon) 8:30-

12th June (Wed) 8:30-

13th June (Thu) 8:30-

14th June (Fri) 8:30-

15th June (Sat) 8:30-, 11:00-

16th June (Sun) 8:30-, 11:00-

Tomoko Mukaiyama (Pianist/Artist/Director)

Tomoko Mukaiyama is a Dutch-Japanese pianist, visual artist and director based in Amsterdam. In 1991 she was the first Japanese pianist to win the prestigious Dutch Gaudeamus competition and in 1993 she won the Muramatsu Prize in Japan, which is awarded to an outstanding musician.She has been engaged by many prestigious orchestras and ensembles throughout the world, like the Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt, the London Sinfonietta and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, among many others. Tomoko pushes on the boundaries of the classical music world; she has a fascination for offbeat contemporary art projects and plays with the conventions around her instrument, her profession and its performance. Tomoko uses her experience as a concert pianist to bring new dimensions to the concert space - as a multi-modal artist she develops performing arts projects and art installations, that combine music with modern dance, fashion and visual art.

https://tomoko.nl/

Credit

Concept + Piano: Tomoko Mukaiyama

Composer: Henk van der Meulen

Performer: Ting Gong, Yuji Tsutsumida

Ceramic Artist: Akihiro Nikaido

Graphic design: Simo Tse

Marketing: Willem Schenk

Production assistant: Yayoi Manabe

Production: Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation, Mediamatic

Supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten

video "EAT" from Oerol Festival 2023