Gokan: immersive show at the Eiffel Tower to discover Tokyo through classic music

When music invites you to travel. This is the concept to enjoy on Wednesday November 16, 2022, on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris for the first edition of Gokan. The idea of this event devoted to classic music? Carrying the audience to Tokyo, making them enjoy a fabulous musical journey. Imagine a chamber music recital shaped as an immersive experience (with screenings) 187 feet above the ground.

For this great first, this musical event welcomes three young talents and classic music rising stars on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower: Japanese pianist Rieko Tsuchida, French cello player Julie Sévilla-Fraysse and Japanese violinist Aiko Okamura.

As for the program planned for this night, it will shine a light on the historic ties between France and Japan. The audience will rediscover French romantic and modern music (Ravel, Debussy…) and contemporary Japanese music (Ryuichi Sakamoto).

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CONCERT PROGRAM

• Ryuichi Sakamoto – A Flower is not a Flower
• Claude Debussy – Piano Trio – II. Scherzo
• Jean Francaix – Rondino – Staccato for Cello and Piano
• Joe Hisaishi- Oriental Wind
• Ryuichi Sakamoto – Happy End
• Paul Schoenfeld – Cafe Music – I. Allegro
• Frederic Chopin – Nocturne No.2 in E flat Major Op.9,2
• Claude Debussy – L’Isle Joyeuse
• Ryuichi Sakamoto – Thousand Knives
• Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio in A minor – IV. Final – Animé

So, feel like attending this travel-inducing classic music show on the Eiffel Tower? Meet on November 16, 2022, from 5:30 p.m., on the first floor of the Iron Lady. A piece of advice: book tickets here!