Satoko Fujii (Solo Piano)

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music in association with Jazz North East and The Lit and Phil presents…

SATOKO FUJII

The Literary and Philosophical Society (The Loftus Room)
Friday 4th October 2024
Doors: 12.30pm (Music Starts 1.00pm)
Full Price: £8.00
Age Restrictions: All ages welcome with under 18’s accompanied by an adult.

1.00pm - 2.00pm
Satoko Fujii
Satoko Fujii (Solo Piano) 
 
Part of Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music

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0191 232 0192 / library@litandphil.org.uk
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Age Restrictions: All ages welcome with under 18’s accompanied by an adult.

Accessibility: The Loftus Room at The Lit and Phil is partly accessible. There is a lift at the venue entrance for wheelchair users to access the building and performance space, no wheelchair accessible toilets are available in the building. 

The festival has permissions for visiting wheelchair users to access toilets located on the ground floor in Sleeperz Hotel which is just a few doors down (16 ft) to the right of the Lit and Phil as you exit the building. 

Accessible toilets are also available at 5 Quarter Cafe Bar to the left as you exit the building. 

The Private Members Library is not a wheelchair accessible space and is preceded by a small number of stairs. 

Travel: Any Bus and Metro to Central Station which is located less than 300 ft from the venue (approximately 2 minutes walk).

There is limited street parking, the closest car park is at Central Station
(Charges may apply).


Artist Biographies 

Satoko Fujii (Solo Piano)

Pianist and composer SATOKO FUJII, “an improviser of rumbling intensity and generous restraint” (Giovanni Russonello, New York Times), is one of the most original voices in jazz today. For more than 25 years, she has created a unique, personal music that spans many genres, blending jazz, contemporary classical, rock, and traditional Japanese music into an innovative synthesis instantly recognizable as hers alone. 

“Fujii’s music troubles the divide between abstraction and realism. . . . All of this amounts to abstract expressionism, in musical form. But it’s equaled by her rich sense of simplicity, sprung from the feeling that she is simply converting the riches of the world around her into music,” writes Giovanni Russonello in the New York Times. 

A prolific composer for ensembles of all sizes and a performer who has appeared around the world, she was the recipient of a 2020 Instant Award in Improvised Music, in recognition of her “artistic intelligence, independence, and integrity.” 

Her talent as a big band composer, arranger, and leader have been recognized numerous times in DownBeat Critics Polls. The New York City Jazz Record has twice named her Artist of the Year. In 2021, El Intruso named her Pianist of the Year.

It’s great pleasure to invite Satoko Fujii to perform solo at this years Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music following her last visit to Tyneside performing alongside Australian Pianist Alister Spence in the outstanding Kira Kira Quartet.  

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