Japanese composer and pianist Koki Nakano performs Oceanic Feeling, an album which vigorously explores life’s fine lines.

Presented in the round, Koki will be joined by world-renowned, contemporary dancers Nicolas Huchard and Christian Yav, whose dancing versatility has enabled them to work with some of the most prestigious names in fashion, cinema, and music, including the likes of Madonna and Jean-Paul Gautier.

Koki Nakano’s new album, Oceanic Feeling, is a celebration of ambiguity. The album’s title is borrowed from an expression coined by the French writer and musician, Romain Rolland, in 1927. In a letter written to Sigmund Freud, Rolland described the oceanic feeling as “the sensation of eternity, a feeling of being one with the external world as a whole”. While this concept of oneness permeates Nakano’s whole album, the music also deals with his inability to fully live in this so-called oceanic feeling, thus capturing the composer’s longing, frustration, and ultimately his search for harmony within his own limitations.

After the concert, we'll be screening a series of specially commissioned choreographed films to reflect Koki’s fascination with the world of dance - featuring choreographers Tess Voelker, Mourad Bouayad, Marion Motin and Nicolas Huchard. Directed by Benjamin Seroussi.

Doors 7pm, concert 8pm.