The Waymaker: Michiko Toyama across Three Worlds, Prologue
By Maki SaitoYears later, people would still speak of that morning in Paris.It was June 21, 1937. The auditorium of the Comedie des Champs-Elysees had
In the summer of 1937, Michiko Toyama made history by conducting a piece of her own composition at the Comedie des Champs-Elysees in Paris. The event took place during the fifteenth festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music, attracting a crowd of composers, critics, students and curious Parisians. The young Japanese woman walked confidently to the podium, bowing before conducting a piece called The Voice of Yamato, which drew inspiration from Japan's oldest poetry anthologies.
As the final notes rang out, the auditorium erupted in applause, marking Michiko's debut as a conductor at an international festival.
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