JSPS-Abend 2015

Datum: 2. September 2015
Venue: Hotel Bristol, Prinz-Albert-Straße 2, 53113 Bonn

PROGRAM

17:00

Reception

17:30

Greetings

  • Prof. Dr. Makoto Asashima (Executive Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
  • Prof. Dr. Michael Hoch (Rector, University of Bonn)
  • Dr. Enno Aufderheide (Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
  • Takeshi Nakane (Ambassador, Embassy of Japan)
17:00

Music: Nina Gurol (piano), Gregor Krebs (vibraphone, percussion)

  • Emmanuel Séjourné – Concerto for Vibraphone and String Orchestra
  • Joseph Haydn – from Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:52 – Adagio (I)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach – Sarabande in B minor
18:30

Toast
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus (Chairman, German JSPS Alumni Association; Meiji University, Tokyo)

18:35

Dinner

19:45 Lecture: Cosmic Microwave Background: Fossil of the Fireball Universe
Prof. Dr. Eiichiro Komatsu (Director, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
20:00

Dessert

Music: Nina Gurol, Gregor Krebs

  • Johann Sebastian Bach – Double
  • Alexander Scriabin – Etude Op. 42, No. 5
  • Herbie Hancock – Cantaloupe Island
  • Gregor Krebs – Flying Sticks (a percussion improvisation)
20:45

Closing remarks
Prof. Dr. Keiichi Kodaira (Director, JSPS Bonn Office)