36th KEK Concert

Kuniko Obina Concert
- The Japanese Tradition :
Joint performance with Koto, Kokyu, Fue and Tsugaru Shamisen -

October 12, 2010 (Tue.) 6pm

Kobayashi Hall, Main Research Build. (Kenkyu Honkan), KEK　

Admission Free

programme［pdf］



♪　Programme　♪


Kochi, The East Wind

Shunsuke Kimura

From two variations, "Sakura-Sakura"

Tadao Sawai

Sougethuka

Shunsuke Kimura

Tsugaru jyonkara busi

Folk music of Tsugaru

Cross Roads

Shunsuke Kimurao

... and others

Koto : a kind of Japanese harp
Kokyu : Japanese fiddle
Shamisen : three-stringed Japanese lute
Fue : Japanese flute
Tsugaru Shamisen : three-stringed lute in Tsugaru area (Northern part of Japan)



Kuniko Obina（Koto, Kokyu）

She was taught to play the koto by her mother at age three and began jiuta-sangen at age ten. She studied at the Traditional Japanese Music Course of Tokyo National Univ. of Fine Arts & Music and graduated it. She passed the Japanese Music Audition of NHK. In 1990, she began to have recitals. She actively makes recordings and has concerts abroad as well as in Japan.

http://www.hayamamoonstudio.com/kuniko.htm
Shunsuke Kimura（Fue, Tsugaru Shamisen）

He is one of the most acclaimed composers and performers on traditional instruments in Japan today. He has travelled in every corner of the country to discover the various melody, rhythm and styles of carnivals and folk music, and assimilated them in his own music-making.

http://insho.kmlw.net/

Etsuro Ono（Tsugaru-Shamisen）

Born in Akita prefecture in 1972. He studied Tsugaru-syamisen from Chisato Yamada, and won the top prize at a national convention of Tsugaru-syamisen. He has been playing Tsugaru-syamisen as a member of Warabi-za in Japan and abroad. In 2009, he released an album "DUO" with Shunsuke Kimura.

http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~hanzou/band/index.html


All concerts in the KEK Concert series are open to the public and admission free. If you wish to attend, please notify your name and address to the Information Centre at the Main Gate of KEK upon your arrival.