Post by Rakhee on Sept 29, 2004 12:08:33 GMT
SHINICHI KINOSHIITA
TSUGARU-SHAMISEN 2004 (JAPANESE JAZZ/ FOLK)
AT
PURCELL ROOM, SOUTHBANK CENTRE
ON
SUNDAY 31st OCTOBER 2004
Tickets £12/ £8 (concessions)
Box Office: London Purcell Room 0870 380 0400
The acclaimed Tsugaru-Shamisen star and top Japanese traditional instruments players present a fusion of traditional and modern improvised rhythm and sounds.
Tsugaru-Shamisen is a three-string banjo-like instrument played in the folk style in Tsugaru region of northern Japan with history of more than 100 years. Its character and spirit are often compared with jazz, both in its improvisational approach and in its roots. It evolved from blind street minstrels who played door to door. With its earthy and percussive sound, it is particularly popular with the younger Japanese now.
Born in 1965 and starting shamisen lessons at age 10, Kinonutsa passed a Tsugaru-shamisen audition at age 17. He went on to win the Tsugaru-shamisen Nationwide Tournament two years running (1986-87) and in 2000, he won the first championship of “Tsugaru Shamisen National Tournament of Successive Class “A” Champion Yamada Chisato Cup Contest.
Kinonutsa’s challenging music fuses these traditional roots with rock, jazz and contemporary music. He has established his own dynamic genre, Tsugaru Fusion, which explores this crossover of traditional Japanese and Western instruments of any genre.
In November 2001, he released his first original albums, “Den” and “Kai”. In 2002, he released “SOGU”, a collaboration album with a celebrated Hungarian violinist Roby Lakatos from avex io and toured all over Japan. His fourth album, released in 2003, “SHOW” features an authentic Tsugaru-Shamiesn style.
Kinonutsa has performed in over 25 countries. Last year he participated in International Istanbul Music Festival and gave concerts in UK. This year, he returns with his one-off date at the Purcell Rooms, Southbank Centre.
For more info or images, please contact Pedro or Rakhee at FNIK PR on 020 8801 7890 or fnik@btconnect.com
TSUGARU-SHAMISEN 2004 (JAPANESE JAZZ/ FOLK)
AT
PURCELL ROOM, SOUTHBANK CENTRE
ON
SUNDAY 31st OCTOBER 2004
Tickets £12/ £8 (concessions)
Box Office: London Purcell Room 0870 380 0400
The acclaimed Tsugaru-Shamisen star and top Japanese traditional instruments players present a fusion of traditional and modern improvised rhythm and sounds.
Tsugaru-Shamisen is a three-string banjo-like instrument played in the folk style in Tsugaru region of northern Japan with history of more than 100 years. Its character and spirit are often compared with jazz, both in its improvisational approach and in its roots. It evolved from blind street minstrels who played door to door. With its earthy and percussive sound, it is particularly popular with the younger Japanese now.
Born in 1965 and starting shamisen lessons at age 10, Kinonutsa passed a Tsugaru-shamisen audition at age 17. He went on to win the Tsugaru-shamisen Nationwide Tournament two years running (1986-87) and in 2000, he won the first championship of “Tsugaru Shamisen National Tournament of Successive Class “A” Champion Yamada Chisato Cup Contest.
Kinonutsa’s challenging music fuses these traditional roots with rock, jazz and contemporary music. He has established his own dynamic genre, Tsugaru Fusion, which explores this crossover of traditional Japanese and Western instruments of any genre.
In November 2001, he released his first original albums, “Den” and “Kai”. In 2002, he released “SOGU”, a collaboration album with a celebrated Hungarian violinist Roby Lakatos from avex io and toured all over Japan. His fourth album, released in 2003, “SHOW” features an authentic Tsugaru-Shamiesn style.
Kinonutsa has performed in over 25 countries. Last year he participated in International Istanbul Music Festival and gave concerts in UK. This year, he returns with his one-off date at the Purcell Rooms, Southbank Centre.
For more info or images, please contact Pedro or Rakhee at FNIK PR on 020 8801 7890 or fnik@btconnect.com