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Sangen Crosses the Seas ~from Asian Continent to Japan~
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The concert will introduce Asian Sangen music from China and Mongolia, as well as a diverse array of Japanese Sangen music, from Nagauta, Jiuta, Gidayu and Sanshin, to Tsugaru jamisen.
Come experience the colorful sounds of the Sangen instruments from Asian continent to Japan.

Sangen Crosses the Seas ~from Asian Continent to Japan~
Fei Jian-Rong (C)Naoto SEKO
Sangen Crosses the Seas ~from Asian Continent to Japan~
Yutaka OYAMA

Schedule

Thursday, October 11, 2012, Opening at 17:00, Pre-talk at 17:15, Starting at 18:00

Program and Performer

【Part 1】
Gidayu-bushi “Hiraganaseisuiki : Sakaro no dan”
[Joruri] Sakihodayu TOYOTAKE
[Shamisen] Seishiro TSURUZAWA
Jiuta “Kurokami”
[Sangen] Akiko FUJII
Nagauta “Echigojishi”
[Song] Choichiro IMAFUJI and others
[Shamisen] Eihachiro KINEYA and others
[Flute and percussion ensemble] Roei TOUSHA and others

【Part 2】
Mongolia Shanz “sartai hürenii khadraa”and others
[Shanz] Oyunerdrne
Ryukyu classic music “Shukke bushi”
[Song and Sanshin] Yasuharu HIGA
[Koto] Hideaki MIYAZATO
Ryukyu Buyo “Wakasyuzei”
[Dance] Maki SHIDA and others
[Song and Sanshin] Yasuharu HIGA and others
China Sanxian “Hensai no yoru”
[Sanxian] Fei Jiang rong
Tsugaru jamisen “Tsugaru jonkara bushi”
[Tsugaru jamisen] Yutaka OYAMA
China Sanxian×Tsugaru jamisen “Choryu ni notte”
[Sanxian] Fei Jiang rong
[Tsugaru jamisen] Yutaka OYAMA

Admission fees

Reserved seats only
4,000yen (adults)  2,000yen (students)
*Earphone-guide service in English available.
*Children under 6 years old are prohibited from entry
 Buy Tickets (Japanese only)

Venue

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Concert Hall)