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Online event
London
England
Programme
Kazuya Sato – Sakura-iro no Waltz
Performers
Kazuya Sato – shinobue
Programme Note
Kazuya Sato Shinobue Flute Concert
~ The Song of the Cherry Blossoms Carried in the Spring Breeze ~
This April, a springtime musical event will be held on the grounds of Honpō-ji for the first time in about four years, as the Temple serves as the backdrop for an online shinobue performance. Reaching out beyond Japan, the spring concert will be streaming internationally with tickets available online.
Live Stream: On 3rd April 2021 from 8:30 to 10:00 BST (Sat)
*Archive: Until 10th April 2021 at 23:30 BST (Sat)
Live stream will take place from Kyoto Eishouzan Honpouji Temple
Shinobue artist Kazuya Sato
The musician who will be playing at this live, online event is Kazuya Sato, who has dedicated much of his life to the art of Shinobue, a traditional bamboo flute which has been a part of Japanese artistic culture for centuries. Also known as a Takebue, this instrument has long been involved in ancient public art forms, including the internationally recognised Noh and Kabuki, two of the most important forms of Japanese theatre.
Kazuya Sato has been earnestly practicing with the Shinobue since graduating university, but he first picked up the flute as a junior high-school student to get involved with a local Karatsu Kunchi Festival being held in his home prefecture of Saga.
The iconic wind instrument has been part of a journey into music which also led Kazuya Sato to study the piano, drums, and guitar. Today Sato has become a composer in his own right, preforming during a special Buddhist ceremony at UNESCO World Heritage Site Yakushi-ji Temple in Nara, and even taking a part in composition of the main theme for NHK TV drama ‘Gochisosan’ which went on to win Song of The Year at the 2014 Japan Record Award.
Read more about Kazuya Sato here.
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