Masaya YAMAUCHI (Uta−Sanshin) Live in the Helsinki Temppeliaukio Rock Church

Описание: Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts Ryukyu Classical Music(Uta-Sanshin) 31.10.2023
Temppeliaukion kirkko, Lutherinkatu 3, 00100 Helsinki

Program
庭 / A Garden 塚本 一実/Kazumi TSUKAMOTO (premiere) Vocal 山内 昌也/ Masaya YAMAUCHI
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仲間節 / Nakama-Bushi 首里節 / Shui Bushi
茶屋節 / Chaya Bushi
歌三線 Uta-Sanshin 山内 昌也/ Masaya YAMAUCHI

Profile
Masaya YAMAUCHI (Uta−Sanshin)

Masaya YAMAUCHI, born in Okinawa, graduated from Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts. He completed his graduate studies there. He studied Sanshin under Eiji Shimabukuro, a master of Ryukyu classical music, from the 5th grade of elementary school.
He is the holder of the National Important Intangible Cultural Property ”Ryukyu Dance” (Uta-Sanshin)and Okinawa Prefecture Designated Intangible Cultural Property “Okinawa Traditional Music of Tansui, as well as a certified instructor of the” Tanshui-school” Ryukyu Classical Music Society for preservation and the “Nomura-School “Ryukyu Classical Music Associations.
Currently, he is dean of the Faculty of Music and Graduate School, professor of Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, representative director and performance member of the Ryukyu Traditional Performing Arts Design Laboratory, and director of Gallery Shiri Terrace.

Kazumi TSUKAMOTO (Composer)

Kazumi TSUKAMOTO was born in 1963. He studied composition at Tokyo University of the Arts and graduated with the honour performance of his orchestral work. He was awarded the 16th and 25th Composition Awards by the Japan Symphony Foundation, the 2nd Prize & Publishing Prize in the 2009 Universal Marimba Composition Competition. His works are much acclaimed for their eminent combination of novelty and pureness with stable national traits. Since 2015, he has been working closely with maestro Izumi TATENO.
Currently, he is a professor of the music department at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, a member of the Japan Society of Contemporary Music and Japan Composers and Arrangers Association, and president of the All-Japan Association of The Creation of Children’s Songs.

Supported by the Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation