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Meguro Lecture Concert "Hogaku Kirara Unofficial

Koto Renaissance (Edo Period - Modern)

2025/05/17(sa.) 14:00 Starting

Nakameguro GT Plaza HallTokyo

Official https://www.persimmon.or.jp/performance/sponsored/2025021809531863998.html

The Meguro Lecture Concert "Hogaku Kirara" to be held on May 17, 2025, is a performance that aims to promote the prosperity of traditional performing arts centering on the koto. With the subtitle of "Koto Renaissance (Edo Period to the Present Day)," the concert will skillfully unravel the world of Ikuta-style koto music and present a fascinating stage featuring a mixture of deep history and innovation, performed by renowned performers including Komugi Ashigaki (shakuhachi), Yoshiko Takahashi, Yuko Watanabe and Ikuko Ashigaki. The concert will also include a special performance and exhibition using the Nagiso koto, incorporating new attempts to carry on the tradition in the modern age. The performance, to be held at the Nakameguro GT Plaza Hall, will be a rare opportunity to fully experience the depth and innovation of hogaku in a high-quality setting.

Program

  • Six-step key (using Nagiso koto)

  • five-stage block block party

  • Chidori's song

  • Water metamorphosis

  • murmur

  • Suite on Ryukyu Folk Songs

The project includes a performance and exhibition on the Nagiso Koto, and is a fusion of tradition and innovation.

Performer

  • Ashigaki League

    shakuhachi

  • Yoshiko Takahashi

    koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)

  • Yuko Watanabe

    koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)

  • Ikuko Ashigaki

    koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)

  • Japanese Music Study Group Ashigaki

    organizing

  • (Meguro Arts Foundation

    joint sponsorship

  • Tokyo Inter Arts Meguro

    joint sponsorship

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