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Japanese Memory - Singing with Japanese and Western Music

Project for Promoting the Appeal of Japanese Music - Fostering young people through Japanese cultural activities

2026/03/22(su.) 14:00 Starting

Aoba no Mori Park Art & Culture Hall （Chiba）

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Japanese Memory - Singing with Japanese and Western Music

From ancient myths to Edo town songs, this special performance spins memories of people's lives and prayers in sound. J-TRAD Ensemble MAHOROBA, an elite group in the project to nurture young musicians, will perform a new sound world in which Japanese instruments such as koto, shamisen, shakuhachi, and musical instruments, as well as an elite string quartet, will resonate together to create a new sound world in which Japanese and Western cultures intersect. The works by Hidetaro Honjo, a composer who inherits tradition but is not afraid to innovate, and the spirited Yu Kuwabara, as well as "Hana no fuga" and "Ode to Susanowo," which will be performed for the first time, will bring the beauty of Japan to the future beyond time, and the profound music woven by the Japanese and Western worlds to the audience.

Program

■Part I: Graffiti in the countryside and popular songs of the Edo period
Mayuko": Composed by Hidetaro Honjo
Yoshiwara kiyatari zushi (Yoshiwara woodcarver zushi): Composed by Yu Kuwabara
Hana no fuga": composed by Hidetaro Honjo, arranged by Yu Kuwabara (2026)

Part II: The World of Ancient Mythology
Modern Kagura "Ode to Susanowo": Composed by Hidetaro Honjo, arranged by Yu Kuwabara (2026) premiere

Performer

  • Hidetaro Honjo

    Special Appearances (Song, Shamisen, Composition)

  • J-TRAD Ensemble MAHOROBA

    Japanese music ensemble

  • Honjo Shujiro

    shamisen

  • Hideji Honjo

    shamisen

  • Maya Kimura

    Song, 25-stringed koto

  • Nobutaka Yoshizawa

    koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)

  • Huaiyan oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)

    shakuhachi

  • Kisaburo Katada

    accompaniment

  • Yu Kuwabara

    composition

  • Shungo Mise

    violin

  • Ikuon Yamagata

    violin

  • Fumiko Kai

    viola

  • Seiko Takemoto

    cello

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