The 10th Jun Sugawara Arrangement Collection - TCM Percussion Gallery

The Jun Sugawara Arrangement Collection Series has reached a total of 40 works, and this will be the 10th performance of the series, which will be active from 2020.
Jun Sugawara, former timpanist with the Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra of Japan and visiting professor at the Tokyo College of Music, has arranged all of the pieces, turning major orchestral pieces into percussion ensembles.
Based on a detailed "script," the members will recreate the world of performing arts such as opera, ballet, and musicals.

Kyoko Kato, who is also active as an orchestral marimbist, will join the ensemble as a guest performer, expanding the colorful sounds and stage presence of the ensemble.

Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is also a "masterpiece" of the "Percussion Museum.
The only appearance of those "tools" or rather "percussion instruments" is probably only in Jun Sugawara's arrangement.

The most noteworthy part is the appearance of the "straight bass-balimba" in the "Dance of the Fire Festival. It is an instrument made by a marimba maker named "Musser," and is a huge bass marimba, over 2 meters high, of which there are only three in Japan.

The trick of arrangement is hidden in every piece. As the name of the song suggests, the percussion instruments will surely create "magic.

We hope you will come to the venue and experience the "magic" that you will not understand until you hear and see the music.
The arrangements are so funny that you can't help but laugh, probably because Sugawara is from the Kansai region.
You will be able to feel the infinite possibilities of percussion instruments from beginning to end.

"How many different types of percussion instruments are used, and are the songs changing little by little?"
is one of the unique pleasures of this performance.

This is a performance that is sure to surprise not only those who have heard percussion pieces but also those who have heard orchestral pieces before with its unpredictable structure and performances by up-and-coming artists who graduated from the Tokyo College of Music in Nakameguro, which is currently the focus of much attention.

Tickets are available at Ticket Pia or at the performers.

A YouTube channel has been launched. Past performances from the Arrangement Collection series to Jun Sugawara Solo can be viewed. Search for "Jun Sugawara Solo,Arrangement Collection.
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