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Nikikai Japanese Song Study Group 23rd Concert Unofficial

2026/06/06(sa.) 13:00 Starting

Former Tokyo Music School Sogakudo （Tokyo）

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Nikikai Japanese Song Study Group 23rd Concert

The Nikikai Japanese Song Study Group will hold its 23rd concert at the historic Sogakudo Hall of the former Tokyo Music School. The Society, which has been contributing to the popularization and development of Japanese songs, will deliver delicate and rich Japanese sounds with a lineup of talented soprano, mezzo-soprano, and baritone singers. The program includes masterpieces by Kunihiko Hashimoto and Yoshinao Nakata, as well as commissioned works by Makiko Kinoshita, Takatomi Nobunaga, and Tokuhide Niimi, and traces the history and present state of Japanese song. This is a must-see program for vocal music fans, who will be able to enjoy the beauty and emotion of the Japanese language to their heart's content, accompanied by piano music. Please enjoy Japanese songs that resonate in your heart amidst the echoes of this historical building.

Program

  • Thistle flower / spotted cat

    Kunihiko Hashimoto

  • Laugh or be sad / Because I've become a priest

    Takashi Inomoto

  • Give me a song.

    Yoshinao Nakata

  • From "Flowers in the Mountainside" III. Soba Flowers

    Hideo Kobayashi

  • Insects from "Yagi Shigekichi no Uta" (Songs of Yagi Shigekichi) / Furusato no Yama (Mountains of My Homeland)

    Koji Izumi

  • Japanese style cloth from the songbook "Shiki no katachi" / Shoujoubakama

    Koji Izumi

  • A fox's waking cry / I want to live in the now / I wish / I will not forget

    Makiko Asaoka

  • From the suite "Longing for Spring" 3. surely spring will come

    Makiko Asaoka

  • Really beautiful from the songbook "Lyric Pieces" 2.

    Makiko Kinoshita

  • From the collection of songs "Toki ni Hito ga Yori" (Sometimes People Pass By), The Man from the Other Side / Touge (Mountain Pass)

    Nobunaga Takatomi

  • Sea / When I Sing (premiere)

    Michio Matsushita

  • Heart, my heart, my native mountain from the songbook "Utsukushii mono" (Beautiful Things)

    Michio Matsushita

  • Songbook "Fourteen Years Old, Where to" Surprise / Bewilderment / Clouds

    Niimi Tokuei

Performers and performances are subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances.

Performer

  • Asako Abe

    soprano

  • Sumiko Ibuki

    soprano

  • Ryoko Ueno

    soprano

  • Hiromi Shirasu

    soprano

  • Miyoko Sugimoto

    soprano

  • Yuka Takahashi

    soprano

  • take a vengeance upon (a person)

    soprano

  • Yoshie Nakamura

    soprano

  • Kyoko Niwa

    soprano

  • Fukiko Kusanishi

    mezzo-soprano

  • Kuniko Shimizu

    mezzo-soprano

  • Shinji Baba

    baritone

  • Park Yu-ring

    piano

  • Tomoko Matsuura

    piano

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