Jun 18, 2015

Two Hokkaido gigs in July 2015



Hikashu will perform two gigs in Hokkaido next month. Fukushima-cho on July 4 and Sapporo on July 5.

According to the band, this is the first time for them to play the northern island in the 22 years.



July 4, 2015
"the 20th Kagaribi concert"
@ Fukushima Daijingu
Fukushima-cho
open 17:00 - start 17:30
admission 2,000 yen (500 yen under 18)
www.town.fukushima.hokkaido.jp

Fukushima Daijingu, Fukushima-cho



July 5, 2015
@ Coo
Sapporo
adv 4,000 yen - at door 4,500 yen
open 18:30 - start 19:00
www.sapporo-coo.com

Coo, Sapporo

Jun 6, 2015

Jazz Art Sengawa 2015 announced

The 8th Jazz Art Sengawa, one of the most prominent events for improvised and creative music in Japan, is held on September 9 and 10 this year. The venue is Sengawa Theatre which is located in Chofu of west Tokyo.

Jazz Art Sengawa is an artist-led event and its producers are Makigami Koichi (voice performer, multi-instrumentalist), Fujiwara Kiyoto (double-bass player and music educator), and Sakamoto Hiromichi (cellist and improviser).

The line-up is as follows.


September 9 Saturday

13:30-15:00
NOTALIN'S (Endo Michiro, Ishizuka Toshiaki, Sakamoto Hiromichi)
Meguro Yosuke
Ten Ten Ko
directed by Sakamoto Hiromichi

16:30-18:00
Oki Itaru - Ayumi Tanaka
Fujiwara Kiyoto - Yaji Michiyo
directed by Fujiwara Kiyoto

19:30-21:00
N/Y (Niigaki Takashi, Yoshida Ryuichi)
Hikashu with Koketsu Masayo
directed by Makigami Koichi


September 10 Sunday

13:30-15:00
Art Hirahara - Murakami Hiroshi - Fujiwara Kiyoto
Ota Keisuke - Miyazaki Hirofumi - Tomikawa Masatsugu
directed by Fujiwara Kiyoto

16:30-18:00
Carmen Maki, Kawakami Mieko - songs and poetry
accompanied by Saito Tetsuya, Suzuki Masato, Senju Muneomi, Sakamoto Hiromichi
directed by Sakamoto Hiromichi

19:30-21:00
Pre-Cambria Clarinet Quartet
[Shimizu Kazuto, Umezu Kazutoki, Tada Yoko, Kondo Tatsuro]
Time is A Blind Guide
 [Haakon Åse、Lucy Railton、Kit Downes、Conor Chaplin、Thomas Strønen]
directed by Makigami Koichi


Jazz Art Sengawa on YouTube

Jazz Art Sengawa on Sengawa Gekijo website

Jazz Art Sengawa on Facebook


September 9 and 10, 2015
Jazz Art Sengawa
@ Sengawa Theatre
Chofu, Tokyo
Tickets available at the box office of the venue on June 27, 2015.


Sengawa Theatre, Chofu, Tokyo