Saturday, 3 August 2024

Japan Creative Centre (JCC)

Join us at Japan Creative Centre (JCC) to learn and appreciate the traditional Japanese musical instruments, shamisen and kotsuzumi. Ms Kineie Nami and Ms Sakurama Ro Kyeong Soon will present about the histories of the respective instruments, alongside a demonstration. They will also perform together with other musicians, supported by dancers from the Reitokukai Japanese Dance Group.

Programme Outline

• Presentation about the history of shamisen & kotsuzumi
• Q&A session
• Demonstration
• Performance

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If the registration is full, or you would like to cancel your registration, please e-mail us at jcc@sn.mofa.go.jp. We regret that there is limited capacity, kindly register early to avoid disappointment. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE.

Please inform us at least 3 days before the event if you and/or your accompanying guest are unable to make it. No-show registrants will be noted and be given lower priority for our future events.

About the Artists

Ms Kineie Nami graduated from Tokyo University of the Performing Arts, Department of Japanese Music. She is active as a Nagauta shamisen and contemporary Japanese music shamisen player. Currently, she is a part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Education, Bunkyo University, a part-time lecturer at Toho Gakuen Junior College of Arts, a Commissioner of Nagauta Kineie-ryu, a member of the Nippon Ongaku Ensemble, as well as the director of Nami-kai.

She has participated in 9 overseas performances as a member of the Japan Music Group, and performed in over 14 countries. Individually, she premiered in a solo shamisen and string quartet performance in New York, in May 2012. She has also played the electric shamisen on musical stages and in band performances, as well as actively engages in live performances at various venues.

She is well-known for having played shamisen for a number of Vocaloid songs, including Senbon Zakura. In recent years, she has been posting videos of both traditional and contemporary covers on YouTube, and is focusing on promoting traditional music to younger generations.

Ms Sakurama Ro Kyeong Soon completed the post graduate doctoral course majoring in Japanese traditional music at the Tokyo University of the Performing Arts. She studied Japanese traditional music under the tutelage of Hikojuro Mochizuki. She is currently an Associate Professor, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Performing Arts, and a Commissioner of the Saishokai.

As a Japanese traditional musician, she has performed in a wide range of genres, from classical music to contemporary music, and has premiered and recorded many new works. Among them, she has composed and arranged Japanese traditional music such as "Dengaku-fū Hayashi Kumikyoku", "Umi to Kaze to", "Sanbaso Kumikyoku" and "Hougaku Hayashi no tame no Soran Bushi", as well as kotsuzumi pieces such as "Aun", and "Choujyu Giga".

She strives to popularise Japanese traditional music through organising "Tsuzumi no Kai" and "Ginza Kotsuzumi Classroom", and has performed music for dramas like "Gannibal", "AVATAR", and at concerts for the popular game "Genshin Impact". She has given performances and workshops at elementary and junior high schools across Japan, and has performed overseas in countries such as Russia, China, Malaysia, South Korea, and Denmark.

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Getting to Japan Creative Centre
4 Nassim Road Singapore 258372
Tel: +65-6737-0434

By Public Bus:
Bus services: 7, 36, 77, 105, 106, 111, 123, 132, 174, 174E, 502, 502A, 502B (Alight in front of Delfi Orchard)
For latest information on bus routes and fares, please refer to SBS Transit.

By the MRT:
You may also take the MRT to the nearest MRT station, Orchard (NS22).
Train fares, travel times and route maps are available on the SMRT website.

Driving to JCC:
Nearest parking is at Orchard Hotel, Delfi Orchard and Orchard Rendezvous Hotel.