Tokyo International Baritone Sax Festival 2025

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Tokyo middle and low range

subsidy category

Grant for Creating Attractive Art and Culture

Grant Type

single year

FY 2024 1st Grant for Creating Attractive Arts and Culture

Tokyo International Baritone Saxophone Festival 2025 Grand Finale Special Concert Photo by Manami Maeda

Tokyo International Baritone Sax Festival 2025 Pre-Event "He and We Continue Our Tour" Photo by Manami Maeda

Tokyo International Baritone Saxophone Festival 2025 Workshoppers Special Concert Photo by Manami Maeda

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Business Overview

Using baritone saxophone as a keyword, performers from various genres such as classical music, jazz, contemporary music, rock, filmmakers, and this time even a rakugo storyteller were invited to perform, and 1 ~ 3 artists performed multiple times a day. We also held a screening event that looked back on the festival with videos of the workshops. Major performers: Shibusachizu Theater, HIBI★Chazz-K, N/Y(Takashi Aragaki, Ryuichi Yoshida), Ania Reynolds, Tokyo Middle and Low Band, Rakugo storyteller Makyu Kaneharatei, and filmmaker Miwamasa Asa participate as VJs.

implementation period

Thursday, December 26, 2024 - Sunday, March 16, 2025

Place of implementation

Star Pines Cafe (Musashino City, Tokyo), Jinbocho Audience Room (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo), Mandala 2 (Musashino City, Tokyo), Demokura TV Studio (Meguro Ward, Tokyo)

Profile

[Tokyo Middle and Low Range]
Pure baritone saxophone band formed around Mizutani Sho in early 2000. Starting with his appearance at the EFG London Jazz Festival (UK) in '2006, he has been invited to the North Sea Jazz Festival (Netherlands), Montreal International Jazz Festival (Canada), etc., and has become a popular figure who is indispensable to big jazz festivals around the world. In 14, to celebrate 200 years since the birth of Adolf Sachs, the inventor of the saxophone, he toured Belgium, and in 18 he performed in Spain.