Online syndication of modern Japanese music and shamisen masterpieces
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Taishi Hozumi
- subsidy category
- Startup Grant
- Grant Type
- single year individual
Reiwa 3(2021) 2nd Startup Grant
Business Overview
It is a concert to select famous shamisen pieces in contemporary Japanese music. In parallel with the live performance, a live YouTube broadcast and a five-day archive broadcast were conducted with the original sound as intact as possible. Program 1. Spring Triad (Katsutoshi Nagasawa) 2. Sea Sound (Yukiko Ishii) 3. Moon Shadow Fantasy (Marty Regan) 4. Three Colors of Dialogue (Katsuhiko Yoshizaki) Cast members Taishi Hozumi (shamisen), Kuniko Obina (17 stringed koto), Yuzan Sakaguchi (shakuhachi), Reiko Miyake (koto) Technical staff Kazushi Okimasa (distribution director), Yoshihiro Kaneko (staging staff)
- Period of Activity / Project
- Performance date and live stream: Friday, July 8, 2022
Archive stream: Friday, July 8, 2022 - Tuesday, July 12, 2022 - Venues
- Musicaza (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[Taishi Hozumi]
Nagauta shamisen player: Toon Taishi Hozumi
Graduated from Sophia University, Tokyo University of the Arts, and graduated from the NHK Traditional Japanese Music Technician Training Association 47 class. In 2006, he won the Excellence Award of the Kumamoto National Japanese Music Competition in memory of Kengyo Hase. From 2010 to 2017, he served as a permanent director of NPO Nihon Ongaku Kyudan. Currently, he is a representative director of Wagakki Kenkyukai, Nagauta Toonkai Dojin, and a member of NPO Nihon Ongaku Dantai. As a member of the Japanese music group, she has performed in Brazil, England, the United States, and Indonesia. Since 2017, he has been performing as a nagauta shamisen player (Taishi TOON HOZUMI) at Kabuki performances at the Zenshinza Theater and the National Theater of Japan every year.