The 18 Soho 21 Concert
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Sokoku 21
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 3(2021) 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
Traditional performing arts continue to this day with the two wheels of tradition and creativity. Amid calls for a cultural crisis due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, Soboku 21 held a concert to promote traditional performing arts and traditional Japanese music from the creative field. We would like to show the present and appeal of Japanese music by performing his works, including newly written and re-performed pieces. Songs (1) 'The Voice of the Third', lyrics by Yasushi KANEKO/music by Masataka IMADO (performance) Masataka IMADO, Kyoko YAMAHIKO, Saki KINEYA (2) 'Antigone', lyrics by Chie MITSUI/music by Eikichi KIYOMOTO (performance) Chie MITSUI, Eikichi KIYOMOTO, Chuichiro MATSUNAGA (3) 'Fu-sai - with koto and violin', 'It-sai - with shamisen and koto' (performance) Toshiko Yonekawa, Choryuro IMADO, Mai SUZUKI (4) 'Daiku to Oniroku', adapted by Yasushi KANEKO/music by Bijiro IMADO/music by Shinjuro KATATA (performance) Shinzo FUJIDA, Minosuke KINEYA, Bijiro IMADO, Masajuro IMADO, Shinjuro KATATA, Tatsuyuki MOCHIZUKI, Hiroshi FUKUHARA (5) 'Saaraba wo tareu', music by Toru FUKUHARA (performance) Toru FUKUHARA (6) 'Sotoba Komachi', composed by Masaro SUGI/music by Masataro IMADO/music by Tosarobune (performance) Masataka IMADO, Minosuke KINEYA, Saki KINEYA, Chuichiro MATSUNAGA, Choryuro IMADO, Masajuro IMADO, Shinjuro KATATA, Tatsuyuki MOCHIZUKI, Hiroshi FUKUHARA (4)
- Period of Activity / Project
- Monday, December 13, 2021
- Venues
- Kioi Small Hall (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) * Information such as project outline is provided by organizations and individuals who provide grants.
Profile
【 Sokoku 21】
Aiming to continue and develop the tradition of traditional Japanese music, the group was formed in January 1997 by people with creative aspirations from various genres of Japanese music. He also paid attention to the importance of language in Japanese music and established the Literature Department in March of the same year. To strengthen the mutual relationship between songwriting and composition, and to create a work of high overall perfection. After a series of trial performances and study meetings, he held his first concert in May 2000. Since then, it has been held approximately once a year. Since 2010, he has held public lectures on "The Key to Creation," in which he analyzes works from the point of view of creators and suggests ways to listen to them.