The 5th Masataro Imado Concert
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- The executive committee of 'Masataro IMATO's concert'
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY31 (2019) 1st term Creation Grant [Single-year grant program]
Business Overview
It is a concert by Masataro IMADO, a living national treasure and composer of nagauta shamisen. He performed his works' Hotaru, '' Rokusai Nenbutsu Isokyoku, 'and' Murozaki-kyo Ningyo, 'which was restoratively composed by several people including Seitaro in the restoration project of Edo period nagauta for which Seitaro was the leader.
Main performers: Naokichi KINEYA, Hideko KINEYA, Masataka IMADO, Choichiro IMADO (singing), Bijiro IMADO, Misumi KINEYA, Eihachiro KINEYA (shamisen), Bijiro KIYOMOTO (kokyu), Sayuki TANAKA (kotsuzumi)/Kanjuro FUJIMA (shamisen), Koshiro MATSUMOTO, Kikunojo ONOE (taiko), and others
- Period of Activity / Project
- Wednesday, December 18, 2019
- Venues
- Small Theater, National Theater (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[Imato Masataro]
Born in 1935. He studied under Ishiro YOSHIMURA, the 10th, Chojuro IMADO, the 3rd, Ayako IMADO and Shotaro YAMADA. He graduated from the Department of Traditional Japanese Music, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. In 1962, he won the first prize in the composition section of the Tokyo Shimbun Japanese Music Contest with "Kumikyoku by Nohgakubayashi." Since then, in addition to performing, he has been active in composing music, including film music. He has received numerous awards including the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts (2004) and the Japan Art Academy Award (2010). He is the holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property (Nagauta shamisen).