Jiuta 2019 Hungary Performance
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Akiko Fujimoto
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year individual
FY31 (2019) 1st term Creation Grant [Single-year grant program]
Business Overview
Jiuta, which was born in Kyoto and Osaka in the early Edo period, is a classical performing art with the longest history of shamisen music, and was actively created and played by blind musicians together with sokyoku, and has been handed down over three centuries to generations of performers. The “Jiuta Hungary Performance ” was held in the 150 year anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and the Austrian and Hungarian Dual Empires. They added shakuhachi solo music to the representative songs of jiuta sokyoku and held performances in all four cities, including the capital Budapest, using performers who have inherited the classical art style. Before and after the concert on the day of each performance, workshops were held to introduce the tones, playing techniques, and functions of traditional Japanese instruments such as the sangen, koto, and shakuhachi. For the opening of the event, English explanations such as the history of jiuta and sokyoku, introduction of songs, and introduction of performers were added to the distributed pamphlets to deepen the understanding of jiuta.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 -14 (Sat)
- Venues
- Performance 1: Gunnar Event House (Kechkemeet/Hungary) Performance 2: Bobita Babushinhaz (Pech/Hungary) Performance 3: Freki. Tokai Estate (Tokai/Hungary) Performance 4. Laurel Restaurant (Budapest/Hungary)
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Profile
"Akiko FUJIMOTO"
Since she was a child, she was taught koto and sangen by her grandmother, Keiko ABE, and her mother, Kunie FUJII (Living National Treasure). The first recital was held in 1995. It has been held 16 times since then. In 2001, 'Jiuta Live' started. Since then, it has been held regularly every two months and has been held 94 times. In 2003, he received the Japan Traditional Culture Promotion Foundation Award and produced a CD album. In 2004, he received the Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Festival's New Artist Award. In 2006, 'Akiko FUJII Jiuta Concert' was held in London. Since then, it has been held in the Netherlands and Belgium, Altria and Hungary, Switzerland, etc. In 2008, he received the Pola Award for Traditional Culture. 10: "The 50 th anniversary performance of jiuta live" was held and a CD album was produced. In 11, he received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's New Artist Award from the Agency for Cultural Affairs. In 19, he formed 'SATZ' with Suishu TAKAHASHI, Tsugahisa TSURUSAWA and Keisuke ZENYOJI. At present, he appears in concerts and broadcasts as a jiuta koto music player of the Kyushu line, and instructs young people. He was a lecturer at the Seiha School of Music.