Sukiyaki Tokyo 2019
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- Sukiyaki Meets the World Executive Committee
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- Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant
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FY 2019 Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant Term 1
Business Overview
Sukiyaki Tokyo introduces the artists who perform at Sukiyaki Meets the World, which has been held every August since 1991 in Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. You can enjoy the performance of the most advanced artists of world music. This 9th edition will feature live performances by three high-profile groups, Aka-Seka Trio (Argentina), Gili Yaro (Israel/Ethiopia) and The Paradise Bangkok Moram International Band (Thailand), as well as music experience workshops and talk sessions held for the first time in Tokyo. World music is created by artists adding originality to the music rooted in the region, such as tradition, community, and identity. One of the pleasures of this genre is to learn about the cultural background of music. For two days, you can feel the wave of world music and culture from Tokyo at once. Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 18:30 Open 19:30 Start Wednesday, August 28, 2019 19:00 Open 20:00 Performance: 27th Gili Yaro (Israel/Ethiopia), The Paradise Bangkok Moram International Band (Thailand) DJ: Salaam Marine (Japan) 28th Aca Seca Trio (Argentina) DJ: Hitoshi Nakahara (Japan) Venue: Shibuya WWW (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) Admission: 2-day ticket 8,500 yen ~, Single-day ticket 5,500 yen ~ (Open interview) Gili Yaro Talk Session "Music that connects Israel and Ethiopia" Coordinator: Salaam Marine Panelists: Gili Yaro (Israel/Ethiopia), Peter Barakan (UK/Japan) Date: Monday, August 26, 2019 19:00~20:30 Venue: Shibuya Cultural Center Owada (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) Panelists: Gili Yaro (Israel/Ethiopia), Salaam Marine (Japan), Peter Barakan (Japan/UK) (Workshop) (1) Maracatu Workshop in Tokyo This workshop was held by Jilson Viana Chacon, representative leader of the Maracatu Bacchi Villard, a traditional performing art from the northeast of Brazil, and Takune Hirose, leader of the Maracatu Orchestra Bacquiva in Tokyo. Date: Friday, August 2, 2019 - Monday, August 5 Venue: STUDIO BASS on TOP Nakano Sun Plaza Lecturers: Hirose Takune (Japan), Mestre Chacon (Brazil) (2) Aca Seca Trio Workshop "Argentinian Folclore" This workshop was held by the Aca Seca Trio, who arranged Argentinian traditional music "Folclore" from jazz to modern folclore. There is also an explanation using the actual set before the live. Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 17:00~18:00 Venue: Shibuya WWW (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) Instructor: Aka Seka Trio (Argentina) Course fee: 2,000 yen
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Profile
[Sukiyaki Meets the World Executive Committee]
The first World Music Festival was held in August 1991 as a project sponsored by the Fukuno Cultural Creation Center, which opened in March of the same year, and has continued every year since then. At present, in addition to about 10 domestic and foreign artists each year, the exhibition has expanded to include citizen participation workshops and residency programs before and during the exhibition, as well as domestic performances and overseas tours centered on Nanto, Tokyo, Nagoya and Naha.
The most distinctive feature of the festival is that it is a "citizen participation festival" that is planned and operated by more than 200 citizen volunteers. In order to deepen understanding of multiculturalism with world music as a starting point, and to establish and operate a system of the project in cooperation with citizens, the project takes the form of an executive committee led by citizens, and carries out activities in cooperation with the city, prefecture, media, and embassies of various countries.
Major Awards
November 1996 Kita-Nihon Shimbun Community Award
July 2002 Suntory Community Culture Award
September 2002 Toyama Prefecture Cultural Merit Award
March 2008 Toyama Future Heritage Award
February 2009 Japan Foundation Global Citizen Award
November 2010 Nanto City Merit Award
March 2011 Furusato Event Grand Prize Excellence Award
February 2012 Community Revitalization Grand Prize Excellence Award
November 2017 Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Commendation Commemorating 70 Years of the Local Autonomy Act