Hamonica Creams Europe Tour 2014

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Name of the organization or individual

Hamonica Creams

subsidy category

Creation Grant

Grant Type

single year

FY26 Term I Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program]

"Hamonica Creams" (2013) Photo by Sogen ICHIZUMI

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Business Overview

The Celtic blues band Hamonica Creams went on a European festival tour in the summer of 2013 after being invited to the 150,000 strong Celtic Music Festival. In 2014, they will perform a concert and workshop tour (4 performances in 3 cities/2 workshops) at a music festival held in Asturias, Galicia, which is a Celtic cultural area in Spain. At the same time, more substantial plans than the previous year are underway, including recording and music production with top musicians from Spain, Ireland, and Scotland who are leading the world in Celtic music. This performance conveys to Europe and the United States the high artistic quality and rich sensibility of the modern Japanese, which continues to advance, and will build a new relationship between European and Japanese culture in the future. ● Performers: 4 members of Hamonica Creams (Kiyono Mito, Obuchi Aiko, Nagao Koji, Tanaka Yuji)

implementation period

Monday, August 11, 2014 - Tuesday, August 12 Puerto Espasante/Spain Wednesday, August 13, 2014 A Coruña/Spain Thursday, August 14, 2014 - Sunday, August 17 Tapia de Casariego/Spain

Place of implementation

・A Travela (Puerto Espasante), Fredes Place (Puerto Espasante), Acobacertica (A Coruña), Festival Occidente (Tapia de Casariego)

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Profile

【ハモニカクリームズ】
日本発の新たな民族音楽、“ケルトブルース”バンド。
“日本人が演奏する” ハモニカ＋フィドル＋ギターのアンサンブルは欧州10万人の会場を踊らせるパワフルなバンドサウンドを提示。　現在欧州から注目されるその音楽は、リーダーであるハモニカ奏者／清野美土の感性により民族音楽の新しい側面が開拓されている。
　2011年に発売されたファースト・アルバムは日・仏のラジオや各紙面などで話題となり、翌年にはスペインで行われる世界最大級の国際ケルト音楽祭「フェスティヴァル ・デ・ オルティゲイラ」のコンクールで日本人として史上初優勝。　以降、毎年欧州各所の音楽フェスをツアーし活動の場を拡げている。