2012 Anyango EU Tour

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Anyango Performance Executive Committee

subsidy category

Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Subsidy

Grant Type

single year

2012 Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Grant

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Business Overview

An EU tour by Anyango, the first Japanese woman to be recognized for mastering and playing the traditional Kenyan stringed instrument Nyatiti. Held in Dijon, Paris, France.

[Music] Hometown (Ministry of Education song), Marukifune, Lemonrin (Tokyo Metropolitan Government Intangible Folk Cultural Property [folk entertainment]: Ogasawara folk song), Jaugenya (Kenyan traditional music), Nabede nade gijo pinje (Kenyan traditional music), and others

implementation period

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 – 16th (Sat), Friday, June 29 – Monday, July 9

Place of implementation

Bellevilloise (Paris, France) Le China (Paris, France) STUDIO CAMPUS (Paris, France) Quartier de Bercy Village (Paris, France) Satellite cafe (Paris, France) PENICHE CANCALE (Dijon, France)

Profile

[Anyango]
Born in Tokyo. Fascinated by African music, she trained alone in a village in the outback of Kenya and became the world's first female player of Nyatiti, which is only allowed to be performed by a limited number of men. They perform not only in Japan but also in Africa and Europe. In Luo, Anyango means "a girl born in the morning." As a Japan-Kenya Cultural Goodwill Ambassador, she has also given performances at elementary and junior high schools throughout Japan.