Saho TERAO Invited to Mongolia Performance "In Search of Asian Songs"

Name of the organization or individual

Kohorogi Planning Limited Liability Company

subsidy category

Creation Grant

Grant Type

single year

FY2024 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant Art Creation Activities

She performed with local artist Onon Ganhuyag (who played topshaw and windpipe) on stage at the racetrack of the National Festival Nadam.

Visit Erdenetsetseg, a traditional Mongolian singer. Interviews were conducted on the background of ancient songs and songs sung by Mongolian people to communicate with nature and animals.

We had a session with Mr. Undarmaa, a throat-singing singer and Mongolian koto yatoga player. They were given explanations about the types of windpipes and recorded the sound of Mongolian folk songs, Japanese children's songs and lullabies.

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Business Overview

This project challenges what possibilities can be opened up through international collaboration that transcends musical genres. Saho Terao, who has been discovering and expressing new interpretations of nursery rhymes, lullabies, and labor songs in Japan, is engaged in this activity to explore the new state of Asian music through the discovery of Mongolian old songs, sessions with local musicians, and research.
We visited Erdenetsetseg, a traditional Mongolian singer, and interviewed him about the background of songs that have been born in the lives of Mongolians.
I also realized a session of Mongolian folk songs, Japanese children's songs and lullabies with Mr. Undarmaa, a throat singer and yatoga player.
He and local artist Onon Ganhuyag (Members of the band Delkhii, which sublimates elements of Mongolian folk songs into pop songs and is gaining attention in the club scene.) performed together with Hiroto Inoue and Wataru Iga at the Nadam National Festival.

Period of Activity / Project

Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 13th (Sat) Mongolia Ulaanbaatar

Venues

Nomadic Red Corner, etc.

Profile

[Godo Kaisha Kohorogi Kikaku]
Established in 2024 by Saho Terao, who has been engaged in various research and writing activities in addition to her solo and musical activities with the band Fuyu ni Wakarete. In addition to creating original songs, they aim to pursue expressions that transcend genre and time, such as launching forgotten old songs as modern pop songs, and pass them on to the next generation.