Yumiko Tanaka Music Laboratory 2025 ~ Gidayu Shamisen Sound Experimental
Business Overview
The second recital exploring the potential of the Gidayu-shamisen, an accompaniment to Gidayu-bushi (Joruri), which is used in the puppet theater Bunraku and Kabuki. With the help of the best minds in contemporary music, electronics, generative AI, and jazz, we get to know how it sounds.
Cast: Yumiko Tanaka (Gidayu shamisen)
Guest: Nariko Kikuchi (saxophone), Masaki Hayashi (piano), Takashi Seo (bass), Hibiki Mukai (electronics), Ko Sawara (electronics), Koichiro Tajima (generative AI), Kaede Adachi (DJ)
[Program]
Masaru Fujikura, "Jiai (Jiai/Gei)" (commissioned in 2024)
Hibiki Mukai, "Otome Tsubaki" (commissioned for the first time in 2025)
Ko Sawara, "Renga V" (commissioned for the first time in 2025)
Koichiro Tajima, "The Method of Tableau" (commissioned for the first time in 2025)
Gidayu shamisen x piano x bass (Jazz, original, classical, improvised)
DJ: Kaede Adachi, "Record of Japanese Voices" (before curtain)
- Period of Activity / Project
- Monday, November 24, 2025
- Venues
- Scatter beans in the sky when it's sunny (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo)
Profile
[Yumiko Tanaka]
She majored in musicology at the graduate school of Tokyo University of the Arts. He studied Gidayu-shamisen and Gidayu-bushi under Kinshi NOZAWA, the fourth, Komanosuke TAKEMOTO and Shigeki TSURUSAWA. He performs in various scenes in Japan and abroad, including improvised music, contemporary music, theater music, film music, and media art. He won the 24 Suntory Arts Foundation Keizo SAJI Award for his recital in 2024.