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Thoughts: Ami Yamamoto 25 stringed Soh Recital

Name of the organization or individual
Ami Yamamoto
subsidy category
Creation Grant
Grant Type
single year individual

FY2025 Creation Grant Category I [Single-year grant 2nd term] Artistic Creation Activities

Business Overview

This is a 25 stringed Soh recital titled "Thoughts" by Ami Yamamoto.
by Mikio Toshima, "Une goutte sur chaque épine One drop, all thorns (commissioned premiere)" by Makoto Nomura, and by Jean-Patric Besingrand.

Cast: Ami Yamamoto (25 string Soh), Guest: Gaku Yamada (Guitar)
Stage: Tsurukawa Gakki Honten
Recording: Zen Takahashi
Photo: Shinya Watanabe

Period of Activity / Project
Friday, January 16, 2026
Venues
MUSICASA (Shibuya-ku)

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[Ami Yamamoto]
From the age of 6, she studied koto and sangen under Akiko Kariya. He completed the 39 classes of the NHK Technical Training Association for Traditional Japanese Music. He studied under Soju NOSAKA, the second, a pioneer of 25 stringed Soh, in the Domestic Training System for Emerging Artists of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. He was fascinated by the 25 stringed Soh, which has a rich sound of one tone and a wide range of expression, and his main activity is now. He also admired the composer Mikio TOJIMA as his spiritual mentor. With the integration of Soh and himself always in mind, he continues to spread the appeal of 25 stringed Soh in Japan and abroad and explore its possibilities. Received the Agency for Cultural Affairs Arts Festival New Artist Award.