Traditional performing arts continue to this day with tradition and creativity in tandem. In the midst of a cultural crisis caused by the spread of coronavirus, SOHO21 held this concert as a way of disseminating creator-driven traditional performing arts/hogaku traditional Japanese music. The group want to show the current direction and the appeal of Japanese traditional music by performing a mix of newly written and revived works by the hogaku fraternity.

Program
1.“The 3rd voice”: Lyrics by Tai Kaneko; composed by Masaki Imafuji
Performed by Masaki Imafuji, Kyoko Yamabiko, Saki Kineya
2. “Antigone”: Lyrics by Chie Mitsui; composed by Eikichi Kiyomoto
Performed by Chie Mitsui, Eikichi Kiyomoto, Chuichiro Matsunaga
3. “Two pieces around Aya,color of tone: “Kaze-Aya; for koto and violin,” “ Ito-Aya; for shamisen and koto”
Performed by Toshiko Yonekawa, Chotatsuro Imafuji, Mai Suzuki
4. “Carpenter and ogre “Roku””: Adaptation by Tai Kaneko; composed by Yoshijiro Imafuji; arrangement by Shinuro Katada
Performed by Shinzo Fujita, Minosuke Kineya, Yoshijiro Imafuji, Masajuro Imafuji, Shinuro Katada, Tatsuyuki Mochizuki, Kan Fukuhara
5. “If it be so, we would bring the bell”: Composed by Toru Fukuhara
Performed by Toru Fukuhara
6. “Sotoba Komachi”: Written by Masao Sugi; composed by Masataro Imafuji; arrangement by Rosen Tosha
Performed by Masaki Imafuji, Minosuke Kineya, Saki Kineya, Chuichiro Matsunaga, Chotatsuro Imafuji, Masajuro Imafuji, Shinjuro Katada, Tatsuyuki Mochizuki, Kan Fukuhara