The 1st Yui no Kai concert is being held with the aim of passing down Japanese classical music and presenting new experiments using approaches from different traditional Japanese music genres.
The performers comprise young musicians and performers including Kodo Ishibashi (shakuhachi), Anna Takakuwa (koto), Eika Tosha (hayashi), and Aigoro Hanayagi (Nihon Buyo dance). The program features “Shima　no　Senzai,” the koto and shakuhachi duet “Izumi,” and the Nihon Buyo dance piece “Shizu　no　Odamaki.”
The overall focus is on the performance of classics, and for ”Shima no Senzai” and ”Izumi,” performances will be given using a combination of instruments from the same genre in order to pass on the essential beauty of Japanese classical music and the appeal of the different instruments. The work “Shizu　no　Odamaki” is classified as a classical piece, and is composed of Nagauta songs, shamisen, and hogaku-bayashi Japanese traditional percussion.
However, by adding the koto and shakuhachi to create new forms, Yui no Kai’s intention is to expand the possibilities of traditional Japanese music going forward.