Japanese singer and performer of satsuma-biwa Junko Ueda has performed all around the globe with Wil Offermans - a Dutch flutist/composer - as the Duo Ueda-Offermans. Combining the seemingly opposite oriental and occidental circumstances, Junko Ueda & Wil Offermans gave their first duo concert in 1988. Out of this unique combination they have developed their compositions and improvisations, exploring the integral time-space between ancient and modern, oriental and occidental. During the last years, the duo has appeared at numerous music festivals (i.e. Musique Action Nancy, Singapore Festival of Arts, Quebec Summer Festival, New Music Festival Middelburg, Musica Contenporena Bogota) and has toured extensively all over the world. After various solo productions, their duo CD titled How to Survive in Paradise was released.
The duo standard program combines two solos with two duo pieces (see repertoire). In their solo pieces the performers expose the tradition as well as the new possibilities of their instruments.
Duo Concerts include:
- Palais des Beaux Arts - Brussels - Belgium
- Japanese Ambassade - Brussels - Belgium
- St.Logos - Gent - Belgium
- 't Spiegelhof - Grimbergen - Belgium
- CC Soumagne - Salle de Melen - Soumagne - Belgium
- Great George Gallery - Charlottetown PEI - Canada
- Gallery Connexion - Fredericton NB - Canada
- Centre for the Art Tapes/ Wood Church - Halifax NS - Canada
- Galerie Sans Nom - Moncton NB - Canada
- Theatre La Chapelle / Traquen'art - Montreal QB - Canada
- Gallery 101 - Ottawa QBC - Canada
- Festival d'été de Québec (Museé du Québec) - Québec QBC - Canada
- Obscure - Quebec QBC - Canada
- East Vancouver Cultural Centre - Vancouver BC - Canada
- Time Flies Festival - Vancouver BC - Canada
- Western Front - Vancouver BC - Canada
- Open Space - Victoria BC - Canada
- Festival de Musica Contemporanea (Auditorio Leon de Greiff) - Bogota - Colombia
- Gimnasio Moderno - Bogota - Colombia
- City de la Musique - Marseilles - France
- Grand Palais (auditorium) - Paris - France
- Musique Action 1990 - Vandoevre-Les-Nancy - France
- Music Loft - Aachen - Germany
- Freunde Guter Musik - Berlin - Germany
- Dresdener Zentrum fur zeitgenossische Musik - Dresden - Germany
- Stadtische Galerie im Rathauspark Gladbeck - Gladbeck - Germany
- Hamburger Konservatorium - Hamburg - Germany
- Museum fur Volkerkunde - Hamburg - Germany
- Gustav-Lübcke Museum / Japan Institute - Hamm - Germany
- Galerie Esplanade - Hannover - Germany
- Aula Der Alten Nikolaischule - Leipzig - Germany
- Wasserturm - Meerbusch - Germany
- Linden-Museum Wannersaal - Stuttgart - Germany
- Provadja Theater - Alkmaar - Holland
- Schouwburg De Vest - Alkmaar - Holland
- Almere Stadhuis - Almere - Holland
- International Composers Workshop Gaudeamus - Amsterdam - Holland
- Nederlands Filmmuseum - Amsterdam - Holland
- Nemo (newMetropolis) - Amsterdam - Holland
- St. Japan-Netherlands CC - Amsterdam - Holland
- Stedelijk Museum - Amsterdam - Holland
- Van Reekum Museum - Apeldoorn - Holland
- Festival Nieuwe Muziek Gelderland - Arnhem - Holland
- Prinsenhof - Delft - Holland
- 't Hof (Statenhal) - Dordrecht - Holland
- Apollohuis - Eindhoven - Holland
- Stichting AXES - Eindhoven - Holland
- Eem Hoge der A6 - Groningen - Holland
- Podium Winschoterkade - Groningen - Holland
- Stadhuis Gravenzaal - Haarlem - Holland
- Oude Kerkje - Kortenhoef - Holland
- Lösstheater - Maastricht - Holland
- Kloveniersdoelen - Middelburg - Holland
- O 42 - Nijmegen - Holland
- De Evenaar - Rotterdam - Holland
- Dodorama - Rotterdam - Holland
- Museum Boymans- Van Beuningen - Rotterdam - Holland
- CC De Stoep - Spijkenisse - Holland
- Brabants Conservatory - Tilburg - Holland
- Stadsschouwburg Tilburg - Tilburg - Holland
- Bijenkorf - Utrecht - Holland
- Kunsthuis 13 - Velp - Holland
- Museum Van Bommel-Van Dam - Venlo - Holland
- CC.Vleuten - De Meern - Vleuten - Holland
- Papenstraattheater - Zwolle - Holland
- Hong Kong University - Hong Kong Island - Hong Kong
- The Fringe Club - Hong Kong Island - Hong Kong
- Chinese University of Hong Kong - Satin - Hong Kong
- PPKIP / Alliance Francaise - Bandung - Indonesia
- Arena Theatre, TIM - Jakarta - Indonesia
- Erasmushuis - Jakarta - Indonesia
- Tebet theatre - Jakarta - Indonesia
- The Stage - Jakarta - Indonesia
- Yayasan Musik Laras - Surabaya - Indonesia
- Puri Artha - Yogyakarta - Indonesia
- Acquario Romano - Roma - Italia
- Pomeriggi di Musica Nuova / Teatro Juvarra - Torino - Italia
- Arkas Concert Hall - Sasebo - Japan
- Enmeiji-Temple - Aoto - Japan
- Senryu-shuzo Sake Factory - Emukae - Japan
- Higashi Tagawa Bunka-kinenkan Meiji Hall - Fujishima, Yamagata - Japan
- Maneri Takeda home concert - Fukuoka - Japan
- Fukuman-ji Temple - Himosashi - Japan
- Hirado Hokubu-koumin-kan - Hirado - Japan
- Saikyô-ji Temple - Hirado - Japan
- Iki-Deai-no-mura - Iki, Nagasaki - Japan
- Taiki-ken - Ikitsuki - Japan
- Kawatana Kokai-do - Kawatana - Japan
- Kobe Earthquake Support concert, Fujiwaradai - Kobe - Japan
- Daimyo-ji Temple concert - Kyoto - Japan
- Hoshika Chomin Center - Matsuura - Japan
- Bekkou-kaikan - Nagasaki - Japan
- NBC TV - Nagasaki - Japan
- NIB Dejima Hall - Nagasaki - Japan
- Kofuku-ji Chinese Temple - Nagasaki-city - Japan
- Yui-no-ie auditorium (Gallery Shimada) - Nagato, Yamaguchi - Japan
- Nagayo Komin-kan - Nagayo - Japan
- Jokei-ji Temple - Nara - Japan
- New Public Hall - Nara - Japan
- Bizen Festival - Okayama - Japan
- Ookawa Vinegar Factory - Ookawa, Saga - Japan
- Romanische Cafe (Tetsu Saito Tentet) - Roppongi, Tokyo - Japan
- NBC Radio Saga - Saga - Japan
- Komiya Zakkicho - Sagamihara, Kanagawa - Japan
- Sakura Concert Hall - Sakura-city, Chiba - Japan
- Chôon-in Temple - Shikamachi, Nagasaki - Japan
- Hayamegawa Gallery - Shimabara - Japan
- Takaishi Studio - Soka, Saitama - Japan
- Suwa Cultural Center - Suwa, Nagano - Japan
- Tabira Chômin Center - Tabira - Japan
- Shoubi Gakuen (Stella Studio) - Tokyo - Japan
- Springer Verlag Publishers - Tokyo - Japan
- Tokyo College of Music - Tokyo - Japan
- Subaru Hall - Tondabayashi - Japan
- Care House Tsurugaoka - Tsuruoka - Japan
- Dewa Shounai Kokusai-mura - Tsuruoka - Japan
- Tochigi-ken Sogo Bunka Centre - Utsunomiya, Tochigi - Japan
- Bunshokan Hall - Yamagata - Japan
- Tomihiro Gofuku-ten - Yamagata - Japan
- Creative Space Renga - Yamaguchi - Japan
- Ikoi-no-Hiroba Park - Yamauchi - Japan
- Yamauchi-cho Michi-no-eki - Yamauchi - Japan
- Toya Art Gallery - Yanai - Japan
- Yanai Grand Hotel - Yanai - Japan
- Tôei-ji Temple - Yokaichiba - Japan
- Sankyo Gakki audetorium - Yokohama - Japan
- 12th Composers Workshop - Kazimierz-Dolny - Poland
- Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej - Warsaw - Poland
- Guarnerius Art Foundation - Beograd - Servia
- University of Beograd (Sala Heroja) - Beograd - Servia
- Singapore Festival of Arts - Singapore - Singapore
- La Casa Encendida - Madrid - Spain
- Salva's Escuale - Madrid - Spain
- Bangkok Music Society - Bangkok - Thailand
- NFA Flute Convention 1993 - Boston MA - USA
- Oregon State University - Corvallis OR - USA
- Hofstra University - Hempstead NY - USA
- University of California San Diego - La Jolla CA - USA
- Experimental Intermedia Foundation - New York City - USA
- Roulette - New York City - USA
- The Asia Society - New York City NY - USA
- Portland State - Portland OR - USA
- New Langton Arts - San Francisco CA - USA


