2012

Obaku zen Buddhism shomyo collaboration Tour

Duo Ueda Offermans is preparing a concert tour in Japan in May 2012 in collaboration with shomyo of Obaku zen Buddhism monks, touring ten Obaku Temples.

Festival de Poésie de Valleraugue, France

On 19th May 2012, Junko Ueda performs her solo concert at the Temple de Villeraugue in the 10th Festival de Poésie de Valleraugue, a village in the south France.
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Semana Cultural del Japón, Salamanca, Spain

Duo Ueda Offermans performs in the yearly festival “Semana Cultural del Japón’ in Salamanca, Spain on the 20th March 2012. The program includes:
- Tsuru-no-Sugomori, flute solo
- Heike-Monogatari, biwa & flute arrangement
- Amenimo-makezu, poem by Kenji Miyazawa, biwa & voice
- Inner Voices, voice & Thumpy flute
- Murasaki-no-Ue, Genji Monogatari, biwa/voice & flute

On the 21st March, Ueda gives “Gion-Shoja singing workshop” (traditional biwa singing) at the University of Salamanca.

Dag in de Branding - Festival New Music Den Haag

Junko Ueda performs her solo concert in the Festival New Music “Dag in de Branding” at Theater de Regentes, Den Haag, Holland on 10th March 2012. The concert starts at 19:00. The theme of the festival is “100 year John Cage”. The program is:
- Shomyo chanting, voice solo
- Yoshitsune, traditional biwa & song
- Voyage by Toru Takemitsu (1973), biwa & tape