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participants group of the Shomyo workshop at Aula de Músicas, Madrid on 25 Jan. 2020

• 25 January, Saturday, 2020, 10h30 ~ 14h30

• 8 February, Saturday, 2020, 10h45 ~ 13h45 (beginner)
• 8 February, Saturday, 2020, 16h ~ 19h (advanced)
• 9 February, Sunday, 2020, 10h ~ 12h30 (advanced)

from the left, Ichiro Seki (shakuhachi), Jordi Savall, Junko Ueda

• 9~12 July, 2019, Shomyo workshop at ‘Les Suds à Arles’ le festival de Musiques du Monde, Arles, France. More info click here.
• 7 August, 2019, 21:30. Biwa and voice performance at Locri Epizephyrii Greek Theatre, Calabria, Italy. with Francesco Loccisano (chitarra battente) and Massimo Cusato (percussion).
• 14 & 15 September, 2019, Shomyo workshop at Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More info click here.
• 12 & 13 October, 2019, Shomyo workshop in Paris (five and half hours). On the 12th Saturday at 14h ~ 17h. On the 13th Sunday at 10h ~ 12h30. Location: Dojo de l'Ecole de la respiration, 41 boulevard Beaumarchais (near Bastille) on Saturday and 33 rue Censier (Métro Censier Daubenton) on Sunday. Information and registration, please contact with: thierrycharuel (at) wanadoo.fr.
• 21 October, 2019, 20:00. Participation with biwa and voice in the project ‘Francis Xavier: The Route to the Orient’ by Jordi Savall, at Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal. More info click here.
• 24 October, 2019, 19:30. Participation with biwa and voice in the project ‘Francis Xavier: The Route to the Orient’ by Jordi Savall, at Lincoln Center, New York, USA. More info click here.
• 23 & 24 November, 2019, Shomyo workshop at Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More info click here.

There are two new videos uploaded from the performances in VinterJazz Festival Copenhagen.

• Free improvisation by Lê Quan Ninh, Ying-Hsueh Chen (percussion) and Junko Ueda (voice), from "Ancestral Modernism Tri(o)logy" production, on 10 February, 2019 in Koncertkirken at Vinterjazz Festival in Copenhagen.
• Shomyo Chant ‘Kujô-Shakujô’ (九条錫杖）by Junko Ueda (voice) at Vinterjazz Festival in Copenhagen.

• 13~15 April, 2019, Shomyo workshop at Zen Temple of La Gendronnière, France, in the events of 'Arts et Santé'. More info click here.
• 18 & 19 May, 2019 Shomyo workshop at Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More info click here.
• 16 June, Sunday, 2019, 14:00 ~ 17:00, Shomyo workshop at Leo Kestenberg Musikschule im Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin. More info click here.
• 9~12 July, 2019, Shomyo workshop at ‘Les Suds à Arles’ le festival de Musiques du Monde, Arles, France. More info click here.

9 February, 2019, 10:00 - 13:00, Shomyo Chant workshop
- Location: OSRAMHUSET - Stor Sal, Valhalsgade 4, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Fee: Adults: 520 dkk, Student: 400 dkk
- Registration at Billetto. Click here

10 February, 2019, 20:00, Vinter Jazz Festival, Copenhagen
- Program “Ancestral Modernism Tri(o)logy” (Concept created by Ying-Hsueh Chen) - Improvisation, J. Cage, K. Stockhausen, Shomyo chant
- Ying-Hsueh Chen (percussion); Lê Quan Ninh (percussion); Junko Ueda (voice)
- Location: Koncertkirken, Copenhagen
- Information, click here

• 16 February, Saturday, 2019, 10h ~ 13h (beginner)
• 16 February, Saturday, 2019, 16h ~ 19h (advanced)
• 17 February, Sunday, 2019, 10h ~ 12h30 (advanced)

• 1 & 2 December, 2018: Shomyo Buddhist Chant workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More information go here
• 10 February, 2019, 20:00, in Koncertkirken: Vinter Jazz Festival, Copenhagen. Program “Ancestral Modernism Tri(o)logy”, Ying-Hsueh Chen (percussion); Lê Quan Ninh (percussion); Junko Ueda (voice). Concept created by Ying-Hsueh Chen

The live recording of the concert at St. Caecilien/Museum Schnuetgen, in the festival Romanischer Sommer 2018 Köln (7 June 2018) will be broadcasted on 11th July 2018 in WDR 3 Radio program Konzert at 20:04 - 22:00. More information, click here.

• 29 September Saturday, 2018, 10h ~ 13h (beginner)
• 29 September, Saturday, 2018, 16h ~ 19h (advanced)
• 30 September, Sunday, 2018, 10h ~ 12h30 (advanced)

Shomyo Chant and Heike-Monogatari biwa story-telling at St. Caecilien/Museum Schnuetgen on 7 June 2018.

© photo: June Ueno

• 14 - 16 April, 2018: Shomyo Buddhist Chant workshop at Zen Temple of La Gendronnière, France, in the event of 'Arts et Santé'. More information go here
• 5 & 6 May, 2018: Shomyo Buddhist Chant workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More information go here
• 7 June, 2018, 13:00: at St. Caecilien/Museum Schnuetgen, Köln, Germany in the festival "Romanischer Sommer 2018”. Ueda performs: Sange (shoymo chant); Kujô-Shakujô (shomyo chant); Shunkan (biwa/voice); Dan-no-Ura (biwa/voice); Gion-Shôja (biwa/voice). More information go here
• 13 September, 2018: Shomyo Buddhist Chant workshop at the International Sacred Music Festival of Bogota, Colombia
• 14 September, 2018: Duo Ueda Offermans concert. “Japanese Buddhism in music - ritual and stories” at the International Sacred Music Festival of Bogota, Colombia. The Duo performs: Tsuru-no-Sugomori (flute solo), Shomyo chant (voice solo), Heike-Monogatari (biwa/voice & flute), Inner-Voices (voice & Thumpy flute).

• 17 March, 2018, 20:00: Duo Ueda Offermans Concert titled ‘We-Air’ at Sundsvalls Kulturskola, Kupolsalen.
• 18 March, 2018, 8:30~10:00: Shoymo Workshop at Sundsvalls Kulturskola, Dance Room.