shamisen

The dance was performed by Honami Tsuboi, a Japanese rhythmic gymnast at the Beijing 2008 Games, to the accompaniment of music played on three-stringed shamisen instruments by the Yoshida Brothers from the Tsugaru region of northern Japan.

Bringing additional excitement to the opening week of this year's JFF-Eigasai is a special performance by Keisho Ohno, a master player of shamisen, a three-stringed Japanese traditional music instrument.

She wore a velour Beatles cap and leather jacket, and she taught foreigners, in English, the three-stringed shamisen, an instrument that fell out of tune as soon as you started to play it.

Trained in several traditional instruments, including shamisen (three-string Japanese lute), and specialised in yokobue (flute), she received permission to play the flute at banquets from her teacher some time after she became a geisha while still learning from senior geishas and taking music exams in university.

It was our first experience to witness a performance of Shamisen by Mr.

As Executive Director of Asian Improv aRts MidWest (AIRMW), an Asian American cultural arts presenter organization, he has initiated and managed several programs to advance the understanding of traditional arts and community through the arts, including the annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival, the Tsukasa Taiko Legacy, and the Toyoaki Shamisen arts residency projects.

Passersby would often hear the music of shamisen (three-stringed lute) and taiko (barrel- shaped drum) coming from the okiya .

Her numbers of Koto and Shamisen concert turned the evening of a soft rainy drops on a starry and moonlit night, and the excitement that she generated was remarkable, making her repeated performance in Karachi a remarkable event.

Musician Sumie Kaneko rendered a thrilling performance on Japanese traditional instruments koto and shamisen. Koto is similar to the santoor or surmandal and shamisen is a three-stringed instrument similar to a banjo.

Sumie Kaneko was said to be recognized as a pioneer for her uniquely chromatic use of Koto and Shamisen (traditional instruments of music) besides being known for blending Japanese traditional elements into jazz improvisation.

Dulaang UP's Tony Mabesa attempted such an unprecedented undertaking in 2003, based on a Filipino translation by Jerry Respeto of the classic Japanese text 'Kanjincho.' The cast-among them Neil Ryan Sese, Romnick Sarmenta, Lex Marcos and the Dulaang UP Ensemble-trained rigorously under two Kabuki experts, learning the performance elements and techniques of the age-old art form; student musicians also learned how to perform as a Kabuki musical ensemble with Japanese drums, flute, shamisen and vocals.

According to a PCJA - Sindh announcement Friday it is to mark the auspicious occasion, titled as "HAMARA DOSTANA," that Sumie (Sumi-i?1/2) Kaneko, recognized as a pioneer for her uniquely chromatic use of Koto and Shamisen (traditional instruments of music) has been specially invited to enthrall the locals.