ABOUT
On the evening of Saturday, February 24, 2018, we will be hosting a live performance by nationally acclaimed singing sanshin player "Takeshi". Please take this opportunity to enjoy this event.
Takeshi is a singing sanshin player that was born on May 22, 1967 in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
He graduated from Odawara High School and Chuo University Faculty of Law. Fascinated by the sound of sanshin he heard by chance at a concert, he began to pick up sanshin himself. Later, he began performing live to share the beauty of the sanshin and Okinawan music. Currently, he performs about a dozen shows a month in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Tokai, Kansai, etc. He has performed in Shanghai in 2011, and in Bergamo, Brescia, and Venice, Italy in 2013. He has performed in Shanghai in 2011 and in Bergamo, Brescia, and Venice, Italy in 2013. He also teaches singing sanshin at music schools and other venues to broaden the scope of Okinawan music.
He graduated from Odawara High School and Chuo University Faculty of Law. Fascinated by the sound of sanshin he heard by chance at a concert, he began to pick up sanshin himself. Later, he began performing live to share the beauty of the sanshin and Okinawan music. Currently, he performs about a dozen shows a month in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Tokai, Kansai, etc. He has performed in Shanghai in 2011, and in Bergamo, Brescia, and Venice, Italy in 2013. He has performed in Shanghai in 2011 and in Bergamo, Brescia, and Venice, Italy in 2013. He also teaches singing sanshin at music schools and other venues to broaden the scope of Okinawan music.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 The 5th Shonan Sanshin Contest, Unique Prize
2008 Yaeyama Classical Music Contest, Flute Division, Newcomer's Prize
2007 Yaeyama Classical Music Contest, Sanshin Division, Excellence Prize
2005 Yaeyama Classical Music Contest, Sanshin Section, Newcomer's Prize
2008 Yaeyama Classical Music Contest, Flute Division, Newcomer's Prize
2007 Yaeyama Classical Music Contest, Sanshin Division, Excellence Prize
2005 Yaeyama Classical Music Contest, Sanshin Section, Newcomer's Prize