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18 December 2017
The Embassy of Japan organised “Japan Music
Festival” in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of
Japan-Malaysia diplomatic relations at the Kuala Lumpur Convention
Centre as one of the major cultural events during the anniversary on
15th and 16th December, 2017. On 15th December, following Ambassador
Miyagawa’s welcoming remarks, five musicians invited from Japan
(Yukine: Wahensho or Japanese carillon player, Hiromi Kaneko: Japanese
flutist, Michiko Matsui: opera singer, Mayuko Hattori: pianist, Yusako
Terashima: soprano singer (in order of performance on the day)), three
Japanese musicians based in Malaysia (Yukaga Takahashi: koto player,
Keiko Nakagawa: flutist, Akiko Danis: pianist (in order of performance
on the day), and the only male Malay koto player, Hafiz Othman
performed.
On 16th December, AUN J CLASSIC ORCHESTRA (Japanese traditional music
instruments players’ group) was invited from Japan to perform, and they
collaborated with ASWARA (Akademi Seni Budaya Dan Warisan Kebangsaan)
as “One Asia Classic Orchestra”. YAMAHA Music Time children also
participated in the festival.
Two related workshops, one by AUN J CLASSIC ORCHESTRA
at ASWARA and another by Wahensho and Japanese flutes at Novotel hotel,
were held as well. More than 1,000 attended the events and enjoyed the
profundity and a wide range of Japanese musical culture, and the Japan
Music Festival made the bilateral relationship much closer through
music.
You can also find of Japan Music Festival on our You Tube channels.
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