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“From the UK” by Jun Akimoto
The “Kodo One Earth Tour: Legend” team are in the United Kingdom.
Here are some photos from Liverpool on Feb. 19 and
Manchester on Feb. 20.
Behind our hotel in Liverpool, there was an art school bearing the name of a famous man from this city: John Lennon!
Apparently this school was attended by members of “The Beatles.”
Philharmonic Hall, our venue in Liverpool. This picture was taken before the performance.
“From Dublin, Ireland” by Jun Akimoto
National Concert Hall, Dublin.
We were welcomed by a sold-out audience. Our performance was passionate and we received a standing ovation from the full house.
The Ambassador of Japan, His Excellency Mr. Chihiro Atsumi, and his wife came to our performance. The day before, we were invited to their residence. Performers Masaru, Yosuke, Kenzo, Masayuki and Mariko went along with the tour managers.
“Tour Scenes from Paris, France” by Jun Akimoto
Our five performances at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France have successfully come to an end and many people came to see us.
Here’s a photo of the Theatre.
Yesterday it was our technical director Martin’s birthday! We celebrated his special day with a cake filled with something he loves: strawberries.
From Paris, France (by Jun Akimoto)
After successfully completing our performances in Italy, the “Kodo One Earth Tour 2014: Legend” cast and staff have been at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris since Feb. 7 giving back-to-back performances.
▼Loading in to Theatre du Chatelet.
▼Yosuke Oda and Jun Jidai give an O-daiko demonstration.
This is also captured for tv and radio.
▼The curtain call after the first performance in Paris!
The audience got very excited and we received a standing ovation,
which is rare in Paris nowadays.
From Milan, Italy (by Jun Akimoto)
“Kodo One Earth Tour 2014: Legend”
Feb. 1 Performance in Milan, Italy
The passionate audience gave us a standing ovation during the curtain call.
Local taiko groups held up message cards for us during the curtain call to cheer us on.
Thank you very much to everyone who came along.
From Opening Night in Rome, Italy (by Jun Akimoto)
“Kodo One Earth Tour 2014: Legend”
On January 29, the tour had its opening night in Rome, Italy.
We will appear on “Kohaku Uta Gassen.” [Takuro Susaki Dec. 31, 2013]
With Ms. Sakamoto just before the performance at “Kohaku Uta Gassen”
Today we will play taiko to accompany singer Fuyumi Sakamoto on the tv program “Kohaku Uta Gassen.” The rehearsal went well and we took a picture with Ms. Sakamoto. Our performance is around 20:30. Don’t miss it!
Kodo: Announcing TV Program Appearances
http://www.kodo.or.jp/news/
Preparations for our year-end TV appearances are well under way. / Takuro Susaki Dec. 28, 2013
Kodo will be appearing on the televised “Japan Record Awards” on December 30 and “Kohaku Uta Gassen” on the 31st.
Today we had a rehearsal for the Japan Record Awards. A couple of months ago, we took part in the recording of Fuyumi Sakamoto’s enka song “Otoko no Himatsuri,” but today was actually our first time performing with her on stage.
Have a look at the photo Fuyumi Sakamoto took with us, it’s on her blog.
http://fuyumi-fc.com/letter/
Masayuki Sakamoto (shown in the photo) took part today as a stand-in for Tomohiro Mitome who couldn’t make it to the rehearsal. For the awards show, the original recording cast will be performing: Tomohiro Mitome, Mitsuru Ishizuka, and Tsuyoshi Maeda. For the “Kohaku Uta Gassen” performance, Masayuki Sakamoto and Yuta Sumiyoshi will join in too, cheering on Fuyumi Sakamoto with our upbeat taiko.
Please tune in!
Kodo Website TV Appearance Announcement
http://www.kodo.or.jp/news/
“Kodo One Earth Tour 2013: Mystery” in Tokyo
We are winding up our year of touring with five back-to-back performances of “Kodo One Earth Tour 2013: Mystery” in Tokyo.
Ake no Myojo
Miyake