{"id":1806,"date":"2014-09-30T11:06:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T02:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=1806"},"modified":"2014-09-30T11:08:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T02:08:04","slug":"my-monochrome-debut-by-kengo-watanabe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20140930_1806.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;My <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Monochrome<\/span> Debut&#8221; by Kengo Watanabe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='wp_social_bookmarking_light'>        <div class=\"wsbl_facebook_like\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20140930_1806.html\" layout=\"button_count\" action=\"recommend\" width=\"100\" share=\"false\" show_faces=\"false\" ><\/fb:like><\/div>        <div class=\"wsbl_twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20140930_1806.html\" data-text=\"&#8220;My <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Monochrome<\/span> Debut&#8221; by Kengo Watanabe\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<br class='wp_social_bookmarking_light_clear' \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sep. 19\u00a0Kodo Special Ensemble Performance at Maestro Trip Around Chiba Vol. 4: Japanese Traditional Taiko<\/h2>\n<p>Eight\u00a0of us appeared in a &#8220;Kodo Special Ensemble Performance&#8221; in Chiba. Part One\u00a0was a talk by Eiichi Saito about <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Monochrome<\/span>, a piece by modern music maestro Maki Ishii (d. 2003) composed for Japanese taiko drums that is renowned as an iconic feature of the Kodo repertoire. Part Two\u00a0was a mini concert by Kodo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_1546.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_1546-680x455.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo: Mitsunaga Matsuura\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It\u00a0was\u00a0my very first time to perform\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Monochrome\u00a0<\/span>for an audience.<br \/>\nI still have a lot to learn,\u00a0but I was so happy to play this piece\u00a0with some of Kodo&#8217;s\u00a0veteran members.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_1605.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_1605-340x227.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo: Mitsunaga Matsuura\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kunitachi_TO_17351-e1411524544495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kunitachi_TO_17351-e1411524544495-340x477.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" width=\"162\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/news\/20140919chiba_en.html\">Sep. 19 (Fri), 2014 Chiba City Wakaba Culture Hall, Chiba City<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/news\/20140919chiba_en.html\">&#8220;Kodo Special Ensemble Performance at Maestro Trip Around Chiba Vol. 4: Japanese Traditional Taiko&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/kengowatanabe_ja.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2503\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/kengowatanabe.jpg\" alt=\"kengowatanabe\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sep. 19\u00a0Kodo Special Ensemble Performance at Maestro Trip Around Chiba Vol. 4: Japanese Traditional Taiko Eight\u00a0of us appeared in a &#8220;Kodo Special Ensemble Performance&#8221; in Chiba. Part One\u00a0was a talk by Eiichi Saito about Monochrome, a piece by modern music maestro Maki Ishii (d. 2003) composed for Japanese taiko drums that is renowned as an iconic feature of the Kodo repertoire. Part Two\u00a0was a mini concert by Kodo. It\u00a0was\u00a0my very first time to perform\u00a0Monochrome\u00a0for an audience. 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