Aichi Shukutoku University Wind Orchestra – wind orchestra
Brass band from the Aichi Shukutoku University made up of about 50 students. Every year they regularly perform 4 concerts as well as about 30 performances included in the tour they usually make in the Tohoku area, located in the northern part of Japan. The Japan Week will be a very important stage for them. Last year they played in Prague, in the famous Smetlana Hall, together with Czech musicians. For some of them this will be the first experience overseas, and they are all very excited to play in Torino.
Stars with Mie Actors School – jazz dance
A special collaboration between the two groups for the Japan Week in Torino. Stars is a group of members who love dancing while the Mie Actors School is a school established in 1996 whose graduates play leading role in movies and theatres. From 2015 to 2017 they also acted at the Burkina Faso National Day held in the Mie Prefecture. For the Japan Week they will stage the famous Japanese fairy tale Hanasaka Jiisan.
Hauta Hanaki-Kai Hokkaido – shamisen and singing
Hauta is a popular song born during the Edo period. It’s a short song played with shamisen, the three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument. Before western music entered the country, Japanese songs used to be preserved and transmitted orally. The association aims to convey the Edo period songs to present and future generations. Currently there are about 2,000 enthusiasts of hauta songs in Japan. The Hauta association was established around 20 years ago in Hokkaido (in the northern part of Japan) and currently about 80 people are learning the unique shamisen songs. They all hope the Italian public will enjoy their traditional Japanese music.