JAPAN
JAPAN

Tango,Latin, American music and Jazz

Exploring the joy, the pathos, the infinite facets of love captured in song

Launched in 1970 with a concert by the internationally acclaimed Orquestra Jose Basso, the Min-On Tango Series deserves a great deal of credit for establishing tango popularity in Japan — subsequent events featuring Osvaldo Pugliese, Mariano Mores and other leading tango artists on highly successful nationwide tours. Min-On also sponsors jazz, Latin folk music and other concerts which in the past have showcased performances by talent the like of Brazil's Gal Gosta and Gilberto Gil and America's Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter.

MIN – ON TANGO SERIES

1970
Orchestra Jose Basso
1988
Orquestra Mariano Mores
1989
Orquestra Osvaldo Pugliese
1994
Gloria and Eduardo Tango Ensemble
1997
Orquestra Osvaldo Piro

BRAZILIAN POPULAR MUSIC

1980
Gal Costa
1986
Gilberto Gil
1995
Banda Mel
1997
Cico Cesar

LATIN FOLK MUSIC

1976
Los Indios
1981
Ramon Veloz and Grupo "Campo Alegre"
1982
Condorkanki
1984
Los Laikas
1994
Coral Y Esmeralda

POP AND ROCK

1971
Gilbert Becaut, French pop singer
1978
Iva Zanicchi, Italian vocalist
1984
George Chakiris
1986
Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist
1987
Susanne Vega
1988
Pat Boone
1988
Tina Turner
1990
Patti Page
1990
Natalie Cole
1991
Chaka Khan
1991
Ben E. King
1994
Herbie Hancock
1996
Steve Barakatt, Canadian pianist
1996
Elvis Presley Jr.
1998
Broadway Musical "Smokey Joe's Cafe"
2001
U.K. National Youth Music Theatre
2002
Lina Sastri
2002
Korean Musical "GAMBLER"(Seense Musical Company)

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Musical Agenda
Opera
Ballet
Orchestra
Folk Music and Dance
Tango,Latin, American music and Jazz
Findependent Productions, Popular Music, and Ballads
  • Overseas cultural Exchanges
  • TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION