by Peter | Mar 15, 2012 | Features
Poster welcoming visitors to the Asakusa Opera exhibition July 30, 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Taisho (“period of great righteousness”) era in Japan. This all-too-brief period of Japanese history followed the chaotic...
by Peter | Mar 15, 2012 | ArgentinaRA, Features
Fabio Hager (center left) presenting the score of Dramatico On January 19, the day after their arrival in Japan, Maestro Fabio Hager and the members of his sextet, together with the group’s featured dancers and singer, visited the Min-On Culture Center in Tokyo...
by Peter | Mar 15, 2012 | ArgentinaRA, Features
Fabio Hager Performs for the Min-On Tango Series The Fabio Hager Sextet perform at Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo The Min-On Tango Series, which launched in 1970 with a concert by the internationally acclaimed Orquesta José Basso, has been credited with spearheading a...
by Peter | Mar 15, 2012 | Features, PeruRA
A New Legend of Peruvian Music on stage Organized by Min-On, and cosponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Prom-Peru, and the Embassy of Peru in Japan, a successful concert tour of Peruvian artists entitled A New Legend of Peruvian Music played to...
by Peter | Dec 19, 2011 | Features, SpainRA
Dancers and musicians of the Ballet de Yoko Komatsubara During September and October, the premier Spanish dance company in Japan, The Ballet de Yoko Komatsubara, accompanied by a total of six dancers, singers and guitarists invited from Spain, completed a successful...
by Peter | Dec 14, 2011 | Features, JamaicaRA
The singers of Jamaica Rocks in performance On September 9, the long-awaited world premier of Jamaica Rocks was held at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo—venue of a concert by the legendary Reggae artist Bob Marley in 1979. Jamaica Rocks is the name of a talented group...
