by Peter | May 25, 2017 | ChinaRA, Features, Min-On Global Music Network, News, Outreach, Overseas Dispatch Series, SingaporeRA
Min-On Concert Association has played a major role in introducing Japanese culture and performing arts to other countries for the last half century. Since 1966, Min-On has promoted a program of overseas dispatches of Japanese artists, mirroring its program of inviting...
by Peter | May 25, 2017 | ChinaRA, Features
Min-On: This is the fifth time for the CNPOC to be invited to Japan for a nationwide tour by the Min-On Concert Association. Please tell us about the CNPOC. Mr. Yu Kuizhi: The China National Peking Opera Company has a long history of cultural exchange with Japan,...
by Peter | May 25, 2017 | ChinaRA, Features, Opera
This year, to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and the People’s Republic of China in 1972, the Min-On Concert Association invited the internationally acclaimed China National Peking Opera Company to Japan for a...
by Peter | Feb 28, 2017 | ArgentinaRA, Features
Horacio Romo, together with the members of his special ensemble for the Japan tour of Dramatic Tango 2017, visited the Min-On Culture Center in Tokyo on January 20 before embarking on the nationwide tour. After being warmly welcomed by staff members of the Min-On...
by Peter | Feb 28, 2017 | ArgentinaRA, Features
A tango orchestra typically consists of bandoneons, violins, piano and double bass, in addition to guitar and drums, accompanied by singers and dancers of the tango tradition. Among these instruments, the bandoneon is perhaps the most key instrument in producing the...
by Peter | Feb 28, 2017 | Features, VenezuelaRA
The musical cultures of the Caribbean are rich and diverse. Each island and nation has a unique cultural identity shaped by a different blend of colonial influences, the varied traditions of immigrant populations and the enduring legacies of native tribes. Over time,...