by minon_admin | Jul 31, 2024 | Latest Events, Lectures, News, Outreach
On June 14 and 15, young musicians from South Korea and Japan performed at the Hanmadang Hall of the Korean Culture Center in Shinjuku, Tokyo, drawing an audience of some 300 people. This was the sixth in the series of joint concerts that was made possible through the...
by minon_admin | Jul 20, 2024 | Latest Events, News
The Japan tour of Ghanaian Highlife band Santrofi came to close on July 16, 2024 after performing at 13 venues throughout Japan since June 26, 2024. Highlife is a traditional Ghanaian rhythms, but Santrofi brings “a nostalgic, yet, progressive edge” to create its...
by minon_admin | Jun 13, 2024 | Latest Events, News
The 12th Japan tour of renowned Brazilian pianist and internationally acclaimed composer Amaral Vieira opened on May 23, 2024. He was here at the invitation of the Min-On Concert Association to perform in the “Amaral Vieira Piano Recital” held at 11 venues nationwide,...
by minon_admin | Jun 12, 2024 | Latest Events, Lectures, News, Outreach
On May 13, the Min-On Concert Association held a special concert at the Min-On Music Hall in honor of the 60th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between Jamaica and Japan. The artists who took part in the event were tenor Steve Higgins, soprano...
by minon_admin | Apr 27, 2024 | Latest Events, News
In April 2024, the South Korean quarter La Speranza concluded their 11-venue tour of Japan at the invitation of the Min-On Concert Association. La Speranza debuted in 2005 as a “popera” group that mixes pops and opera, rising to prominence in their country for its...
by minon_admin | Apr 26, 2024 | Cultural Exchange, Latest Events, News, Overseas Dispatch Series
From March 18 to March 27, a group of Japanese musicians of traditional instruments, under the auspices of the Min-On Concert Association, performed at three cities in the Republic of Korea in partnership with the National Gugak Center, the prestigious Seoul-based...
