by Peter | Jun 21, 2013 | News, Orchestral, Performing Arts
Box-shaped structure of the Muse Ark Hall creates rich acoustics for the pipe organ On the evening of February 14 at the Tokorozawa Muse Ark Hall in Saitama Prefecture, Japanese organist Minako Tsukatani gave a unique pipe organ recital in collaboration with acclaimed...
by Peter | Jun 21, 2013 | ColombiaRA, Latin & Tango, News, Recent Visitors
Members of the Chirimía band perform at Min-On Culture Center On May 28 in Tokyo, teenage members of the music group Chirimía, accompanied by Embassy officials of the Republic of Colombia, paid a courtesy visit to the Min-On Culture Center. Chirimía groups come...
by Peter | Mar 12, 2013 | ArgentinaRA, Cultural Exchange, Latin & Tango, News
Argentina’s top-class dancing pairs performed with the Orchesta Nicolás Ledesma This year marks the 50th anniversary of Min- On’s founding as well as 115 years of amicable relations between Argentina and Japan. During the past 50 years of Min-On’s history of cultural...
by Peter | Nov 30, 2012 | Cultural Exchange, Independent Productions, News, Performing Arts, RussiaRA
Members of ‘The Battle’ from Russia and Japan On the autumn evening of October 12 in Tokyo, The Battle 2012—an international street dance competition—broke out between a group of Russian dancers known as Predatorz Crew and a Japanese alliance of young dancing forces...
by Peter | Sep 4, 2012 | ArmeniaRA, Choral Music, Cultural Exchange, News
The Little Singers of Armenia On the Friday evening of August 10, The Little Singers of Armenia choir, directed by its founder Tigran Hekekyan, successfully concluded their first Japan tour in front of a capacity audience at the magnificent Tokyo Opera City Concert...
by Peter | Sep 4, 2012 | Japanese Arts, News, Performing Arts
Hanayakara The islands of Okinawa are surrounded by beautiful ocean and blessed with a superb natural environment. The islands were once a small independent nation called the Ryukyu Kingdom, where since ancient times a unique culture had developed with distinctive...
