Each year, The Japan Foundation, New York, dispatches U.S. based Japanese culture specialists to Central and South Americas, to promote cultural exchange throughout Latin American countries. The specialists to be dispatched include Japanese and non-Japanese cultural figures, researchers, and artists in a broad range of fields.
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February 12 – 21, 2012
Mitsudomoe (Three Swirls): Mind, Body, and Spirit – Kenny Endo and Miles Endo / El Salvador and Belize
Renowned taiko performers Kenny Endo and Miles Endo will be touring El Salvador and Belize for a series of concerts and workshops.
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This program is co-organized with Embassy of Japan in El Salvador and Embassy of Japan in Jamaica (in charge of Belize).
November 21 – 28, 2011
Hogaku concert with Koto, Shamisen and Shakuhachi / Brazil (Brasilia and Recife)
Koto and Shamisen player Masayo Ishigure, Mitsuki Dazai and Shakuhachi player Marco Lienhard will be touring Brasilia and Recife for a series of performances.
Click here for more about Ms. Masayo Ishigure, Ms. Mitsuki Dazai and Mr. Marco Lienhard.
This program is co-organized with Embassy of Japan in Brazil and Consular Office of Japan in Recife.
October 22 – November 4, 2011
“Infinity ~An Evening of Japanese Classical Music~" / Jamaica, Bolivia, Peru
Yamada School Koto, Shamisen player and singer Ms. Yoko Reikano Kimura, and Koto and Shamisen player and contemporary jazz vocalist Ms. Sumie Kaneko will visit the three countries to give various performances and workshops.
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This program is co-organized with Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, Bolivia and Peru.
Classical music with Japanese artists / Cuba
Mr. Keisuke Wakao is assistant principal oboe of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal oboe of the Boston Pops Orchestra. He will be performing selections from Bach, Marcello, Williams, and R. Strauss with the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, as well as visiting a music school for a workshop.
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This program is co-organized with Embassy of Japan in Cuba.
“An Evening of Japanese Jazz”/ Jamaica
Flutist YUKARI and pianist Ms. Eri Yamamoto will visit Jamaica to give a concert and workshop to local audiences and music students. They will be performing their own compositions as well as well-known Japanese songs in a jazz style. They will also be joined by local musicians for a collaborative performance.
Click here for more about YUKARI and Ms. Eri Yamamoto
This program is co-organized with Embassy of Japan in Jamaica.
Piano concert tour “East Meets West: A World Journey on the Keyboard”/ Cuba, El Salvador and Mexico
Pianist Ms. Junko Ueno Garrett will visit the three countries to give concert-lectures to local audiences and music students. She will be comparing and contrasting Japanese music with Western music in style, expression and melody through a survey of Japanese music history.
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This program is co-organized with Embassy of Japan in Cuba, El Salvador and The Japan Foundation, Mexico.
Hogaku:Traditional Japanese music concert tour /Costa Rica, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago and Panama
Ms Yumi Kurosawa (21-string Koto) and Mr. Kaoru Watababe (Japanese flute and Taiko drum) will visit four countries to give performances and workshops to local music students and general public audiences.
Click here for more about Ms Yumi Kurosawa and Mr. Kaoru Watanabe
This program is co-organized with Embassy of Japan in Costa Rica, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago and Panama.
Lecture Tour "Telling Our Story: Coalition Building and the Asian American Journalists Association"/ Brazil
Ms. Lori Lei Matsukawa, the KING5 co-anchor and President of the Board of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington, will be giving lectures in four cities in Brazil: Sao Paulo, Belem, Tome-Acu, and Brasilia. In Brasilia, her lecture will be part of the 8th International Congress of Japanese Studies in Brazil.
Click here for more about Ms. Lori Lei Matsukawa
This program is co-organized with Embassy of Japan in Brazil, Consulate General of Japan in Belem, and The Japan Foundation, Sao Paulo.