29 April 2014
Kentaro Kobuke exhibition at Zou Store, 1-13 May 2014
Zou store is delighted to announce a collaboration with artist, Kentaro Kobuke from 1st – 13th May at Zou, 17 Endell Street, Covent Garden, WC2.
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28 April 2014
Midori Komachi and Duport Ensemble, concert at St James's Piccadilly on 2 May at 7:30pm
Come and enjoy an evening of chamber music with Midori Komachi and the Duport Ensemble on Friday, 2 May at Saint James’s Piccadilly at 7:30pm.
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Shinichi Adachi photography exhibition at Camera Cafe in Bloomsbury, 26 April
Shinichi Adachi’s solo photography exhibition, Calling is a collection of portrait photographs centring around the relationship between people and a classic telephone. The models were encouraged to express themselves and this allows the viewers imagine the circumstances in which the models found themselves. The exhibition will be held on Saturday 26 April at the Camera Café in Bloomsbury.
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Sankai Juku Masterclasses in London on 3 and 4 May 2014, organised by Asian Performing Arts UK
Asian Performing Arts UK are delighted to announce Sankai Juku’s visit to London for their two-days Masterclass on 3rd and 4th May 2014 at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and The Place.
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Yoshitaro Nomura Film Season at the ICA, 18-23 April 2014
“A hugely revered, popular filmmaker in his home country of Japan, Yoshitaro Nomura’s (1919 – 2005) film career spanned more than 50 years during which he directed 89 films.
Considered one of the pioneers of Japanese film noir, he is best known in Japan for his adaptations of mystery and detective novels, several of which were based on stories by best-selling left-leaning crime writer Seicho Matsumoto (1909-1992), who was the most popular and highest paid writer in Japan in the late 1950s.
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'Haiku Prelude – Haiku Kami 2014', 7 – 12 April 2014 in London
Project Haiku Prelude – Haiku Kami is dedicated to the victims of the Great Eastern Tohoku Earthquake at 11th March 2011. It consists series of paintings inspired by haiku. The project’s publication, proceeds from which are donated annually to Momo – Kaki Orphans Fund, is chaired by Tadao Ando (www.momokaki.org). It is the first publication of its kind and as such it has received support and encouragement from all the living authors, whose haiku is included in the project as well as institutions and organisations.
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Akio Suzuki and Aki Onda to take part in Field Studies 2014 at the John Cass Faculty of Art this April
This spring’s FIELD STUDIES 2014 Spring Worskhops at the Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design (London Metropolitan University) include masterclasses with sound artist, AKIO SUZUKI and electronic musician, composer and visual artist, AKI ONDA.
Tickets are still available, but applications need to be submitted by 1 April 2014.
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Two special Japanese music events at SOAS, University of London on Sat & Sun, 22 and 23 March 2014
Two special Japanese music events at SOAS, University of London on Saturday and Sunday, 22 and 23 March 2014:
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Brixton BookJam on 3 March at 7:30pm will welcome 3 prize-winning authors from Japan
The next Brixton BookJam will be happening at the Hootananny on the 3rd of March at 7:30pm.
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Two powerful documentaries by Yoshitaka Terada to be shown at SOAS, University of London on 18 and 22 February 2014
Two powerful documentary films by Yoshitaka TERADA of Japan’s National Museum of Ethnology will be shown at SOAS, University of London (Khalili Lecture Theatre) on February 18th and 22nd respectively. These deal with music’s role in helping two minorities in the Osaka area – Okinawans and the so-called Burakumin ‘outcasts’ – actively and publicly deal with prejudice and injustice.
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