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Video by the Duo Ueda Offermans in Japan

• Video | Concert | Duo Ueda Offermans | Japan

Here are two new YouTube videos of the Duo Ueda Offermans with Dutch flutist Wil Offermans, from their Oct. 2024 Japan-tour. The first video is of their work Murasaki-no-Ue from the famous Japanese 11th century literature Genji Monogatari (The tale of Genji) recorded live at the Buddhist temple Kôjuku-ji, Nagasaki, Japan on October 25th. The lyric is based on the Genji-Monogatari describing about aristocrat Hikaru Genji’s romantic love stories. The second video is Heike Monogatari (The battle of Dan-no-Ura), a composition-arrangement by the duo, recorded live at the Heishin-do (the former Kazama family residence), Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata, Japan on October 18th.

Video of Yoshitsune by Junko Ueda in Tsuruoka, Japan

• Biwa | Solo | Video | Concert | Japan

A new YouTube video of Junko Ueda performing traditional biwa music Yoshitsune during the concert with the Duo Ueda Offermans at Heishin-do (the former Kazama family residence and a cultural property of Japan) in Tsuruoka-city, Yamagata, Japan on 18 October 2024. In the relaxed atmosphere of this beautiful cultural property of Japan you hear in the recording even the crickets chirping from the garden. Production was done by Tsuruoka Research Centre of Sustainable Society.

YouTube ビデオ「義経」
上田純子：薩摩琵琶弾き語り
録音：2024年10月18日、丙申堂 - 旧風間家住宅 （国指定重要文化財）山形県鶴岡市
企画制作：鶴岡持続可能社会研究所

Vinter Jazz Festival Copenhagen

• Denmark | Shomyo | Jazz | Concert | Workshop

9 February, 2019, 10:00 - 13:00, Shomyo Chant workshop
- Location: OSRAMHUSET - Stor Sal, Valhalsgade 4, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Fee: Adults: 520 dkk, Student: 400 dkk
- Registration at Billetto. Click here

10 February, 2019, 20:00, Vinter Jazz Festival, Copenhagen
- Program “Ancestral Modernism Tri(o)logy” (Concept created by Ying-Hsueh Chen) - Improvisation, J. Cage, K. Stockhausen, Shomyo chant
- Ying-Hsueh Chen (percussion); Lê Quan Ninh (percussion); Junko Ueda (voice)
- Location: Koncertkirken, Copenhagen
- Information, click here

Ancestral Modernism Triology Denmark
Ancestral Modernism Triology Denmark

Junko Ueda on WDR 3 on 11 July 2018

• Radio | Germany | Concert | Solo

The live recording of the concert at St. Caecilien/Museum Schnuetgen, in the festival Romanischer Sommer 2018 Köln (7 June 2018) will be broadcasted on 11th July 2018 in WDR 3 Radio program Konzert at 20:04 - 22:00. More information, click here.

Junko Ueda at Romanischer Sommer Köln ‘Singet und Höret’

• Solo | Concert | Germany | Biwa | Shomyo

Shomyo Chant and Heike-Monogatari biwa story-telling at St. Caecilien/Museum Schnuetgen on 7 June 2018.

Junko Ueda at St. Caecilien/Museum Schnuetgen, Romanischer Sommer Köln
Junko Ueda at St. Caecilien/Museum Schnuetgen, Romanischer Sommer Köln
Junko Ueda at St. Caecilien/Museum Schnuetgen, Romanischer Sommer Köln
Junko Ueda at St. Caecilien/Museum Schnuetgen, Romanischer Sommer Köln
Junko Ueda at St. Caecilien/Museum Schnuetgen, Romanischer Sommer Köln
Junko Ueda at St. Caecilien/Museum Schnuetgen, Romanischer Sommer Köln

© photo: June Ueno

Some Upcoming Events

• Shomyo | Workshop | Switzerland | concert | Denmark
  • 1 & 2 December, 2018: Shomyo Buddhist Chant workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More information go here.
  • 10 February, 2019, 20:00, in Koncertkirken: Vinter Jazz Festival, Copenhagen. Program “Ancestral Modernism Tri(o)logy”, Ying-Hsueh Chen (percussion); Lê Quan Ninh (percussion); Junko Ueda (voice). Concept created by Ying-Hsueh Chen

Some Upcoming Events

• Shomyo | Concert | Workshop
  • 14 - 16 April, 2018: Shomyo Buddhist Chant workshop at Zen Temple of La Gendronnière, France, in the event of 'Arts et Santé'. More information go here.
  • 5 & 6 May, 2018: Shomyo Buddhist Chant workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More information go here.
  • 7 June, 2018, 13:00: at St. Caecilien/Museum Schnuetgen, Köln, Germany in the festival Romanischer Sommer 2018. Ueda performs: Sange (shoymo chant); Kujô-Shakujô (shomyo chant); Shunkan (biwa/voice); Dan-no-Ura (biwa/voice); Gion-Shôja (biwa/voice). More information go here.
  • 13 September, 2018: Shomyo Buddhist Chant workshop at the International Sacred Music Festival of Bogota, Colombia
  • 14 September, 2018: Duo Ueda Offermans concert. “Japanese Buddhism in music - ritual and stories” at the International Sacred Music Festival of Bogota, Colombia. The Duo performs: Tsuru-no-Sugomori (flute solo), Shomyo chant (voice solo), Heike-Monogatari (biwa/voice & flute), Inner-Voices (voice & Thumpy flute).

Some Upcoming Events

• Biwa | Shomyo | Concert | Workshop
  • 19 - 21 September, 2017: Shomyo Buddhist Chant and Gion-Shôja singing workshop with students of Département de musique ancienne de la Haute école de musique de Genève. The workshop will be held in Sarrebourg in France.
  • 22 September, 2017, 20:00: Biwa concert at St-Pierre-aux-Nonnains, Metz, France, in the program of ‘OULOMENEN - Le Chant des Guerriers’. More information, click here.
  • 14 & 15 October, 2017: Shomyo Buddhist Chant workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More information, click here.
  • 2 - 4 February, 2018: Shomyo Chant concert at the Festival Sacrées Journées de Strasbourg, France.

Skype Lesson

• Duo Ueda Offermans | Sweden | Concert | Workshop | Shomyo

Recently Junko Ueda has started giving lessons for Shomyo chanting and Gion-Shôja singing by Skype. If you are interested, feel free to contact to know more details and pricing. And a regular private lesson at her studio or at a location is always available as usual.

Nuit de L'épopée and Shomyo workshop in Lyon

• Biwa | Shomyo | Solo | France | Concert

Location: Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon

25 October, 2016, 14:0018:00 Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop, in Salle d'ensemble
26 October, 2016, Concert 'Nuit de L'épopé', in Salle Varèse

  • 18:00 : Film 'Kwaidan' (2nd and 3rd episode) by Masaki Kobayashi
  • 19:00 : La Chanson de Roland (Département de musique ancienne); Dan-no-Ura (Junko Ueda)
  • 21:00: J. F. Rebel : Les éléments, A. Campra : Tancrède, C. Monteverdi : Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (Département de musique ancienne); Yoshitsune (Junko Ueda)

Odile Edouard, Jean Tubéry, Pierre Hamon et Anne Delafosse (Département de musique ancienne), préparation musicale
Junko Ueda, chant et satsuma-biwa

Infomation: https://www.cnsmd-lyon.fr/agenda/nuit-de-lepopee

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Kujô-Shakujô CD
Biwa Vocab

New solo CD by Junko Ueda, featuring rare recordings of all nine parts of the Shomyo Buddhist chant ‘Kujô-Shakujô’. Nuevo CD de Junko Ueda, con grabaciones excepcionales de las nueve partes del canto budista shomyo ‘Kujô-Shakujô’. 上田純子の新しいソロCD。天台声明の「九條錫杖」の全９條を収録した貴重な録音。

Available at Studio E Online

Meditative Flowers CD
Meditative Flowers CD

Junko Ueda performing repertoire from the 1200 year-old Japanese traditional Shomyo Buddhist chant. Junko Ueda interpretando canciones budista tradicional japonés de Shomyo, un repertorio del siglo VIII. 上田純子の新しいソロCD。1200年の歴史を持つ天台声明の中から４曲を収録。

Available at Studio E Online

Satsuma-Biwa CD Satsuma-Biwa CD CD 薩摩琵琶
Satsuma-Biwa CD

solo CD by Junko Ueda performing traditional biwa music as well as a modern-style composition by Toru Takemitsu. CD solo de Junko Ueda interpretando música biwa tradicional así como una composición moderno de Toru Takemitsu. 上田純子のソロCD。薩摩琵琶古典弾き語りと武満徹の作品。

Available at Studio E Online

Japon: L'épopée des Heike CD
Japon: L'épopée des Heike CD

Junko Ueda with traditional satsuma-biwa repertoire from the Hieke Monogatari, recorded at Hiei-zan Temple, Japan. Junko Ueda interpretando canciones budista tradicional japonés de Shomyo, un repertorio del siglo VIII. 上田純子によるソロCD。平家物語の中から3曲を収録。比叡山延暦寺にて録音。

Available at Studio E Online