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• 16 & 17 July 2021, Concert - ‘Ancestral Modernism: ‘Stones - Strings - Stories’, Ying Hsueh Chen (Percussion/concept), Tony di Napoli (stone/litophone), Dawda Jaberteh (Kora/voice), Junko Ueda (biwa/voice) at Christianshavns Beboerhus, Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2021 (DK)
• 17 September 2021, Solo concert - traditional biwa music at Festival Les Détours de Babel (Grenoble, FR)
• 19 September 2021, Solo concert - traditional biwa music at Festival Les Détours de Babel (Grenoble, FR)
• 22 September 2021, Concert - ‘PoiLUeda’ - Poil (Lyonnaise rock band) and Junko Ueda (biwa/voice), project ‘Yoshitsune’ at Festival Les Détours de Babel (Grenoble, FR)
• 23 September 2021, Solo concert - traditional biwa music at Festival Les Détours de Babel (Grenoble, FR)
• 2 October 2021, Concert - ‘PoiLUeda’, project ‘Yoshitsune’ at Baie des Singes (Cournon, FR)
• 6 October 2021, Concert - ‘PoiLUeda’, project ‘Yoshitsune’ at Café Wagner (Jena, DE)
• 7 October 2021, Concert - ‘PoiLUeda’, project ‘Yoshitsune’ at Zukunft am Ostkreuz (Berlin, DE)
• 8 October 2021, Concert - ‘PoiLUeda’, project ‘Yoshitsune’ at Freakshow Festival (Würzburg, DE)
• 14 October 2021, Concert - ‘PoiLUeda’, project ‘Yoshitsune’ at Théâtre de la Renaissance (Lyon, FR)
• 16 October 2021, Concert - ‘PoiLUeda’, project ‘Yoshitsune’ at Altantique Jazz Festival (Brest, FR)
• 27 October 2021, Concert - ‘PoiLUeda’, project ‘Yoshitsune’ at B-Flat (Bern, CH)
• 28 October 2021, Concert - ‘PoiLUeda’, project ‘Yoshitsune’ at Brass (Brussels, BE)
• 29 October 2021, Concert - ‘PoiLUeda’, project ‘Yoshitsune’ at TOR9 (Bremen, DE)
• 30 October 2021, Concert - ‘PoiLUeda’, project ‘Yoshitsune’ at MS Stubnitz (Hamburg, DE)
• 31 October 2021, Concert - ‘PoiLUeda’, project ‘Yoshitsune’ at Patronaat (Haarlem, NL)
• 3 November 2021, Duo Ueda Offermans concert at Rietberg Museum (Zurich, CH)

• 9-12 July, 2019, Shomyo workshop at ‘Les Suds à Arles’ le festival de Musiques du Monde, Arles, France. More info click here.
• 7 August, 2019, 21:30. Biwa and voice performance at Locri Epizephyrii Greek Theatre, Calabria, Italy. with Francesco Loccisano (chitarra battente) and Massimo Cusato (percussion).
• 14 & 15 September, 2019, Shomyo workshop at Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More info click here.
• 12 & 13 October, 2019, Shomyo workshop in Paris (five and half hours). On the 12th Saturday at 14h ~ 17h. On the 13th Sunday at 10h ~ 12h30. Location: Dojo de l'Ecole de la respiration, 41 boulevard Beaumarchais (near Bastille) on Saturday and 33 rue Censier (Métro Censier Daubenton) on Sunday. Information and registration, please contact with: thierrycharuel (at) wanadoo.fr.
• 21 October, 2019, 20:00. Participation with biwa and voice in the project ‘Francis Xavier: The Route to the Orient’ by Jordi Savall, at Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal. More info click here.
• 24 October, 2019, 19:30. Participation with biwa and voice in the project ‘Francis Xavier: The Route to the Orient’ by Jordi Savall, at Lincoln Center, New York, USA. More info click here.
• 23 & 24 November, 2019, Shomyo workshop at Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More info click here.

Junko Ueda performs Shomyo chant in the Festival des Musiques Sacrées du Munde,’Sacrées Journées de Strasbourg’.

• 4 February, Sunday, 2018, 10:00 at Grande Mosquée, Strasbourg
• 4 February, Sunday, 2018, 16:30 at Église protestante de Saverne

More information: www.sacreesjournees.eu

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

Photos from Shomyo workshops in Gendronniere (France), Madrid (Spain) and Geneva (Swiss).

• 12 & 13 March, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. Advanced group: 12th 16:00₁₈:30 / 13th 18:30₂₁:00. Beginners: 13th 10:00₁₃:00. More info clic here.
• 9 & 10 April, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Aula de Musicas, Madrid, Spain. 9th 16:30₁₉:30, 10th 11:00₁₄:00. More info clic here.
• 28 & 29 April, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Zen Temple of La Gendronnière, France, in the events of 'Arts et Santé'. More info clic here.
• 27 May, 2016, 20:30, Biwa solo concert at Festival Arkhé, Bussigny, Swiss. More info clic here.
• 28 & 29 May, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. Advanced group: 28th 13:30₁₆:00 / 29th 18:30₂₁:00. Beginners: 29th 10:00₁₃:00. More info clic here.
• 2 ~ 7 September, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Paxos, Greece. More info clic here.
• 25 October, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at National Conservatory Superior of Music and Dance in Lyon, France.
• 26 October, 2016, Biwa solo concert at National Conservatory Superior of Music and Dance in Lyon, France.
• 26 & 27 November, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More info clic here.

On the 20 - 21 November,2015, surrounded by full of audience, Junko Ueda presents her recitals of Epic Story of Heike at Maison des Cultures du Monde in Paris. In this tremendously difficult moment, what we need now is music. Let's play for Paris!

• July 8, 2015, biwa solo concert, Devonshire Square, City of London Festival, UK, on the occasion of Festival Satsuma 150 (the 150 anniversary of the arrival of the Satsuma Students in the UK).
• July 10, 2015, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS University of London, lecture and concert on the occasion of Festival Satsuma 150. At 17:15₁₈:00 lecture with Dr. Divid Hughes and at 19:00 biwa concert with traditional pieces and November Steps Cadenza by Toru Takemitsu (with shakuhachi by Joe Browning)
• July 11&12, 2015, 11:00 ~ 17:00: Two days Shomyo chanting workshops at SOAS University of London (Russell Square: College Buildings). More info and contact at: SOAS / Buddhist Chant from Japan
• September 6, 2015, biwa solo concert in Koncert Kirken, Copenhagen World Music Festival, Denmark
• October 3, 2015, biwa concert in Ethnographic Museum, Geneva, on the occasion of Exhibition Buddhism
• October 3 & 4, 2015, shomyo Buddhist chanting workshop at Ethnographic Museum, Geneva, on the occasion of Exhibition Buddhism
• November 1, 2015, 14:00, biwa solo concert in The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Bourgie Hall, Montreal, Canada
• November 2, 2015, shomyo workshop at University of Montreal
• November 20&21, 2015, biwa solo concert, Maison des Cultures du Monde, Paris, France

On the 28th March, 2015 at 21:30, Ueda performs "Erkos", compositions by French composer Jean-Claude Eloy for biwa/voice and live-electronics at 2nd Festival Electr()cution, Brest, France.

• November 14, 2014, 18:30: Gion-Shoja Biwa Singing Workshop at Kôfuku-ji Temple, Nagasaki, Japan.
• November 15, 2014, 18:00: Duo Ueda Offermans Concert at Kôfuku-ji Temple, Nagasaki, Japan. The program includes: Tsuru-no-Sugomori; Shunkan; Heike Duo and Ingen's Dream (with shomyo Buddhist chanting of Obaku-shu monks). Ingen's Dream is their special composition, dedicated for Ingen's (Chinese founder of Obaku-shu Buddhist sect) arrival in Japan 360 years anniversary.
• December 11, 2014, 18:30 ~ 21:30: Shomyo Workshop at Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie, Geneva, Swiss.
• February 26, 2015, 18:15 ~ 19:00 beginners / 19:00 ~ 21:30 all together: Shomyo Workshop at Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie, Geneva, Swiss.
• March 28, 2015, 22:00: Festival Electr()cution, Brest, France. Ueda will perform "Erkos" and "Galaxies", compositions by French composer Jean-Claude Eloy for biwa/voice and live-electronics.

On August 7th the Duo Ueda Offermans (Junko Ueda: biwa and voice; Wil Offermans: flutes) performs a duo concert for the Academie Internationale d'Ete de Nice at the Conservatoire de Musique, Nice. They shars the stage with flutist Sophie Cherrier. (photo left to right: Junko Ueda; Wil Offermans; Sophie Cherrier; Olivier Gardon; Gerard Kurdjian).

• April 5, 2014, 21:00: Duo Ueda Offermans at Teatro Alhambra, Granada, Spain. La Semana de Japón organized by University of Granada.
• April 29, 2014, 19:30: Shomyo workshop / Biwa demonstration at Conservatory Superior of Granada.
• May 30, 2014, 21:00: Solo recital in Yourte Parc Bernasconi Petit Lancy, Geneve, Swiss. Festival Poussière du Monde organized by ADEM.
• June 16, 2014: Duo Ueda Offermans at University of Örebro, Sweden.
• June 16, 2014: Shomyo Buddhist chanting workshop at University of Örebro, Sweden.
• June 29 ~ July 6, 2014: Junko Ueda gives one week course of Shomyo Buddhist chanting at Ateliers d'Ethnomusicologie in Geneve, Swiss in the summer course series of La Croisée des Cultures 2014. For registration, call to +41-22 919 0494 or use contact form at www.adem.ch
• August 7, 2014, 20:30: Duo Ueda Offermans at Conservatoire de Musique, Nice, France. The concert series "Melting Point" at Académie Internationale d'Eté de Nice.

On August 24th the Duo Ueda Offermans present a their acoustic duo concert at Chapelle Notre Dame de Riquer, Catllar near Prades (France). The event is part of the 8ème Festival Les Troubadours Chantent l'Art Roman en Languedoc-Roussillon. The duo - by Junko Ueda and Wil Offermans on flutes - performes a program of their works as well as some traditional Japanese pieces, including Heike Monogatari, Genji Monogatari and Tsuru-no-Sugomori. The origin of the Chapelle Notre Dame de Riquer dates back more than 1000 years.

• August 24 2013, 21:00: Duo Ueda Offermans at Chapelle Notre. Dame de Riquer, Catllar, France. (8ème Festival Les troubadours chantent l'art roman en Languedoc-Roussillon, France)
• September 26 2013. 20:30: Solo recital at Rasa, Utrecht, Holland, in the Festival RASAMania!
• October 26 2013: Duo Ueda Offermans at Màntica Festival, Cesena, Italy
• October 27 2013: Shomyo Workshop at Màntica Festival, Cesena, Italy