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• 23 August 2024, Festival Baignade Sauvage, Ambialet (FR)
• 14 September 2024, Jazz Off Colmar, Colmar (FR)
• 20 September 2024, Le Périscope, Lyon (FR)
• 21 September 2024, La Fratemelle, Saint Claude (FR)
• 26 September 2024, Le Singe, Bienne (CH)
• 27 September 2024, Freakshow Artrock Festival, Würzburg (DE)
• 28 September 2024, House of Music, Berlin (DE)

• 27 October 2023, KVO, Neuchatel (CH)
• 28 October 2023, La Ferme-Asile, Sion (CH)
• 01 November 2023, Les Primeurs, Massy (FR)
• 02 November 2023, Les Primeurs, Castres (FR)
• 09 November 2023, Jazz Jantar, Gdansk (PL)
• 10 November 2023, Fluid Form Club, Berlin (DE)

• 1 March 2023, Marché Gare, Lyon (FR)
• 2 March 2023, Zelig, Lausanne (CH)
• 3 March 2023, Kuba, Jena (DE)
• 4 March 2023, Festival des Arcs en Hiver, Baden (CH)
• 8 March 2023, Le Bout de Monde, Vevey (CH)
• 9 March 2023, Neubad, Luzern (CH)
• 10 March 2023, Vera, Groningen (NL)
• 11 March 2023, Peel Slowly and See, Leiden (NL)
• 12 March 2023, Le Lac, Brussels (BE)

• 2 March 2022, La Cave 12, Geneva (CH)
• 3 March 2022, Le Périscope, Lyon (FR)
• 4 March 2022, Sudhaus, Basel (CH)
• 5 March 2022, Brass - Centre Culturel de Forest, Brussels (BE)

On the 3 November 2021, Duo Ueda Offermans performs at Rietberg Museum in Zurich on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Japanese medieval narrations depicted in the arts’, with subtitling by musicologist Mr. Heinz-Dieter Reese. The program included:

• Atsumori, Japanese traditional biwa music, solo
• Dan-no-Ura, Japanese traditional biwa music, arranged for biwa, voice and flute
• Yoshitsune, Japanese traditional biwa music, solo
• Murasaki-no-Ue, from Tale of Genji, composed by Junko Ueda for biwa, voice and flute.

See more info at the Rietberg Museum, Zurich.

• 2 October 2021, La Baie des Singes - L’apire (Cournon, FR)
• 5 October 2021, Punctum - Krásovka (Prague, CZ)
• 6 October 2021, Café Wagner (Jena, DE)
• 7 October 2021, Zukunft am Ostkreuz (Berlin, DE)
• 8 October 2021, Freakshow Artrock Festival (Würzburg, DE)
• 9 October 2021, Secret Show (Netzschkau, DE)
• 14 October 2021, Théâtre de la Renaissance (Lyon, FR)
• 15 October 2021, Editions du Pressing (Bouguenais, FR)
• 16 October 2021, Altantique Jazz Festival (Brest, FR)
• 27 October 2021, Bee-Flat (Bern, CH)
• 28 October 2021, La Malterie (Lille, FR)
• 29 October 2021, Worm (Rotterdam, NL)
• 30 October 2021, MS Stubnitz (Hamburg, DE)
• 31 October 2021, Patronaat (Haarlem - NL)

• 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)

• 25 January, Saturday, 2020, 10h30 ~ 14h30

- Location: Aula de Musicas, Plaza de Peñuelas 11, 28005 Madrid
- Fee: 65 €
- More info, click here.

• 8 February, Saturday, 2020, 10h45 ~ 13h45 (beginner)
• 8 February, Saturday, 2020, 16h ~ 19h (advanced)
• 9 February, Sunday, 2020, 10h ~ 12h30 (advanced)

- Fee: Beginners 70 SF (members ADEM 60 SF). Advanced (five and half hours session) 100 SF (members ADEM: 90 SF)
- Location: Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie: 10, rue de Montbrillant, 1201 Genève
- More info, click here.

• 16 February, Saturday, 2019, 10h ~ 13h (beginner)
• 16 February, Saturday, 2019, 16h ~ 19h (advanced)
• 17 February, Sunday, 2019, 10h ~ 12h30 (advanced)

- Fee: Beginners 70 SF (members ADEM 60 SF). Advanced (five and half hours session) 100 SF (members ADEM: 90 SF)
- Location: Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie Maraîchers: 44, Rue des Maraîchers, 1205 Genève
- More info, click here.

• 29 September Saturday, 2018, 10h ~ 13h (beginner)
• 29 September, Saturday, 2018, 16h ~ 19h (advanced)
• 30 September, Sunday, 2018, 10h ~ 12h30 (advanced)

- Fee: Beginners 70 SF (members ADEM 60 SF). Advanced (two session) 100 SF (members ADEM: 90 SF)
- Location: Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie: 10, rue de Montbrillant, 1201 Genève
- More info, click here

• 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

• 2 December, Saturday, 2017, 16h ~ 19h (advanced)
• 3 December, Sunday, 2017, 10h ~ 12h30 (advanced)
• 10 February, Saturday, 2018, 10h ~ 13h (beginner)
• 10 February, Saturday, 2018, 16h ~ 19h (advanced)
• 11 February, Sunday, 2018, 10h ~ 12h30 (advanced)

- Fee: Beginners 70 SF (members ADEM 60 SF). Advanced 100 SF (members ADEM: 90 SF)
- Location: Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie: 10, rue de Montbrillant, 1201 Genève
- More info, click here

• 14-16 April, 2018, at Zen Temple of La Gendronnière, France, in the events of 'Arts et Santé'.

Photos from Shomyo workshops in La Croisée des Cultures, Geneva, Swiss.

Junko Ueda presents a one-week Shomyo chanting course in Geneva, Swiss from 2 till 8 July, 2017. This course is organized by Atelier d'Ethnomusicologie as part of their annual summer course series La Croisée des Cultures - 23e Stage de Danses et Musiques du Monde. The shomyo chanting course schedule:

• 2 July: Demonstration / Presentation
• 3 - 8 July: Shomyo classes: Beginners: 12:00₁₄:00 / Advanced: 18:00₂₀:00
• 8 July: Final Presentation

Participation fee: 260 SFr (about 240 euro)
Location: 44 rue des Maraîchers, 1204 Genève

More information
Tél. (+ 41) 22 919 04 94
Fax (+ 41) 22 919 04 95
E-Mail : stages at adem dot ch

• 28 & 29 January, 2017, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. Beginners: 28th 10:00₁₂:30. Advanced group: 28th, 16:00₁₉:00 / 29th 10:00₁₂:30.
• 1 & 2 April, 2017, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. Beginners: 1st 12:00₁₄:00. Advanced group: 1st, 16:00₁₉:00 / 2nd 10:00₁₂:30.
• 13 & 14 May, 2017, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. Advanced group: 13th 16:00₁₉:00 / 14th 10:00₁₂:30.