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Junko Ueda presents her shômyô workshop and biwa concert at Monasterio de Pedralbes in Barcelona on 24 May 2025 as part of the 3-day festival Sound and Buddhism organised by Museu de la Música de Barcelona, Oficina d'Afers Religiosos, Monasterio de Pedralbes and Casa Asia. This festival is one event of the project series called Tránsit by Museu de la Música de Barcelona. This project explores the space of interaction between communities, religion and music.

15:30 ~ 18:30: shômyô workshop
20:00: biwa epic story-telling concert
More info and tickets: ajuntament.barcelona.cat

Junko Ueda presents her Shômyô Buddhist chant workshop for European Shakuhachi Society by Zoom. This is a part of its online courses and her participation is under the theme of ‘The voice within Japanese culture, music and Shakuhachi tradition’.

Date: 13 April 2024
Time: 10:00 ~ 13:00 (CEST)
Registration: European Shakuhachi Society website
Fee: for ESS members 15€, non-members 20€

• 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.

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

• 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

• 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).

• 17 March, 2018: Duo Ueda Offermans Concert titled ‘We-Air’ at Sundsvalls Kulturskola, Kupolsalen.
• 18 March, 2018: Shoymo Workshop at Sundsvalls Kulturskola, Dance Room.

• 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'.

• 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.

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
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