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• 6 April 2022, Satellite, Lausanne (CH)
• 7.April 2022, IG Industriestrasse, Luzern (CH)
• 8.April 2022, KlangFarben, Kufstein (AT)
• 9.April 2022, Les Abattoirs SMAC, Bourgoin Jallieu (FR)
• 22 April 2022, Roadburn Festival at Paradox, Tilburg (NL)

• 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)

Project ‘PoiL Ueda’ - PoiL (Lyonnaise contemporary rock band) and Junko Ueda (biwa/voice) - has another new live video of ‘Kokô - Final scene of Ataka’ from their concert at Théâtre de la Renaissance in Oullins in October 14th 2021.

On 12 December 2021, at 18:00: a solo performance at Atrium na Žižkově, Prague, Czech Republic. The program included:
- Dan-no-Ura, traditional biwa music
- Yoshitsune, traditional biwa music
- Tenmetsu, (composed by Czech composer Jiří Lukeš) for biwa and voice, premiere performance.
See more info at Atrium na Žižkově, Prague.

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.

Project ‘PoiL Ueda’ - PoiL (Lyonnaise contemporary rock band) and Junko Ueda (biwa/voice) - has a new live video of 'Dan no Ura' of their concert at Théâtre de la Renaissance in Oullins in October 14th 2021.

• 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)

Project ‘PoiL Ueda’ - Poil (Lyonnaise contemporary rock band) and Junko Ueda (biwa/voice) - demo music can be listed on YouTube.

• Antoine Arnera - keyboard
• Boris Cassone - guitar
• Benoit Lecomte - accoustic bass, composition
• Guilhem Meier - drums
• Junko Ueda - satsuma biwa, voice

• 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)

Musicians:

• Ying-Hsueh Chen (TW/DK), percussion/concept
• Lê Quan Ninh (FR), percussion
• Junko Ueda (JP), shomyo chant

Program:

• 00:30: Karlheinz Stockhausen: Wave (from “For Times to Come”)
• 08:00: Traditional Japanese Shomyo Chant
• 19:55: John Cage: Composed improvisation for snare drum alone
• 28:17: Karlheinz Stockhausen: Japan (from “For Times to Come”)
• 33:10: Toshi Ichiyanagi: The Source for solo marimba
• 42:25: John Cage: Ryôanji for voice and percussion (selected movements)
• 1:03:05: Free Improvisation

In April 2020, during the lockdown caused by the corona virus, Junko Ueda recorded a shomyo piece called Kujô-Shakujô. Ancient tradition says that Kujô-Shakujô Sutra has miraculous powers. We pray evil spirits will be driven away, the earth will be purified and the world will be the place of peace for all living things.

• 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.

• 9-12 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.