New Year Shinobue Concert

2014-01-17
//Saturday 18th January 2014 in Niihama, Japan//

Kazunari Abe will have Shinobue concert in the 3rd part of the event "Shugyo-no-Tsudoi" organized by Niihama City "Shougai-Gakushu Center".

The pre-sale of the 1st album "Ryu no Koe, the echo of dragon singing" will be held on the day in the venue. You can get a gift DVD with the CD purchase.

Date: Saturday 18th January 2014, open12:30 start13:00 end16:00
 *The shinobue concert will start at around 14:30.
Venue: Niihama city citizen culture center, main hall
 8-65, Shigemoto-cho, Niihama-shi, Ehime, 792-0023 Japan
Admission: Free
Contact: +81 (0)897 33 2991 (Niihama City Shougai-Gakushu Center)

Please check the flyer here
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=560790743989093&set=a.445879355480233.1073741826.100001745168697&type=1&theater

On the radio "FM Ehime", Japan

2014-01-05
//4th & 11th January 2014//

Kazunari Abe will be on the radio "FM Ehime", Japanese local raido station.
The radio program is "Ehime-Necchuu-Muchuubito" by Mr. Tokihiro Nakamura, the prefectural governor of Ehime, Japan.

On air schedule:
9:30-9:55 on 4th January 2014
9:30-9:55 on 11th January 2014

First Album "The Echo of Dragon Singing" will be OUT on 22nd January 2014!

2014-01-05
Kazunari Abe's 1st album "The Echo of Dragon Singing" will be out on 22nd January 2014.
Please see the details of the album in DISCOGRAPHY on this website.
http://kazunariabe.jp/discography.html#i164

You can reserve the album now through Amazon, Rakuten and all CD shops in Japan. When you reserve in a CD shop, please let them know the item number "XQDR-1020".

The pre-sale of the album will be held on 18th January 2014 in Niihama Shimin Bunka Center,main hall (Ehime, Japan). On the day, Kazunari Abe will have a solo concert there. The concert details will be coming soon on this website.

The first playing Shinobue of the new year

2014-01-04
//Saturday 4th January 2014 in Osaka, Japan//

Kazunari Abe will join in NolenNiu-de-Ossi's concert
with Japanese flutes Shinobue etc..

NolenNiu-de-Ossi ONE MAN SHOW "DAI-ZAKYO" ~UKIYOBANARE FANTASIA~

DATE: Saturday 4th January 2014 open18:00 / start19:00
VENUE: umeda AKASO
    (16-3, Douyama-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan, tel.+81 6 7897 2450)
TICKET: ADVANCE 2500YEN / DOORS 3000YEN
    (*Minimum one order of drink required)
CAST: NolenNiu-de-Ossi + Kazunari Abe
Ticket reserve: mail@de-ossi.com
     Please don't miss "Date", "Venue", "Your Name".
     or Lawson ticket (L code: 57443)
     or e-plus
http://eplus.jp/sys/T1U89P0101P006001P0050001P002112895P0030001P0006
↓Please see the flyer and more info here♪
http://www.de-ossi.com/ukiyobanare.htm

Join in 'Drums & Voices' in Brunei

2013-11-05
//Saturday 23rd November 2013 in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei//

Ex-"Kodo" member Tsubasa Hori, based in Antwerp, Belgium, is currently touring each ASEAN country and performing in 'Drums & Voices' concert tour.
Kazunari Abe will play Japanese flutes Shinobue in the concert tour in Brunei.

40th year of ASEAN-Japan friendship and cooperation events
‘Drums & Voices’ Concert Tour in Brunei

Date: Saturday 23rd November 2013, start 19:45

Venue:
Jerudong International School Auditorium (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei)
Jerudong International School, Jalan Universiti Kampong Tungku
Bandar Seri Begawan BE2119 Negara

Cast:
Yusri (musician & composer from Bandar Seri Begawan)
Tsubasa Hori (Japanese drums taiko)
Yasushi Kita (Shamisen)
Kazunari Abe (Japanese flutes Shinobue)
and more musicians & dancers
see the details of cast here (in Japanese)
http://drums-and-voices.jp/tour_ticket/brunei_cast.html

Inquiry:
Embassy of Japan in Brunei Darussalam
+673-2229265, embassy@bw.mofa.go.jp

Organizer:
Embassy of Japan in Brunei Darussalam, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports,
The Japan Foundation

For more information, please see the website by the Japan Foundation
http://drums-and-voices.jp/en/tour_ticket/index.html