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

"Puz/zle" in Brazil

2013-10-20
Kazunari Abe will join in
Puz/zle, choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui,
with Japanese flute Shinobue, voice & Japanese drum Taiko.

25th, 26th & 27th October 2013
TEATRO ALFA (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

http://www.east-man.be/en/14/12/

Moon Viewing Shinobue Concert (Seiyo-shi, Japan)

2013-10-07
//19th, Saturday October 2013 in Seiyo-shi, Japan//

Moon Viewing Shinobue Concert
"A Toy Box under the Moon"

date: 19th, Saturday October 2013, Start 18:30

place: Gallery Cafe Tonkarary
(190, Seto, Uwacho, Seiyo-shi, Ehime, Japan)

cast: Kazunari Abe (Japanese Flute Shinobue, etc.)

ticket: 2,000YEN (Doors 2,500YEN)
*Drink & Sweets included

contact: +81 (0) 894 66 0882 (Gallery Cafe Tonkarary)
http://www14.plala.or.jp/tonkarary/

See the flyer here
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=520455448022623&set=a.445879355480233.1073741826.100001745168697&type=1&theater