Once again I have found some fantastic videos from Japan. This time the Setouchi Mandolinenquintett plays music from the 18th century, but also some Irish music. Thous videos were made during the preparation for a trip to the Korea Mandolin Festival. Mandolins: Miyatake Shiyougo, Wakiya Kazuyo Mandola: 穏 香 Tominaga Guitar: Miyatake Tizuko Mandoloncello: Itsumi [...]
Recently I have found a tweet about a paperguitar: Ausschneidebogen: Wir basteln uns eine Papier-E-Gitarre http://bit.ly/cO3puS Peter Glaser writes a blog which includes also an instrument of the day with a lot of special instruments: Instrument des Tages Some days ago he presented a paperguitar. At first I did not believe that the image showed [...]
Some weeks ago I have discovered the famous Japanes enko singer Misori Hibari. Misori Hibari started her carreer at an early age of 12, she died in 1989 at the age of 52. There is especially one song that is connected with Misori Hibari – Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni. This song is played [...]
By twitter I have heard about this two videos that were made from a concert of the Langendorfer Zupforchester, the mandolin orchestra from Langendorf in Germany – given in Japan some days ago. On the homepage of the Langendorfer Mandolineorchesters you can find some information about the friendship between this German mandolin orchestra and Japan. [...]
Some days ago I have found (by a tweet from twitter) the following video of a Japanese mandolin orchestra: じょんがら (translation of the information from the video): guitars mandolin club. Omura, held at City Hall in May, has played up the 54th Music Festival Union High School in Nagasaki Prefecture. Was cut in half the [...]