Tickets for Sado Island’s annual Earth Celebration music competition in August at the moment are on sale. One of Japan’s longest working music festivals, the world-renowned Kodo taiko performing arts ensemble and worldwide visitor performers have thrilled audiences for 37 years.
Since their worldwide debut in Berlin in 1981, Kodo has given over 7,000 performances in additional than 50 international locations and areas. Hosting this competition on their dwelling turf on Sado Island, Earth Celebration brings collectively artists and festivalgoers from world wide for 3 days of energetic performances crammed with drumming and soul.
Earth Celebration 2024 will run from August 16 to 18, and tickets are already quickly promoting out (e-book yours right here earlier than it is too late).
While the Shiroyama Park Sessions and Fringe performances, workshops, bustling markets and sightseeing round Sado are all a big a part of the attraction, it’s the night Harbor Concerts that usher in followers yr after yr, the place you may really feel the drum beats rise by way of your ft and dance with abandon below the star-filled sky of Sado Island.
This yr music lovers will likely be handled to Reunion on August 16, bringing again 4 of Kodo’s in style alumni-turned-solo artists (Hiroyuki Hayashida, Ryutaro Kaneko, Yasukazu Kano, and Masayuki Sakamoto) to jam with the present Kodo ensemble.
On August 17, Tataku combines the abilities of Kodo and the Nakibembe Embaire Group. In their first efficiency in Japan, the Ugandan percussion group will carry out on an embaire (a large wood xylophone), creating intricate rhythms and overlapping vocals, and collaborate with Kodo to create a strong efficiency that transcends borders.
The grand finale of the competition is the live performance on the third night, and this yr Shukusai will thrill with the unforgettable world of Kodo’s resonant sound, made much more particular by the rhythms of Nakibembe Embaire Group.
For first-time guests, the planning concerned in becoming a member of on this beloved occasion on Sado Island can really feel a bit overwhelming. Jarman International CEO Ruth Jarman, a longtime supporter of Earth Celebration, is looking for methods to make it simpler for individuals to participate.
“This year we will be sending a team that includes two travel professionals. We hope to come up with an attractive plan for an Earth Celebration tour next year that will showcase the island itself, the wonderful local people and of course, the iconic three days of Earth Celebration energy.”
There is loads to see and do on Sado, as all the island was designated a Geopark, with a big majority of the island lined by quasi-national or prefectural pure parks. Hikers can discover Mt Kinpoku (the island’s highest peak) and Mt Donden’s 300-year-old Japanese cedar timber and grassy plateaus. Flower lovers will love Onogame, a large outcrop the place fields of daylilies develop each summer season. Wander by way of the twisty lanes lined with wood homes in Shukunegi, or swim at Futatsugame Beach, earlier than becoming a member of the musical enjoyable by Ogi Port.
Find out extra about this one-of-a-kind competition and Sado Island at: https://www.earthcelebration.jp/en
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