{"id":3021,"date":"2016-04-22T18:31:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T16:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.veevcom.com\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2019-06-21T15:20:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T13:20:02","slug":"kengo-saito-presente-japanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veevcom.com\/en\/kengo-saito-presente-japanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kengo Saito presents \u201cJapanistan\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Born in&nbsp;<strong>Japan<\/strong>, but he left for the&nbsp;<strong>USA<\/strong>&nbsp;at the age of 15, then moving to&nbsp;<strong>France<\/strong>&nbsp;afer high school to study the fine arts in hope to become a painter. Meanwihle he had been trained on the Western music on the Violin and on the Guitar. Soon he discovered the North Indian Classical music and started learning the Tabla and the Sitar in India and in France. He became one of the brilliant disciples of the Sitar maestro<strong>&nbsp;Pandit Kushal Das<\/strong>&nbsp;from whom he acquired the great technical skills and the aesthetic approach to interpret the Ragas in pure tradition. Based in Paris,&nbsp;<strong>Kengo<\/strong>&nbsp;gives private lessons as well as workshops as a visiting teacher in music schools, and performing live concerts all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>Recognized as a rare and a distinguished Rub\u00e2b player,&nbsp;<strong>Kengo<\/strong>&nbsp;plays the traditional&nbsp;<strong>Afghan<\/strong>repertoire with subtle nuances transmitted by&nbsp;<strong>Daud Khan Sadozai<\/strong>, a disciple of the legend of Afghan Rub\u00e2b; late&nbsp;<strong>Ustad Mohammad Omar<\/strong>. Besides promoting the music of this unique instrument, his flexibility and creativity lead him to collaborate and perform in different styles of musical identities ranging from Japan to Greece.<\/p>\n<p>As a composer, he has created a number of original pieces influenced by India, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Japan. With his compositions, he successfully directed a group of musicians from different traditions for a UNESCO concert in 2010, and for Aid and Relief Concert for Japan\u2019s Tsunami victims in 2011. Working as a musician of the classical and traditional music of North India and Afghanistan, however at the same time he is deeply involved in today\u2019s musical creativity. As a guest or a member, he has been taking part in various projects in different fields like Jazz, Cross Cultural Collaborations, Traditional and Contemporary Dances, Storytelling etc. He has arranged some Japanese folk melodies for Rub\u00e2b which is a successful and unique oeuvre reflecting his Japanese roots. His first solo album \u201c<strong>JAPANISTAN<\/strong>\u201d was described by the UK review&nbsp;<em>Songlines&nbsp;<\/em>as<em>&nbsp;\u201can example of fusion done properly, with skill, nuance and good tase.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><strong>INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/veevcom.us10.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=5130e33d3c1d66ee5c09432c9&amp;id=f3c28bad91&amp;e=c593a7eaab\">kengosaito-music.com<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/veevcom.us10.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=5130e33d3c1d66ee5c09432c9&amp;id=850be10fbf&amp;e=c593a7eaab\">Kengo Saito Music&nbsp;Vid\u00e9os<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in&nbsp;Japan, but he left for the&nbsp;USA&nbsp;at the age of 15, then moving to&nbsp;France&nbsp;afer high school to study the fine arts in hope to become a painter. Meanwihle he had been trained on the Western music on the Violin and on the Guitar. 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