Hiromitsu Kozuma, a prince of the Tsugaru shamisen world, is celebrating his 10th anniversary this year.
In recent years, the unit "AGA-SHIO" with pianist Tetsu Shioya has recorded and world tours,
Concerts by a unique unit of Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Asian instruments, including Weiwei Woo on the erhu and Suna Park on the gayageum (Korean zither).
While aggressively expanding the range of his activities through active collaboration, he also holds visiting shamisen classes at elementary schools all over the country.
He continues to be active in a variety of stances, worthy of the name of a player of innovation and tradition.
To date, he has released nine original albums, including eight solo albums and one album under the name AGA-SHIO.
This year, which marks the 10th anniversary of the milestone, we will simultaneously release our 10th album and the best album that will be a summary!
This best album is literally the culmination of 10 years, and of course, in addition to the best tracks,
In addition to recording a new song ``Hana'' featuring shakuhachi player Dozan Fujiwara as a guest, who is also a new age music comrade and is also celebrating his 10th anniversary this year.
Last year, Shotaro Ikenami's masterpiece "That Man" starred Takaya Kamikawa and Mikijiro Hira.
Kozuma served as the music director when the play was first staged by LaSalle Ishii, and the main theme is included from the soundtrack (first CD release).
countryoforigin: Japan