[Title] Sumie Kaneko + Fumi Tanakadate for Spiral Muic
[Date] Friday, April 27, 2016
[Time] 6:00pm – 9:00pm (3 sets)
[Venue] Rubin Museum of Art
[Address] 150 W 17th St, New York NY 10011
[Members]
– Sumie kaneko (vocal, shamisen)
– Fumi Tanakadate (fue, taiko)
[Admission] Free
[Websites]
– Sumie Kaneko: http://www.sumiekanekomusic.com
– Rubin Museum of Art: http://rubinmuseum.org
– Event page : http://rubinmuseum.org/events/event/sumie-kaneko-04-27-2016
[Sumie Kaneko]
Japanese Koto & Shamisen Player, Singer Songwriter Sumie (Sumi-é) Kaneko has been recognized as a pioneer by her uniquely chromatic use of the instruments. Her project that is blending Japanese traditional elements into jazz improvisation is well received over the world.
She started playing Koto when she was at five, next year she was broadcasted by NHK. In 1995, Sumie won in Takasaki International Competition in Koto performance. She studied Japanese traditional music at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music then studied Jazz vocal at Berklee College of Music in 2006. Performance highlights includes: Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, TED talk, Getty Center, Boston Ballet, Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, etc.. She has also gave workshops at academic scenes such as Harvard Univ., Princeton Univ., Wellesley College, Berklee College of Music and many more and in 2014, her group was invited to the Washington DC Jazz Festival that is cosponsored by the Embassy of Japan and in 2015 April, her group made sold-out debut at Blue Note NY that is the most well known jazz club in the world. In addition, she was the first Shamisen player of a winner of Pulitzer Prize Paula Vogel’s “The Long Christmas Ride Home”, and has collaborated with many of world instrumentalists such as Kenny Endo, Kaoru Watanabe, On Ensemble, Yumiko Tanaka etc. and also painters, dancers and calligraphers. International tours: Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Jamaica (by Japan Foundation NY), Bangladesh and many of domestic tours including Puerto Rico. In June 2015, she is invited to Islamabad, Karachi, Dhaka by the Embassy of Japan. The second album “Dead of the Night” will be released in July, 2016.
[Fumi Tanakadate]
Native of Japan, Fumi Tanakadate, is a taiko artist and pianist based in New York. Drawn to the artistry of Kaoru Watanabe, she has been studying taiko under him since 2011. Having a unique combination of an extensive musical expertise in European Classical music and a background in traditional folk dancing, drumming and flute playing from her local festival in Japan, she quickly became an active member of Néo, Watanabe’s new ensemble that aims to blend the nostalgic sound of Japanese traditional festival and theater and the interplay of complex jazz improvisations. As part of Néo, she has performed at popular jazz and performing arts venues in New York such as ShapeShifter Lab, Nublu, National Sawdust and Pioneer Works, and collaborated with Kenny Endo, Yuu Ishizuka, Sumie Kaneko, Shane Shanahan, Chieko Kojima, Alicia Hall Moran, and Satoshi Takeishi.
Fumi also serves as an instructor at Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Center, teaching classes and giving educational workshops at local schools and colleges. Her former teachers include Mark H Rooney, Rogerio Boccato, and Mark Soskin. She also took workshops with Kenny Endo, Chieko Kojima, Patrick Graham, and Tetsuro Naito, Yuu Ishizuka, and Shoji Kameda.
As a classical pianist, Fumi has performed throughout Japan, tri-state area, Austria, and Spain. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences from Wesleyan University and a Master of Music degree in piano performance from Manhattan School of Music.
© Daniel Torres
