8th July 2015 at Devonshire Square (Western Courtyard), London EC2.
City of London Festival (free event),
www.colf.org/.
Country: Japan (Spanish/Dutch resident). Style: Satsuma-Biwa.
Lineup: Junko Ueda (v/satsuma-biwa).
Junko Ueda was born in Tokyo and since 1988 has based in Europe (Amsterdam and Granada) She peforms the story-telling traditionof Satsuma-Biwa (also the name of the lute used to accompany the vocals) from Satsuma (a domain in the Edo period) now in Kagoshima Prefecture located at the southwest tip of Japan.
Junko Ueda's performance at the City of London Festival mainly consisted of two extracts from the tale of the Heike, which related to the Battle of Dan-no-ura and to the flight of Yoshitsune.
More information:
www.junkoueda.com/.
