Culture City of East Asia 2023 with Sori Festival

“Culture City of East Asia” is an annually-held musical exchange project for the practice of “recognizing East Asia, cultural exchange and harmony, and understanding cultures of each other” under the flag of respect toward the cultural diversity among Korea, Japan, and China. Jeonju (Korea), Chengdu and Meizhou (China), and Shizuoka Prefecture (Japan) are chosen as this year’s project-participants. Until the end of the year, these participants will offer each other various opportunities of experiencing different cultures and thereby widening mutual understandings.

This year’s project, in collaboration with Jeonju International Sori Festival, shows the results of cultural and musical exchange among the three countries. New opportunities for understandings of respective cultures through traditional art performances, collaborative concerts, and world music workshops with commentaries will be offered.

 Silk Road Japan Ensemble, Japan

Sept.24 (Sun) | Norimadang | For all ages | Free

“Silk Road Japan Ensemble” is a group of musicians from various genres, and built around Otsuka Junpei, a sho player from Shizuoka. “Silk Road,” for its members, symbolizes a spacetime in which different elements from different parts of the world confront each other and thereby yield a new form of culture. The ensemble’s program that includes Japanese court music, koto music, Tsugaru shamisen music, shakuhachi music, and folk songs will make the audience feel Japanese tradition and modernity both.