Random Talks

Caravan of Thieves is a troupe of gypsy-swinging, serenading, fire-breathing musicians who dazzled the TEDxEast attendees with their performance.

Umi says: “– “The power of music is that music is more beautiful if it is played for someone rather than yourself.” In a mix of talk

Next-generation Japanese didgeridoo performer SMILY first heard the otherworldly tones of the quintessential Australian wind instrument while studying

With each note I play, a world is created in my head. Born in Pakistan, Usman is an artist, a performing musician, a composer, and a film-maker. His c

Formed by a group of five in 2005, HANDSIGN are known for their buoyant performances that blend dance, song and original sign language. Here in Japan

Sh0h – Beatbox Artist Sh0h ignites audiences with just his body and a single microphone. A beatbox artist who won the Japan Beatbox Championship

Martynas Levickis & SinChronic repertoire always evolves from splendid baroque pieces to the hits of today’s pop music, aiming to target the cham

Kenji Williams is an award-winning filmmaker, music producer, theatrical show director, and classically trained violinist who fuses music, visual arts

Victoria Voxis entirely self-produced; her songs are honest, moving, but also light-hearted. Vox earned a degree in songwriting from the Berklee Colle

Laima Jansone is the most accomplished and the most promising Latvian traditional kokle player, who is especially gifted in the demanding art of impro

“Music has nationalities, but does not have borders.” It was this notion that started Kohei Inoue’s journey to explore the potential of Japanese music

Sometimes the libretto to a life is already written. John Ken Nuzzo was a university business major in California before he seriously contemplated a p

LJ Rich has a remarkable and rare condition called synaesthesia. A kind of ‘mingling of the senses’ that can manifest itself in a number o

The Erhu, is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument,, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a “southern fiddle”, and

Acclaimed as America’s premier postclassical string quartet, ETHEL invigorates contemporary concert music with refreshing exuberance, fierce int

Sami Elu – Artist Musicians tend to perform using instruments built by masters of their own craft. Sami Elu is one of rare few who also invent a