Shunsuke Kimura

Line up

• Hiromi Nishida (Violin)
• Kuniko Obina (17 string Koto, Kokyu)
• Ritsuko Nasu (Cajon, Marimba, purcussion)
• Shingo Ikegami (Koto)
• Shunsuke Kimura (Tsugaru-Shamisen, Fue, )

• country:
  Japan
• region:
  Orient
• style(s):
  Folk Global Fusion
• label:
  not signed
• type:
  Band, Composer/Songwriter
• gender:
  male, female
• instrumentation:
  instrumental
• artist submitted by:
  Mu:Arts Management

Shunsuke Kimura is one of the most acclaimed composers and performers on traditional instruments in Japan today. He has travelled in every corner of the country to discover the various melody, rhythm and styles of carnivals and folk music, and assimilated them in his own music-making.

His melody is haunting and characterised by an ethereal serenity, a variety of stories are told with nostalgia. He expresses the poetic image in nature, scenery and seasons with delicate nuance of color and images of sounds.

In 2002, Shunsuke won the Grand Prix Award for 2nd ADD Tsugaru-Shamisen Contest. He performs actively in Europe, USA and Asia and continues artistic challenges with local artists.