Published: 20 September, 2007, 01:09
Edited: 20 September, 2007, 01:09
Classical Japanese music sounds in the halls of the Conservatoire in Moscow, as the ninth annual “Soul of Japan” festival begins. A number of renowned Japanese musicians from different schools are visiting the city until the end of the year, p
The popular Sawai Tadao school was the first of them. And it was not only Japanese students from the school who performed. Its Russian department was founded in Moscow 14 years ago.
The concert was opened with the performance of “Ten thousand years of well-being” – usually reserved for New Year celebrations. But the school reunion event was seen as a fitting reason for a rendition.