Nada Sou Sou (涙そうそう) “Great Tears Are Spilling”
Performed by Dosanko Junior Orchestra Ehime Junior Orchestra Fukuoka Junior Orchestra Hiroshima Junior Orchestra Naha Junior Orchestra Composed by Ryoko Moriyama, arr. Daisuke Ikeda. Used by Permission.
DAISUKE IKEDA
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aisuke Ikeda (b. 1964) is a Japanese musical arranger and keyboardist in distributors Being Inc.. In1990s Ikeda entered to Being Inc. agency where he provided arrangement and strings arrangement for several of famous artist including Zard, Deen, Field of View or Mi-ke. Ikeda was also involved with arranging famous Anime song Moonlight Densetsu by Dali under alias name Ikeda Daisuke. In 2000s he entered to Giza Studio where he provided arrangements for minor artist as Miho Komatsu. In 2002 he appeared on final live of Field of View as strings arranger. During 2000s period he composed original soundtracks for several Anime television series such as a Fighting Beauty Wulong or Saiyuki Reload.
An International Collaboration
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awai‘i and Japan have always had a special connection, what better way to further honor those connections than through a musical exchange! In the spirit of friendship and in a celebration of music, HYS students and students from Japan will collaborate in stunning special performances, including five Junior Orchestras from Hawai‘i sister cities and a Ukulele Junior Orchestra from Kanazawa. The collaboration came together with the help of Hawai‘i Tourism Japan and was further cultivated through HTJ’s long-standing fellowship with HYS board member, Jake Shimabukuro. “We believe the relationships fostered through tourism and unique cultural experiences only makes Hawai’i and Japan’s special relation even stronger,” said Mitsue Varley of HTJ. “Given the circumstances around the pandemic, it is even more important to showcase a message that music connects the world.” The relationship with the ukulele group is one that HTJ nurtured prior to the gala, helping to bring local youth leaders to Japan to collaborate with the Ishikawa Ukulele Group last summer. What started with a Skype communication between the young people grew into composing a song together—and then to their eventually playing together at an event in Kanazawa, Japan. In a similar spirit, Mitsue hopes that the student connections now made through the collaboration with HYS will extend well beyond Nā Mele, furthering an ongoing cultural exchange of music and aloha.
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