July 5 (Sat.) doors open 12:30 pm / Concert begins 1 pm / Venue: Cafe West38 (Morioka Bus Center 3F)
July 6 (Sun.) doors open 2 pm / Concert begins 2 pm / Venue: Kenji Miyazawa Ihatov Center

🌟 Music That Reunites – A Special Homecoming Concert 🌟
“Two musicians from Tohoku, having studied music in Seattle, once dreamed of holding a charity concert for those affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Though the pandemic put their vision on hold, their passion never faded. Now, after years, they reunite in Iwate to finally bring their music to life, filled with hope, remembrance, and resilience.”

Seminar on “The World of Kenji” in 2025
“Kenji Miyazawa and Music“
June 11(Wed.) 10:30-11:30 AM
@Yasawa Elementary School
Lecturer: Sumiko Sato

Date and Time: Saturday, April 19th, 1:30 PM
Location: CAFE WEST 38 (3rd Floor, Morioka Bus Center) 1-9 Nakanohashi-dori, Morioka
Admission: Free (One drink order required)
Performers:
Sumiko Sato (Piano)
and friends

https://akiyoshi-jazz.com/events/event/20250419-2/

In December 2024, Japan’s “traditional sake brewing” was inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list. In the same month, following the renewal of the contract for “Kome-togi Uta” (rice washing song) for the sound installation at the Seattle Convention Center, the CD “Nanbu Sakaya Uta Project Vol. 1” is now available for purchase at the Michi no Eki Ishidoriya “Sakashokan” (7-17-3, Nakaterabayashi Ishidoriya, Hanamaki, Iwate), which reopened in 2023, in addition to Rinpusha and Inaka Lab, starting March 13th. The price is 2,200 yen (tax included). There is also a Denshokan heritage hall adjacent to the facility where you can learn more about the sake brewing culture of the Nanbu Toji, so please come and visit us.

Excited to share that my piece, “Rice Washing Song,” has been renewed for the Summit Sound playlist at the Seattle Convention Center! Join me and 99 other local artists as we fill the newly built hall with music until August 2027. Located on Pine St. between 9th and Boren, Summit Sound is an outdoor oasis where you can enjoy live music 7 days a week, 7am-11pm.

“Gauche the Cellist” and “The Beginning of the Deer Dance”
Performed by Shizuko Ushizaki, Toshiya Ushizaki
Piano: Sumiko Sato
December 1 (Sun.), 11:00 am
Admission 1000yen
Morioka Takuboku/Kenji Youth Museum Exhibition Hall (2F)
1-1-25 Nakanohashidori, Morioka-shi, Iwate 020-0871
https://seishunkan.jp/archives/events/events-277

I will be performing at the Kumano Shrine – Autumn Performing Arts Festival.
A variety of genres will be performed on a brand new grand piano brought into the main shrine.
Please come and enjoy!

”The Pulse of Local Performing Arts and Piano Music”
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Doors open at 1:00 p.m.
Shinto ritual at 1:30 p.m. (may be observed)
Concert begins at 2:00 p.m.
at Main Hall, Kumano Shrine (8-118 Kochi Ishidoriya Hanamaki)

Performers:
Godaido Kagura
Kasuga-style Yokaichi Deer Dance
Sumiko Sato (piano)

Admission Fee:
2,500 yen (100 seats only)

Tickets available at
-Small Dept Store Plat
-Nahan Plaza
-Shiwa Information Exchange Center (in Ogal)
Info: 090-7075-6073 (Nakano)

“You, Talk, and Music”

~ How about music in a stylish cafe in the afternoon? ~

Date: September 21, 2024 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Venue: Cafe West 38 (Morioka Bus Center 3F)

Performers:
Mayumi Takahashi (MC/Vo)
Sumiko Sato (Pf)
Hisao Shimomachi (MC/Gt)
Hirozumi Oikawa (Ds)

Free of charge

*A minimum order of one item is required

https://akiyoshi-jazz.com/events/event/20240921/

Sunday, June 9, 3:00 p.m. (doors open at 2:30 p.m.)
@Myoenji Temple (7-53 Atago-cho, Hanamaki-shi)
Admission free

SumIko will accompany a part of the prayer dedication performance by Koto player Rie Asai?@@@.

https://youtu.be/ZZV_anJVr0I?si=epNd39QAYi-tpoWM
『Dear Iwate』 Francisco Patrick

The video, “Dear Iwate” by Patrick Francisco has just won the Grand Prize in the “MISETE IWATE Video Contest”(https://miseteiwate.jp/result.html
)! The music is “Fantasy of Taneyama Highland” by Sumiko Sato. It was also awarded last fall, and I hope you will enjoy this new version of the video, which shows even more vivid and beautiful scenery of Iwate.