Category Archives: Concert

Tanasonic, Yoko Kanno biggest concert

Tanabata is the Japanese star festival happening every year on July 7. For some reason Yoko Kanno chose this date in 2009 to celebrate her anime composer 15th anniversary. All the promotion and the event itself was around the number seven: the date, the ticket price, the start hour... And now let me … Continue Reading ››

What happened in 2015

Maaya Sakamoto 20th Anniversary Follow Me Live

Yoko Kanno was a special guest at Maaya Sakamoto's 20th anniversary live at Saitama on 2015, April 25. She performed a piano solo medley, Yakusoku wa Iranai, Platinum, Hikari Are, Sono Mama De Iinda and Pocket o Kara ni Shite. Yoko Kanno playing Pocket o Kara ni Shite Yoko … Continue Reading ››

Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra New Year Concert 2015

Yoko Kanno will perform as a guest at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in 2015, January 7, for the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra New Year concert. This piece of news is from August but was somehow unnoticed. The Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra recorded the Gochisan drama soundtrack Yoko Kanno wrote. The Gochisōsan music also Hana wa SakuContinue Reading ››

Maaya Sakamoto 20th anniversary concert

Today's a big day, cause Maaya Sakamoto announced she will be performing with Yoko Kanno next year for her 20th anniversary project. This commemoration live is entitled FOLLOW ME and will take place at Saitama Super Arena, one hour away from Tokyo. For the record, it's exactly where Yoko Kanno performed the Tanasonic concert 5 years … Continue Reading ››