Japanese conductor to perform in Tirana

TIRANA, April 26 – Japan’s Toshio Yanagisawa will be the conductor of the symphonic orchestra of the Albanian Radio and Television in a concert at the Theatre of Opera and Ballet on Friday, April 27. The programme includes parts from Japanese composers as well as Albanian and international ones. Albanian violinist Spartak Sinemati will perform as a soloist.
The arrival of the Japanese conductor is part of Albania-Japan cultural cooperation after the first Japanese cultural week was held in early 2011 in Albania. A concert with traditional Japanese instrumentalists brought on the state of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Tirana the Wariki band composed of two young Japanese traditional folk entertainers. Several recent successful Japanese movies were also screened at the Black Box hall of the Academy of Arts as a closing event in Feb. 2011.