Saturday Feb 25, 2017 7:30 PM - Saturday Feb 25, 2017 9:00 PM | $15.00 |
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Kuniko Fukushima Concert
Singer songwriter Kuniko Fukushima was born in Okayama prefecture. Winning the 14th YAMAHA popular Song Contest started her singing career. In 1978 she debuted with FORLIFE record . Since then 15singles and 11albums were released. Besides her own songs,she composed for Naoko Ken,The Checkers,Anri, Akina Nakamori,Yutaka Mizutani, Shingo Kazami and others.
She had a solo concert at New York Nippon Club in 2002,in 2005 her compositions appeared as theme tracks for NHK BS Retto Jyudan Tetsudo Noritsukushi no Tabiand Iwasaki Kyoko no Teku Teku Tabi. In 2006 she composed a commemorative song Kitto for Sanya Elementary School of Suginami Ward in Tokyo and she had a concert at the school.
In her early days, she played the electric guitar and sang Linda Ronstabt songs. In recent years,she has come to appreciate Japanese songs using commonality of words to treat them respectfully in her compositions and singing, which has become her mantra.
She still performs occasionally with the band or solo piano. She also does voice training.
At this concert, she will perform with her solo piano, the bass and the alt sax. Please come and enjoy her lyrical style of playing.
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LocationGood Shepherd Center 4th Floor (View)
4649 Sunnyside ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
United States
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Minimum Age: 8 |
Dog Friendly: No |
Non-Smoking: Yes! |
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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