SHOKO NAGAI

photo by Satoshi Takeishi

Photos by Peter Gerstein

Shoko Nagai ( compositions, piano, electronics)

Pauline Kim Harris ( violin)

Pam Fleming ( trumpet)

Kate Gentile ( drums, percussions)

Producer and photo by Satoshi Takeishi

by Satoshi Takeishi

Photo by Satoshi Takeishi

Photo by Miriam Berkley

Erik Friedlander cello

Shoko Nagai piano, accordion

Satoshi Takeishi percussions

photo by liang hsu

311 Japan Earthquake memorial ceremony at St. Peters church NY

photo by satoshi takeishi

Shoko Nagai ( vo, piano, accordion, electronics)

Frank London ( trumpet)

Satoshi Takeishi ( percussions)

photo by Bill Farrington WFNY

Photo by Gio Vanni

Photo by Satoshi Takeishi

photo by hank gans

Photo by David Garland

photo by Albie Mitchel @ Joe’s Pub

Photo by Nafumi Tamura

background design work by Pixy Liao

Shoko Nagai/ Satoshi Takeishi’s VORETX

photo by hank gans

photo by albert mitchell

photo by hank gans

Photo by Peter Garnnushkin

Shoko Nagai

Frank London

Satoshi Takeishi

photo by Lisa Sun

DA UN RACCONTO DI MAURIZIO DE GIOVANNI
INTERPRETAZIONE E REGIA ANDREA RENZI
MUSICHE DAL VIVO MARCO CAPPELLI E ACOUSTIC TRIO
CHITARRE MARCO CAPPELLI
CONTRABBASSO KEN FILIANO
PERCUSSIONI SATOSHI TAKEISHI
SPECIAL GUEST SHOKO NAGAI, ACCORDION, LIVE ELECTRONICS
PRODUZIONE TEATRO GARIBALDI DI PALERMO ALLA KALSA

Writer: MAURIZIO DE GIOVANNI
Actor: ANDREA RENZI
 MARCO CAPPELLI E ACOUSTIC TRIO
Guitar: MARCO CAPPELLI
Bass: KEN FILIANO
PERCUSSIONI: SATOSHI TAKEISHI
SPECIAL GUEST: SHOKO NAGAI, ACCORDION, LIVE ELECTRONICS

Place: TEATRO GARIBALDI DI PALERMO ALLA KALSA

photo by Donna Aceto

"Shoko Nagai's TOKALA" explores the ancient connection between Japan and middle east via silk road where cultural exchange happenned and left an imprint which became integral part of Japanese culture.

Photo credit by Sachyn Mital

Photos credit by Sachyn Mital

Photo credit by Sachyn Mital

Eve Siclar, Pam Freaming, Debra Kraisberg, Shoko Nagai, Saskia Lane, Missy Forgaty

Photo by Albie Michel

Photo credit by Peter Gannushkin

Nagai/Huebner/Takeshi

The Trio Nagai/Huebner/Takeshi is a longtime collaboration between 3 established New York musicians and improvisers. They performed together at New York institutions like Spectrum, Shape Shifter Lab, Scholes Studio, National Sawdust and the Progressive Chamber Music Festival. The 3 instrumentalist on the violin, the piano and percussion combined with electronic effects create a new sound through a mixture of written scores, improvisation and sound painting.

Between all styles of music, there is a delicate balance between the prescribed material and spontaneity. Even a highly complicated original, written down with extreme precision, requires the soul and energy of the artist in order to give breath and space to the composition in concert. The slightest musical impulse can enliven a composition and thus raise it to a higher level. It’s this mystical gray musical area, Nagai/Huebner/Takeshi move with their trio and follow an unmistakably clear path. Starting from a traditional model, the existing is redefined and remodeled, as it could be. All three see performing as composers and instrumentalists. Nagai/Huebner/Satoshi take the prescribed material very seriously, but are ready to improvise impulsively and forget everything in the moment and let intuition lead the way.

photo by Donna Aceto

Theater performance lead by film director John Williams

with actor, Traditional Jooruri Puppeteers

Yuko Tokugawa and Keiko Tokugawa -Dance

Live Music Shoko Nagai/ Satoshi Takeishi

Photo Credit by Megumi Sekine