Denys Fontanarosa

Tag: Umui

Umui Lion Dance from Okinawa
Tradition Lion Dance show premiered at Nippon Connection (Frankfurt) in 2023.

I arranged additional music for the show.

Directed by Daniel López

Tour
- Frankfurt, Germany (Nippon Connection – 9 June 2023)
- Ginoza, Japan (Garaman Hall – 12 February 2024)
- Paris, France (Musée Guimet – 6 March 2025)
- Montpellier, France (Utopia Montpellier – 8 March 2025)
- Paris, France (Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée – 14 March 2025)
- Toulouse, France (Utopia Borderouge – 13 March 2025)
Official Website
- Umui Performance (JP)
2023-06-09
KATABUI -In the heart of Okinawa
Original Music for a documentary showed at Nippon Connection (Frankfurt) in 2016.

Inspired by a fantastic album by Yasukatsu Oshima and Geoffrey Keezer, I decided to focus on a few instruments, mostly piano and sanshin (a 3-stringed lute) to find the colour I wanted for the soundtrack.

Except on Tinsagu nu Hana, I play the sanshin myself.

Directed by Daniel Lopez.

Soundtrack
Katabui – Original Soundtrack

16 tracks

Original Music, sanshin and piano by Denys Fontanarosa.

Some melodies and motives were borrowed from wonderful traditional Ryukyuan songs (see each track’s description for details)

Music composed and recorded in Naha (Okinawa, Japan) during summer 2015.

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Stream
2016-05-29