Shamisen virtuoso, Hidejiro Honjoh will be performing with the London Sinfonietta on 25 May 2023

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation awarded a Small Grant to London Sinfonietta in its September 2022 funding round to support travel to the UK by Shamisen virtuoso Hidejiro Honjoh.

Honjoh, currently in London, has taken up a residency – culminating in a Shamisen masterclass – at St Ignatius College, a state secondary school for 1,045 eleven to eighteen-year-olds in Enfield.

He will also perform in UK-based Dai Fujikura’s Shamisen Concerto, part of the Fireworks concert which will take place at London’s Southbank Centre (Queen Elizabeth Hall) on 25 May 2023.

You can read more about Hidejiro Honjoh’s residency at St Ignatius College and about the Fireworks concert via the link below:

https://londonsinfonietta.org.uk/channel/news/town-announced