［Announcement］Naotaro Moriyama, Jo Kanamori, and Kaoru Watanabe to Perform at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Opening

January 30 2024

The Japan Foundation (JF) will send three groups of artists active in Japan and overseas to perform at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C..

Naotaro Moriyama was supposed to perform in front of a live audience at the festival in March 2020 but could not because the event moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, four years later, he will finally appear live at the festival opening.Jo Kanamori will direct and choreograph a new cherry blossom-themed piece for The Washington Ballet, which was established in 1976. World-renowned composer and musician Kaoru Watanabe will also give a performance. We hope the appeal of diverse genres of Japanese culture including song, dance, and music on American soil.

Photo: Kishin Shinoyama

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