Collage, a remarkable instrumental music group from Tokyo, Japan - promotional clip

Collage is a unique Japanese instrumental group formed in '06 by composer/arranger/guitarist Hiroshi IGARASHI, Koto player Mie KATO and recording engineer ("Sound Designer") Akiyoshi TAKENAKA. The band members are Makiko MIKATSURA (violin), Mariko SAITO (keyboard) and Masaaki SAINOHO (bass). Featuring Japanese traditional instrument Koto (www.britannica.com/EBchecked/t..., Collage play their own contemporary music, which is very Japanese and very universal at the same time. All original tunes are written and arranged by IGARASHI. This promotional clip has excerpts of 4 songs from their concert in Ginza, Tokyo in December '08. Copyright by Full Sail Music, Ltd. The official website of Collage (in Japanese) is www2.ttcn.ne.jp/collage/. The English website is coming soon!

[@alinAnoName]

so beautiful...

[@eagerbeaver009]

again, thank u for posting d vid. the music is universal. it makes me really sad. m crying now as it is nostalgic in nature, yet reaching forward. bful

[@DaviBraid]

Amazing! :D

[@Cristofre]

Its like a Japanese bluegrass band, only they do have bluegrass bands in Japan, so...