Nagata Shachu Collaborations
Past Highlights 2004 - 2009
Past Highlights 1998 - 2003
Kiyoshi Nagata Solo Collaborations
Educational Programs and Workshops

2008
Sunday, June 15
Collaboration with dancer/choreographer Keiko Kitano for Luminat'eau, a part of Luminato Festival finale. Brigantine Room, Harbourfront Centre.

2007 
Thursday, April 26
KNE in collaboration with Bruno Deschesnes (shakuhachi), Michel Dubeau (Armenian duduk), Hassan Boussou (Moroccan gambri), Shuni Tsou (Chinese di-zi), Babak Towhidi (Persian sétar), Kayo Yasuhara (Japanese dance) presented by Musique Multi-Montreal.

2005
Saturday, March 19
Joint concert with Montreal percussion duo GaPa (Ganesh Anandan and Patrick Graham) presented by the University of Toronto at Scarborough.

2004
Friday & Saturday, May 7 & 8
Full concert in collaboration with GaPa (Ganesh Anandan and Patrick Graham) and Alex Cattaneo (guitar) and Pascal Per Veillette (harmonica) presented by the Montreal Asian Heritage Month Festival. M.A.I. Centre, Montreal.

2003
Friday, November 14
Full concert with guest percussionist Patrick Graham (Montreal) and shamisen player/vocalist Aki Takahashi (Japan). Brigantine Room, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto.

2001
September 29
Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble, Scott St. John (violin), University of Toronto Faculty of Music Chamber Ensemble and Choir in collaboration with renowned brush artist Kazuaki Tanahashi, Royal Ontario Museum

February 27
"Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble and Friends" presented by U of T Scarborough, with guests Kwasi Dunyo (West African drums) and Zhou Wei (Chinese flutes)

 
2000
June 9,10
Collaboration with kathak dancer Joanna Das and the Toronto Tabla Ensemble, DuMaurier Theatre Centre, Toronto
 
1999
July 12
Collaboration with Okinawan sanshin player Takeshi Hirayasu (formerly of Shoukichi Kina), slide guitarist Bob Brozman (US), erhu player George Gao (China/Canada), Hindustani slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya (India) and sarod player Aditya Verma (India), Festival D'ete, Quebec City
 
July 11
Collaboration with percussionist Salvador Ferreras and drummer Andy Stochansky (formerly of Ani DiFranco), Festival D'ete, Quebec City
 
1998
January 11
Grand finale performance accompanied by sixty figure skaters for the Canadian National Figure Skating Championship's closing ceremonies to an audience of 14,000, Copp's Coliseum, Hamilton
Joint Performances

2006

Saturday, September 16
Joint concert with virtuoso erhu player George GAO as past of the September Celebration Events for the opening of the Rose Theatre. Brampton, ON.

2005 

January 22
Fundraising concert for tsunami victims, featuring the Toronto Table Ensemble, AutoRickshaw, Samba Squad, Denise Fujiwara, Arabesque Dance Company and others. DuMaurier Centre, Harbourfront, Toronto, ON.
2000
November 11
Joint concert with jazz vocalist Rita DiGhent, M-DO/TTE Studio, Toronto
 
March 25
Joint concert with recording artist and performer Aldo Mazza (of Repercussions), Spirit of the Drum Festival, Laurentian University, Sudbury
 
1997
September 22
Joint concert with Chinese erhu master George GAO, presented by the Hamilton Region Arts Council, Hamilton Place, Studio Theatre
 

October 19
Joint concert with Eve Egoyan (piano) and Debby Danbrook (shakuhachi), St. Georges the Matyr Church

 
 


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