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Hiroko Ara

kantele player,composer

About Me


Hiroko Ara
Kantele player, Musician & Composer,
Kantele is a Finnish traditional insturment.
with beautiful sounds
Performs by solo and also in the duo band " aasian kukka ".
"aasian kukka" means Asian flower in Finnish.
あらひろこ
フィンランドの伝統楽器「カンテレ」のプレ イヤー、コンポーザー。
ソロの演奏のほか、デュオユニット" aasian kukka ”でも活動。
aasian kukka--アアシアンクッカ-- とは、フィ ンランド語で「アジアの花」の意。
ALBUMS
Hiroko Ara's NEW ALBUM (2007)
Moon Drops
2007年6月10日リリース。
"Moon Drops"
Hiroko Ara, 2007 green pigeon music
Buy CD on CD Baby Buy CD --in JAPAN--
Guest musicians:
Toru Ogiyanagi (flutes), Haruhiko Saga (morinhuur),
Masaharu Iida(acoustic bass)

"Garden"
Hiroko Ara ,2004 KONPEI
Buy CD by PayPal Buy CD --in JAPAN--
Guest musicians : Kenji Komatsuzaki (hummer dulcimar),
Misao Komatsuzaki(fiddle), Toru Ogiyanagi(whistle)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/16/2007
Band Website: white.ap.teacup.com/kantele/
Influences: The Beatles, Theronius Monk,
Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Debussy,
Queen, Sting, Pat Metheny, J.S. Bach

Finnish & Scandinavian folk music,
Hannu Saha,
Martti Pokela,
Sinikka Kontio,
Maria Kalaniemi etc.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Moon Drops Concert Info

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Posted by Hiroko Ara on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:21:00 PST

Happy New Year 2008!

Dear my friends,Happy New Year 2008!Wishing you have wonderful new year...Here are some photos from Akita where I had concerts in the end of 2007.Concert in a traditional Japanese house (rehearsal tim...
Posted by Hiroko Ara on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:34:00 PST

Tokyo Live Info

I am going to have a joint concert in Tokyo on 13th Nov. with Rivendell.Rivendell is a lovely duo band of Rintaro Kimura (Irish Harp) and Yuka Fujino(accordion) and they perform mainly Irish and Schot...
Posted by Hiroko Ara on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:29:00 PST

Moon Drops appears on CD Baby

My album Moon Drops appears on CD Baby.Please visit!Then you can listen to more tunes.http://cdbaby.com/cd/hirokoaraB‰rSn¢ëÐà Moon DropsnCD BabygnÖŠqD‹ËW~W_ft‚gM~YiF^J*mO`UDhttp://cdbaby.com/cd/h.. .
Posted by Hiroko Ara on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:45:00 PST

Terumi Nikis reading live

Hi dear my friends!On 9th and 10th, September, I will coraborate with actress Terumi Niki on her reading lives. Terumi is a wonderful actress with long career, she even appered in "Seven Samurai-s"...
Posted by Hiroko Ara on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:34:00 PST

New tracks uploaded

Hello my dear friends!Having nice summer time?I have uploaded 2 new tracks on my page.Kantele solo tune "Merry-go-round in the rain" and "A memory of A long Travel"  which I play with Haruhiko SA...
Posted by Hiroko Ara on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:04:00 PST

New tracks on aasian kukka profile

Hello my dear friends,We have uploaded new tracks on my duo unit  aasian kukka's profile page."Jepuan Marssi" is traditional tune of Finland and this track is from my new album"Moon Derops"."My L...
Posted by Hiroko Ara on Wed, 30 May 2007 10:04:00 PST

New Album "Moon Drops" available soon!!

Hello my dear friends!My new CD "Moon Drops" is available on 10th June, 2007!Thank you very much to all my friends and supporters!!It includes 12 tracks, 10 of them are my compositions and 2 are tradi...
Posted by Hiroko Ara on Sun, 27 May 2007 07:54:00 PST

Now on Recordings

Dear friends,Spring greetings!Here we have still some snow but the sun shines softlyand I can see little buds come out.Now I am on recordings for next solo album.I think it would be with more freely f...
Posted by Hiroko Ara on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:12:00 PST

NHK TV on air

My duo band aasian kukka will apear on NHK TV (Hokkaido local) at 11:05AM on  Jan.29th(Mon.). aasian kukka play music with Readings.   
Posted by Hiroko Ara on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:43:00 PST