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Music of two cultures from one soul.
A decade ago, Doppo discovered this sound,  when he saw an ancient bamboo flute  hanging as a decoration on the wall of a friend's home. He took it from the wall  and played it, falling in love with its unique, soulful and spiritual sound. He set out to compose something profoundly Japanese  mixed with the spirit of  Western sophistication.He imagined a sound from the 1920s in Japan, when Japan imported its very first piano.  Wealthy high-collared Japanese bought them for their daughters to take lessons.  Soon, Japan built its first College of Music and the bamboo flute, and everything it represented, would be challenged  by wave after wave of Western fashions, fads and Western music, and Japanese culture would never be the same.Doppo Nagata has composed, hoping to capture the spirit of this era, Â
when that soulful Japanese sound first began to melt into
the newly arrived, foreign, Western sound.
past performance archives:
***Live in 2006***
May 20 Japan Festival 2006 at First Lutheran Church, Torrance, CA
Oct 09 Private party, Los Angeles, CA
Oct 27 Doppo Nagata concert at First Lutheran Church, Torrance, CA
Dec 25 Christmas service at Oriental Lutheran Church, Torrance, CA
***Live in 2007***
Jan 01 New Year Celebration at Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
Mar 04 Festival Japan 2007 at First Lutheran Church, Torrance, CA
May 27 Fruit of the Spirit concert at Hope Lutheran Church, Hollywood
Nov. 10 Doppo Nagata and his band concert at First Lutheran Church, Torrance, CA
Current mood: Campaign
