Cellist and viola da gambist, the soloist and chamber musician Atsushi Sakaï is known to fans of the Concert d’Astrée. To celebrate his 20 years of residency in France, he has prepared a surprising concert that is entirely Japanese. Revisiting his origins in his own manner, he mixes music from "bunraku" (puppet theatre) with more modern popular songs, the "enka", with the complicity of Maria Savastano, the Argentine singer who is the most Japanese at heart.

Maria Savastano soprano
Mieko Miyazaki koto
Atsushi Sakaï viola da gamba

Yoimachigusa      Musique : Ono Tadasuke & Texte : Takeshisa Yumeji

Sakura Sakura Chanson traditionnelle

Sokyoku pour Koto seul

Karatachi no Hana
Music : Yamada Kosaku / Text : Kitahara Hakushu

Defune no Minato
Music : Nakayama Shinpei / Text : Shigure Otowa

Bunraku for cello alone
Music : Mayuzumi Toshiro

Takeda no Komori uta  Traditional song

Ichikotsu for cello and  koto
Music : Yamamoto Hozan

Nada Sousou
Music : BEGIN / Text : Moriyama Ryoko

Kawa no Nagare no youni
Music : Mitake Akira / Text : Akimoto Yasushi