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May 09, 2017 10:25 AM
Sound Messe – International Guitar Exhibition – in Osaka 2017
The largest guitar and ukulele showcase in Japan was held on April 15 and 16, 2017 at Osaka Nanko ATC Hall, and is a dream event for music lovers and players, fans and enthusiasts. This is the seventh time the exhibition has been held, and the first since being moved up from autumn to spring, with larger exhibition halls, first time overseas exhibitors, and increased numbers of domestic exhibitors, participants, and guitar fans.
Exhibitors: a total of 159 companies of guitar and guitar-re...
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May 09, 2017 10:23 AM
Red Dot Design Award 2017 Germany
The Red Dot Design Award is recognized as one of the world’s most prestigious design awards, in addition to the iF Design Award of Germany and the IDEA Award of America. Three Japanese companies, Yamana, Roland and Korg, received the award 2017.
Yamaha received the Best of the Best Award for the REVSTAR electric guitar and YEV electric violin and Roland received the same for the FP-90 digital piano and Korg received Product Design Award for the Mini logue polyphonic analogue synthesizer. This ye...
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May 09, 2017 10:20 AM
ZOOM Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ Listed
Zoom Corporation(CEO: Masahiro Iijima)was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ on March 28, 2017. The company, established in 1983,
has produced synthesizers, rhythm machines, sequencers, multi-effect devices, multi-track and hand-held recorders, and other advanced digital multiple effects, at competitive prices, concentrating on product development and marketing by fabless strategy. In recent years, the company has been expanding their products from the artist to the creator market with pr...
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May 01, 2017 10:55 AM
The Brand New Concert 2017 – Integration of Electronic Musical Instruments and Orchestra
On March 29, 2017, the “Brand New Concert 2017” sponsored by Public Interest Incorporated Kakehashi Art and Culture Promotion Foundation, was held at Shibuya Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo. Mr. Ikutaro Kakehashi was the founder of Roland Corporation, and, the theme of this concert was the integration of electronic musical instruments and orchestra.
The concert clearly displayed the contribution of digital technology to musical instruments in current music, made possible the ambition and curiosi...
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