He was particularly attracted to the gaita. Kojima started playing the bagpipe around the age of 20, when he was living in Tokyo. He also plays the hand organ and does juggling upon request. “I’m trying to give the best performance I can because I want the audience to have a good impression of the bagpipe since many of them have never seen such a rare instrument,” Kojima said. He has performed at schools, hospitals, large commercial facilities, wedding ceremonies, main temple halls and on special event trains around the country.Īt his stage performances, he lets the audience touch the gaita and performs with band members when requested to meet as many requests from his clients as possible. His passion is playing the gaita, a bagpipe played in Spain, which has a wide sound range and soft sounds, anywhere that he is invited. Kojima belongs to Office Performance Lab, an event company based in Nagoya. And above all, I want to give a performance that the audience will enjoy.” Bagpipes are little known to Japanese people, so I want to tell people how wonderful the instruments and their music are. ![]() ![]() “I’m glad that my performance received recognition,” Kojima said. He will receive an invitation from the festival organizer to perform at this year’s event as a special guest and also plans to embark on a tour of Spain. Kojima, 34, became the first Japanese gaita player in July to win the Festival de Ortigueira, a Celtic music festival, which has a competition for individual players. ![]() AMA, Aichi Prefecture-Yuki Kojima is justified in blowing his own horn, following his victory in a Spanish music festival while playing the "gaita" bagpipe and is now preparing for a tour of Spain.
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