Published on May 1, 2014

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Genre: Musicals

Dates: Friday, June 13, 2014

Venue: Beijing Concert Hall

Prices: 80, 100, 180, 280, 380, 480, 680

Features: Joe Hisaishi, a well-known Japanese cartoon musicals composer. On Friday June 13rd, his classic musicals audition concert from the animation films of Hayao Miyazaki will be performed in Beijing Concert Hall.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi (born December 6, 1950) is a composer and director responsible for over 100 soundtracks and conventional albums dating back to 1981. He is best-known for his work with animator Hayao Miyazaki, including the soundtracks to Spirited Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Princess Mononoke (1997), My Neighbour Totoro (1988), and Nausica of the Valley of the Wind (1983). He is also known for his work with filmmaker Takeshi Kitano, including soundtracks for Dolls (2002), Kikujiro (1999), Hana-Bi (1997), Kids Return (1996), and Sonatine (1993). Lesser known are the other musical roles he plays - he is also a typesetter, author, arranger, and head of orchestra.

Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki (Miyazaki Hayao, born January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan) is the prominent director of many popular animated feature films. He is also the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, an animation studio and production company. He remained largely unknown to the West, outside of animation communities, until Miramax released his 1997 Princess Mononoke. By that time, his films had already enjoyed both commercial and critical success in Japan and Central Asia. For instance, Princess Mononoke was the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan. Currently his later film, Spirited Away, has that distinction as well as being the first anime film to win an Academy Award. Howl's Moving Castle was also nominated on one occasion but did not recieve the award.

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