Subjects:
Cultural events | Culture and traditions
Great Music Experience
Language: English
Great Music Experience was concert in celebration of UNESCO's World Day For Cultural Development. It starred Japanese and international musicians staged at the eighth century Buddhist temple of Tōdai-ji, in Nara, Japan in May 1994. The concert, held over three nights (May 20 - May 22), took place in front of the world's largest wooden building, housing the largest Buddha statue in the world. This material cannot be posted online in full. It is available for consultation in our Reading Room or, when indicated, via Video on Demand (VOD)
This video shows the May 22 concert
Place/region:
Todai-ji Temple,
Nara,
Japan,
Asia and the Pacific
Type: Performing arts
Extract: 4 min. Total length:
Production and personalities:
Director/conductor: Michael Kamen
Performer: Bob Dylan, Cara Butler, Hasedera Temple Shomyo, Hiroshi Hori, INXS, Ishida, Jon Bon Jovi, Joni Mitchell, Koji Tamaki, Leonard Eto and His Drummers, Richie Sambora, Roger Taylor, Ry Cooder, Ryu Hongjun, Tempyo Gafu, Shoukichi Kina, The Chieftains, Tōdai-ji Shōmyō, Tokyo New Philharmonic Orchestra, Tomoyasu Hotei, Toshinori Kondo, Wayne Shorter, X Japan, Yoshiki
Producer: Tony Hollingsworth
Coproducer/sponsor: UNESCO
Published in:
Rights: Not clear
Type: Performing arts
Extract: 4 min. Total length:
Production and personalities:
Director/conductor: Michael Kamen
Performer: Bob Dylan, Cara Butler, Hasedera Temple Shomyo, Hiroshi Hori, INXS, Ishida, Jon Bon Jovi, Joni Mitchell, Koji Tamaki, Leonard Eto and His Drummers, Richie Sambora, Roger Taylor, Ry Cooder, Ryu Hongjun, Tempyo Gafu, Shoukichi Kina, The Chieftains, Tōdai-ji Shōmyō, Tokyo New Philharmonic Orchestra, Tomoyasu Hotei, Toshinori Kondo, Wayne Shorter, X Japan, Yoshiki
Producer: Tony Hollingsworth
Coproducer/sponsor: UNESCO
Published in:
Rights: Not clear
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