NHK Tokyo Children's Choir
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NHK Tokyo Children's Choir , or NHK Tokyo Children's Chorus, is the children's choir attached to the Tokyo Broadcasting Station (JOAK) of the NHK - Japan Broadcasting Corporation
radio-TV network. Since 1943 NHK had used the Otowa Yurikago Kai
, established in 1933, to be its children's choir, but since 1951 has organized its own.
Through its broadcasting and recording activities, it has played an important role in popularizing Japanese and overseas children's songs in Japan. It also toured extensively throughout the world and has won important awards, such as in BBC
World Amateur Chorus Competition (No. 2 in the children's area), the Centennial of Zoltán Kodály
's Birth Competition (No. 1 in the children's area), EBU World Chorus Competition (No. 1 in the children's area), etc.
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
radio-TV network. Since 1943 NHK had used the Otowa Yurikago Kai
Otowa Yurikago Kai
Otowa Yurikago Kai is a Japanese children's choir, established in 1933. It is so named from Otowa-cho, a place name in Bunkyō, Tokyo, where it was born, Yurikago, a Japanese word for cradle, and Kai, meaning an association or group....
, established in 1933, to be its children's choir, but since 1951 has organized its own.
Through its broadcasting and recording activities, it has played an important role in popularizing Japanese and overseas children's songs in Japan. It also toured extensively throughout the world and has won important awards, such as in BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
World Amateur Chorus Competition (No. 2 in the children's area), the Centennial of Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is best known internationally as the creator of the Kodály Method.-Life:Born in Kecskemét, Kodály learned to play the violin as a child....
's Birth Competition (No. 1 in the children's area), EBU World Chorus Competition (No. 1 in the children's area), etc.
See also
- Children's choir
- Otowa Yurikago KaiOtowa Yurikago KaiOtowa Yurikago Kai is a Japanese children's choir, established in 1933. It is so named from Otowa-cho, a place name in Bunkyō, Tokyo, where it was born, Yurikago, a Japanese word for cradle, and Kai, meaning an association or group....
- Beijing Angelic ChoirBeijing Angelic ChoirThe Beijing Angelic Choir is a children's choir based in Beijing, China. Since its establishment, it has toured extensively in the world as well as in China....
- Vienna Boys' ChoirVienna Boys' ChoirThe Vienna Boys' Choir is a choir of trebles and altos based in Vienna. It is one of the best known boys' choirs in the world. The boys are selected mainly from Austria, but also from many other countries....
External links
- Official Site (in Japanese)
- Otowa Yurikago Kai (in Japanese)