Congratulations Koji has been awarded a top five place for his work on the soundtrack to the movie “Zero no Shoten” (Zero focus) in advance of the 33rd Japanese Academy awards (Awards of the Japanese Academy). The score has also been nominated for best soundtrack, due to be announced on on the 5th March 2010. For more information: http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/33.html Koji Ueno & his Orchestra (Koji Ueno Big Band)at Blues Alley Japan B1F Hotel Wing International Meguro, 1-3-14 Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0063, Japan TEL:0354964381 http://www.bluesalley.co.jp/ Sunday 25th October 2009 Doors open:16:00 Performance start:17:30 Adv. ¥ 4000 Door ¥ 4500 Flute: Rie Sasaki Clarinet: Kaede Akiyama Alto Saxophone: Miki Sone Tenor Saxophone: Yumi Ishida Baritone Saxophone: Eriko Yajima French Horn: Gizaemon Furuta French Horn: Chie Ikawa Trumpet: Asami Tazawa Tuba: Nobumitsu Kuniki Marimba: Yoshiki Higashi Percussion: Obawo Nakajima Drums: Toshiyuki Sugino Soprano: Kumiko Akiyama Vocal: Shingo Kubota Piano/Hammond B3: Koji Ueno Bass: Takayoshi Matsunaga if you want to order tickets, please send an eamil to polystyle@mac.com including the following: - your name - your address - your telephone number - your e-mail address - number of tickets you want Ticket reservation are also available http://www.bluesalley.co.jp/ and TEL:0354964381 Blues Alley japan Quartetto pastorale per flauti dolci "Quartetto pastorale per flauti dolci"(Quartetto Pastorale for Recoder Quartet in 3 movements) was premiered at Frank Lloyd Write building in Japan 6th September. http://www.jiyu.jp/index-e.html Work commissioned by Italian recorder player Daniele Bragetti and Japanese recorder player Seiko Tanaka. Film music score : Zero Focus During the summer months Koji Ueno worked comprehensively on the score for the forthcoming movie "Zero Focus". More information on the movie can be gained at: http://www.zero-focus.jp/index.html However, please not that Koji did not produce the musical scores used for the movie trailers displayed on that site.