2017 July Jun Kawasaki MPD Labo Baikai and Black Sea project Schedule

Jun Kawasaki, Music and Poetic Drama Laboratory is Japanese Contemporary music theatre – It features a blend of contemporary choreography, modern compositions, experimental music, and traditional music. They have a project creating a new Asian MUSIC AND POETIC DRAMA with world traditional musicians. This project have began in Tokyo since 2015 and collaborated with Korean, Russian, German, Ukraine, Turkish, Armenian musicians.
In 2017, They will do “Baikal project and Black sea project”. In this Baikal project, they collaborate with Marya Korneva (vo.), Oxana Zhambalova (vo.), Liudmila Zamashchikova (vl.), and Ilya Lunushkin (cl.).
They interpret and reconstruct old Russian and Japanese folklore and sing and play it freely with improvisation and contemporary dance. Now, in order to generate New Eurasian roads, they are also exploring their road as traveling player.


Irkutsk, Russia

11 July, 2017    EDISON craft bar
Seika Miki (Vocal),  Aki Ozawa (Guitar),  Jun Kawasaki (Double bass),  Hiroyo Miura (Dance)
Supported by Andrei Gedeon

12 July, 2017    Old Munich
Seika Miki (Vocal),  Aki Ozawa (Guitar),  Jun Kawasaki (Double bass),  Hiroyo Miura (Dance)
Marya Korneva (Vocal)   Oxana Zhambalova (Vocal)  
Liudmila Zamashchikova (Violin)   Ilya Lunushkin (Clarinet)
Supported by Gallery Viktora Bronshteyna

Ulan-Ude, The Republic of Buryatia, Russia

15 July, 2017    Open-air stage of "Voice of Nomads" International Music Festival
Seika Miki (Vocal),  Aki Ozawa (Guitar),  Jun Kawasaki (Double bass),  Hiroyo Miura (Dance)
Marya Korneva  (Vocal)

18 July, 2017    Ethno gallery ORDA
Seika Miki (Vocal),  Aki Ozawa (Guitar),  Jun Kawasaki (Double bass),  Hiroyo Miura (Dance)




Istanbul, Turkey

22 July, 2017    Bant Mag. Mekan
Jun Kawasaki (Double bass),  Aya (Butoh dance),  Choi Jae Chol (Korean instruments)

23 July, 2017    PÜR ISTANBUL
TOKYO ISTANBUL MEETING – Acoustic Duo Session & Party
Jun Kawasaki (Double bass),  Aya (Butoh dance),  Choi Jae Chol (Korean instruments)
Saadet Türköz (Vocal)

24 July, 2017    Bakırköy Municipality Theatre
Jun Kawasaki (Double bass),  Aya (Butoh dance),  Choi Jae Chol (Korean instruments)
Selen Gülün (Vocal, Piano),  Saadet Türköz (Vocal),  Duygu Demir (Cello)




Odessa, Ukraine

28 July, 2017    Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art
Odessa International Theatre Festival 2017
Aya (Butoh dance),  Choi Jae Chol (Korean instruments),  Jun Kawasaki (Double bass)
Anya Tchaykovskaya (Vocal),  Vitaliy Tkachuk (Traditional flute),  Ouroboros (Dance theatre)




Tokyo, Japan

The end does not end 2015–2016
16 September 2017   Koen-Dori Classics
open: 18:00  start: 19:00
Aki Ozawa (Guitar),  Jun Kawasaki (Double bass),  Shinichiro Kanda (Piano, Synthesizer),  Seika Miki (Vocal)
Aya,  Hiroyo Miura,  Kentaro Tsuda,  Satoshi Tsuboi,  Akira Yoshimatsu

The end does not end 2017
17 September 2017   Koen-Dori Classics
open: 16:00  start: 17:00
Jan Glembotzki (Violin),  Keiko Komori (Clarinet),  Aki Ozawa (Guitar)
Jun Kawasaki (Doublebass),  Choi Jae Chol (Korean instruments)
Vocal and voice:  Seika Miki,  Kentaro Tsuda,  Satoshi Tsuboi,  Akira Yoshimatsu
Dance:  Aya,  Hiroyo Miura

charge (by the day):
3,000yen (advance)  3,500yen (doors)
contact us: Music and Poetic Drama Laboratory


Director, Composer:  Jun Kawasaki
Stage manager:  Kiri Shirosawa
Co-director, Video: Hideto Miyuki


Supported by Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)