29 Ianuarie - JPop, partea a II-a

Cea de-a doua intalnire din luna ianuarie a fost o continuare a subiectului adus in discutie in ultima intalnire a anului 2010, si anume Jpop, sau muzica pop japoneza. Intalnirea a inceput cu obisnuitele prezentari ale fiecarui participant. Dupa aceea participantii au avut un moment in care si-au amintit de ultimele momente petrecute impreuna cu d-ra Maho Morikuni inainte de a se intoarce in Japonia la finele programului Student Exchange avut in Romania. Au fost proiectate un numar de poze interesante de la ultimele intalniri la care a luat parte si d-ra Maho iar d-ra Minodora le-a aratat participantilor o felicitare trimisa de d-ra Maho prietenilor ei de la Cercul “Prietenii Japoniei”.

Dupa aceea intalnirea a revenit la subiect si anume Jpop, cu prezentarea d-rei Luiza si a d-rei Mara. In timpul necesar pregatirilor, domnul Emil Chiorean a incantat din nou publicul cu unul din cantecele sale.

De aceasta data prezentarea a fost orientata predominant spre publicul feminin, dar nici partea cealalta a publicului nu a fost complet uitata. A fost prezentata multa informatie despre genul muzical, de la originile si premisele acestuia in anii ‘60 pana la artisti si mode contemporane.

Au fost prezentate cateva videoclipuri ale unor trupe de baieti, unele mai impresionante, altele mai revigorante, pentru ca publicul sa isi poata face o idee mai buna despre ceea ce inseamna muzica pop japoneza. A fost proiectat si un videoclip al unei artiste japoneze foarte cunoscute. La sfarsitul prezentarii d-ra Luiza a aratat publicului o parte dintr-un concert impresionant in care influentele japoneze traditionale si contemporane au putut fi observate in combinatie, rezultatul fiind ceva cu adevarat inedit. Concertul a fost un bun exemplu pentru a arata cat de diferite sunt concertele pop japoneze fata de cele din restul lumii. Dupa prezentare, participantii au avut ocazia sa puna intrebari pentru a isi clarifica ceea ce nu au inteles din prezentare.

Dupa prezentarea d-rei Luiza, domnul Katsutaro Kawai, impulsionat de subiectul intalnirii si de vechiul sau vis de a deveni un cantaret profesionist, a cantat un cantec pentru public, acompaniat de chitara sa.

 In final a urmat obisnuitul timp de ceai.

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The second meeting of January was a continuation of the topic in discussion in the last meeting of 2010, namely Jpop, or Japanese pop music. The meeting started with the usual introduction of every participant. Afterwards the participants had a recollection of Maho Morikuni spending her last moments with her friends from Romania, before returning to Japan, after her Student exchange program in Romania ended. A number of interesting photos from the last meetings with Ms. Morikuni has been projected and Ms. Minodora showed and handed for circulation a postcard send by Ms. Morikuni to her friends from Japan’s Friends Club.

Afterwards, the club got back to the topic which was Jpop, with Ms. Luiza and Ms. Mara starting their presentation. During the preparations however, the participants have been once again enchanted by one of Mr. Emil Chiorean’s songs. This time the presentation was predominantly oriented to female audience but the counterpart had not been forgotten. A lot of background information has been presented, from the pre-jpop influences in 1960s to contemporary artists and trends. Several, some impressive, some more refreshing boy bands videos had been projected in order to let people make an idea about what Japanese pop music is like. A video of a female artist has been also shown. In the end of her presentation, Ms. Luiza showed the public a part of an impressive concert in which Japanese traditional and contemporary influences could be observed in their combination, the result being something spectacular. The concert was showed how different Japanese pop concerts are from the rest of the concerts around the world. After her presentation, people asked questions in order to clarify what might have not been explicitly presented before.

After Ms. Luiza’s presentation Mr. Katsutaro Kawai, excited by the topic and his old dream to become a professional singer, sang a song for the public, accompanied by his guitar. Afterwards the usual tea and snack time followed.