My deepest desire from my childhood has been to pave a way for regaining the unity and peace among people of East Asia. For the land of Koguryo is now divided to China, South and North Korea. I was born in Japan as a Japanese and I could not even travel freely to the former land of Koguryo. The feeling of separation from my home has been so painful that I felt as if it were tearing my body apart.
Ever since my life was saved by encountering Mr. Idaki Shin, knowing that his music was designed to realize the world of love, the source of every human life, I have been organizing globally his concerts. I am wishing to share with as many people as possible the precious experience as it happened to my life. The Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered concert, for its part, is the unique joint program with him. Its first performance was dated on the 11th January 2001 in Japan. I narrate poems on Koguryo and journeys I made to various parts of the world in search for the origin of Koguryo, in order to rediscover the hidden but true histories of humanity and to reply to essential questions such as what is the true human nature, what will come after one’s death and what is eternity, etc. Mr. Idaki Shin plays the various instruments depending on each performance such as synthesizers, Japanese traditional drums, guitars and flute, etc. All his music is improvisation responding to my poetic narration and special video screening projected above the stage showing the background of my poems:
Concert for World Peace
NPO KOMA has started to organize the series of global scale peace concerts from the year 2001.
The first event was entitled Cosmic Manifesto in Ethiopia. The ambassador of Ethiopia to Japan at that time delivered his message worldwide, saying that the sound of Idaki Shin is uniting the earth with the vast universe, thus unifying all human beings regardless of race, religions and political borders.This concert was held at the original source of humankind, Ethiopia, and commemorated the beginning of a new history of mankind filled with love. In the year 2003, Torch of Peace concert was held at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania as the official cultural program of SADC summit gathering. In the year 2004 Idaki Shin Persepolis concert was held and ended in great success in Iran. And this year we are heading for the concert entitled as Legends of Koguryo concert in Lebanon as the significant step forward to realize peace all over the world.
In 2005, the “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” concert was held at the Tyre ruins in Lebanon.
September 2006 “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” concert at Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria,
November, Idaki Shin Concert held at Sadaba Palace in Iran, Tehran.
May and June 2007 “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” Concert Tour
(Held at Syria Damascus, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia Ohrid, Macedonia Bitola)
August “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” Concert at the Jerash ruins in Jordan,
and September in Beijing, China.
October 2008 “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” at Yerevan Republic Square, Armenia
November and December Held 4 poetry concerts in Lebanon.
July 2009 Held “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” at Lebanon Teal ruins and the Green Theater in Moscow, Russia.
May 2010 Held Idaki Shin concert “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” in Tehran, Iran.
October 2010 “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” at Georgia Metekhi Church and Azerbaijan Green Theater.
Held “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” in Delhi, India in December 2012 and Gujara, India in October 2013.
I would like to introduce the NPO KOMA’s path toward real peace.
August, 2005 Tyre, Lebanon
Held at the Hippodrome Ruins
26th Aug. 2005, held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered" at the Hippodrome ruins in Tyre, southern Lebanon, where the ancient city of Phenicia 9000 was located.
September 2006 Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
Held at Tsarevets Castle
15th Sep. 2006, held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered" at Tsarevets Castle at Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria.
May 2007 Damascus, Syria
100th Anniversary Concert at the Opera Theater
28th May 2007, held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered" at the Opera Theatre at Damascus, Syria. It was a 100th anniversary concert.
June 2007 Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
Second time at Tsarevets Castle
7th June 2007, held the second "Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered" at Tsarevets Castle at Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria.
June 2007 Giurgiu, Romania
Held at the Tricolour-flag Square in Giurgiu Romania.
10th June 2007, held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered" concert at the Tricolour-flag Square in Giurgiu Romania.
June 2007 Ohrid, Macedonia
Held at the Ancient Theater
14th June 2007, held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered" concert at the Ancient Theater in Ohrid, Macedonia. 15th June, held Idaki Shin concert at Saint Sophia Church in Ohrid.
June 2007 Bitola, Macedonia
Held at the Bitola Central Square.
16th June 2007, held Idaki Shin Pioano Improvisation concert at the international center, Bitola, Macedonia. 17th June, held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered" concert at Bitola Central Square.
August 2007 Jerash, Jordan
Held at the Jerash Festival
11th Aug. 2007, held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered" concert at the Jerash Festival, a music festival in the Middle East to be held in Jerash, Jordan.
September 2007 Beijing, China
Held at the Forbidden City Concert Hall
11th Sep. 2007, held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered" concert at the Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, China
October 2008 Yerevan, Armenia
Held at the Republic Square at Yerevan
18th Oct. 2008, held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered" concert at the Republic Square at Yerevan, Armenia.
July 2009 Tyre, Lebanon
held the second concert at the Hippodrome Ruins
15th July 2009, held the second the “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” concert in Tyre, Lebanon.
July 2009 Moscow, Russia
Held at the Green theatre in Moscow
26th July 2009, held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered" Concert at the Green theatre in Moscow, Russia.
May 2010 Tehran, Iran
Held at Bahdat Hall, Tehran
28th May 2010, held Idaki Shin concert at Bahdat Hall, Tehran, the capital of Iran. Next May 29, at the same venue, held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscoverd" concert. Since the Islamic Revolution, performances where women were set in a venue with a male audience were prohibited by law, but with special permission, they were able to be held in Tehran.
October 2010 Tbilisi, Georgia
Held at Metekhi church, Tbilisi
9th Oct. held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscoverd" concert at Metekhi church, Tbilisi, Georgia
October 2010 Baku, Azerbaijan
Held at the Green Theater in the Presidential Palace, Baku
16th Oct. 2010 held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscoverd" concert at the Green Theater in the Presidential Palace, Baku, Azerbaijan
December 2012 Delhi, India
Held at Purana Qila
25th Nov. 2012, held the "Idaki Shin Piano Improvisation concert -HIMALAYA- at imperial hotel in Delhi.
2nd Dec. 2012 held the "Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered" concert at Purana Qila
October 2013 Gujarat, India
Held at Sabarmati River Front
Held in Ahmedabad, a major city in Gujara, western India.24th Oct. 2013 Idaki Shin Piano improvisation concert at Anfi Theatre.
27th Oct. 2013 Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered at Sabarmati River Front
You Tube channel
You can watch the videos of the overseas performance of the “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” concert on the “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” overseas concert playlist on our You Tube channel.
You Tube Channel – “Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered” Overseas Concert
