Anna Saeki BIOGRAPHY 2011 - 1987
♦2011
Overseas
Performed at "Festival Nacional de Folklore" (The Cosquín Folk Festival) in Cosquin, Argentina for the first time.
Performed with "TANGOLOCO" at the Velma Café.
Invited to the World Tango Summit, Seinäjoki, Finland
Appeared on a TV program on Telemundo (division of NBC), New York, U.S.A
Domestic
"Family Concert Tour" in Hokkaido, sponsored by Hokkaido Shimbun Bun-bun Club.
Performed at "Great East Japan Earthquake Charity Concert: Nacer y Renacer -Birth
and Rebirth-" in 8 cities.
Started a radio program "Anna Cafe ♪♪" via music digital radio "Music Bird"
2011 Gender Equality Gathering, Aichi Prefecture (Will Aichi)
Lecture and Mini Concert "Inochi no Tango to Sono Kokoro" (Life of Tango, and its Heart)
♦2010
Overseas
<Japan Foundation Subsidy Tour>
Performed at Jardín Japonés (Japanese Garden) in Buenos Aires, Tango bar "BIEN PORTENO", and the 25th Anniversary Concert at Nikkei Argentina Center.
Performed a concert at "Salon Dorado" of Buenos Aires City Cultural Center (El Salón Dorado de la Casa de la Cultura) for the first time for a Japanese artist.
Performed at Teatro Peruano Japonés in Lima, Peru (Japanese Association, Great Hall)
Performed at Festival de los Pueblos y el Vino (Festival of Towns and Wine), San Rafael, Argentina
Performed at Provincial Tango Festival in Zarate, Argentina
Invited to perform at La Falda Tango Festival, Argentina
Invited to perform at Granada Tango Festival, Spain
Domestic
Performed "World Concert Tour 2010 -Breaking New Ground-" including dinner shows, with the band, TANGOLOCO from Argentina.
"Anna Saeki Dream Parent-Child Concert 2010 -Flying Towards the World-" (5 venues including Ginza Hakuhinkan Theater, Tokyo)
Nippon Maru
Performed at "Kobe Yuttari One Night Cruise" (Kobe arrival/departure)
"Christmas Special Concert - Anna Saeki Dinner Show" (The port of Yokohama)
2010 Human Rights Festival -Connecting Hearts from a Region with Circle of Human Rights- (Suita, Osaka Prefecture)
Lecture and Mini Concert "Beyond Country, Beyond Language"
Released an electric tango album, "TANGOS DEL MUNDO -Tango from All Over the World-" and the DVD + CD "Anna Saeki World Concert Tour 2009 -Anata ni Ai wo Okurimasu-".
♦2009
Overseas
Released a folklore CD "YO VENGO A OFRECER MI CORAZON -Anatani Ai wo Okurimasu-" in Japan, Argentina, the United States and Europe.
Performed at the International Tango Summit in Bariloche, Argentina.
Performed at the Japan Cultural Institute in Paris, France (2 days) "Une diva du tango Anna Saeki"
Performed at the Medellin Tango Festival in Columbia.
Performed by invitation at the La Falda Tango Festival in Argentina.
Participated in the New York Latin Festival in New York.
Performed a concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Domestic
"World Concert Tour 2009 -Anatani Ai wo Okurimasu- Folklore y Tango (Folklore and Tango)" Performed at concerts in various locations: Utsunomiya, Sapporo, Aomori, Sendai, Osaka, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Ehime, Saijo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka.
"Anna Saeki Dream Parent-Child Concert 2009 -Flying Towards the World-" For the first time in locations including Hiroshima.
Cruise Ship Live Concert: Nippon Maru "Kobe Yuttari One Night Cruise" (Kobe arrival/departure)
♦2008
20th Anniversary Concert World Tour "ANNA SAEKI TANGO CONCERT TOUR 2008"
Overseas
Performed "Subsidy Tour 2008 by the Japan Foundation"
- Cordoba, Argentina
- San Paulo, Brazil (Centennial of Japanese Immigration to Brazil)
"Anna Saeki Tango Concert - I will meet you in Brazil-"
- Berlin, Germany
- Moscow, Russia
- Paris, France
She was interviewed by the media in each country.
Released CD "CONCIERTO DE ANNA Clasica & Moderna" in Europe, European edition.
Performed concerts in Changchun, China and Island of Hawaii, United States.
Received an invitation for 25th La Falda Tango Festival, (110th anniversary of the Japan- Argentina Friendship).
Anna was the first Japanese artist to be chosen as one of "20 people contributed to Tango" at this festival.
Performed at 4 venues including a Tango festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Participated in the recording in Buenos Aires with Mercedes Sosa.
Received an invitation for Mercedes Sosa’s concert in Germany.
Performed a concert at Florence Gould Hall in New York.
"World Concert Tour 2008 -New Century- Tango y Folklore"
Domestic
"World Concert Tour 2008 - New Century-"
Performed at concerts and dinner shows at various locations: Nagano, Chino, Morioka, Yokosuka, Kitakyushu, Omiya, Fukui, Tokyo, Kochi, Kobe, Hiroshima and Nagoya.
Cruise Ship Live Concert: Nippon Maru "Christmas Premium One Night Cruise" (Tokyo-Yokohama)
Released a Salsa CD "Taiyou no Ryouude de Tsuki no Hitomi de" (The Arms of the Sun, The Eyes of the Moon)
♦2007
Overseas
Anna was invited to perform with Tango Orchestra de Buenos Aires at the 9th Tango Festival in Buenos Aires.
Performed at the CD release concert at Torquato Tasso in Buenos Aires. Anna was interviewed by many media and received great acclaim from Tango experts and critics. Anna's fluency in Spanish was highly praised and her music was acclaimed as it brought fresh air to music of Tango.
Performed at the memorial concert for the lyricist, Homero Manzi, at Teatro Empire, Buenos Aires .
Performed at the San Luis Tango Festival, Argentina.
An encounter with Mercedes Sosa, the mother of folklore genre.
Performed at the regular concert on Wednesdays (In Memory of Aníbal Troilo) with Juan de Dios Filiberto National Orchestra of Argentine Music in Buenos Aires.
Performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York.
Appeared on one of the Telemundo TV Shows in New York.
Recorded in New York, "Donde estas Corazon" was featured in the film, "Lust, Caution" by the Academy Award winning director Ang Lee. "Lust, Caution" won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival.
Domestic
Released the 20th Anniversary CD "Concierto de Anna Clasica and Moderna" in Japan (pre-released in Argentina).
Performed a concert tour "Anna Saeki 20th Anniversary Concert - Anata to Tomomi -" in 7 cities in Japan (total of 12 performances in Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Fukuoka and Sapporo). Received interviews from the media and appeared on TV and radio programs during the tour.
Anna was nominated by the Asahikawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Asahikawa Tourist and Convention Association of her hometown, Asahikawa, and received "Kankou Kenko sho". Anna was also appointed as "Asahikawa Kankou Taishi (Asahikawa Sightseeing Ambassador)" (-Present)
Performed at the 20th Anniversary Encore Concert at Tokyo Opera City, sponsored by TBS Radio.
Performed at the Tango live shows and dinner shows at Nagoya Blue Note, Sweet Basil STB139, Tokyo.
♦2006
Performed at Tränenpalast in Berlin.
After releasing an album, Negau (Hope), Anna's TV documentary "A gift from the singer in the land of the cherry blossoms", was broadcast by HTV in Vietnam.
Anna recorded her 20th Anniversary albums "Concierto de ANNA Clasica and Moderna" in Buenos Aires, working with prominent people in the Tango world: Leopoldo Federico, Horacio Ferrer, Raul Garello and Nicolas Ledesma.
Anna, with her wish to heal others with her music, obtained Home Helper Level 2 license in Japan.
Performed a mini live concert at "Kandayama Yasuragi-en," (a nursing home for atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima).
♦2005
"ANNA SAEKI TANGO CONCERT TOUR 2005"
Performed at at Kahilu Theatre in Waimea, Hawaii
Concert held at Carnegie Zankel Hall in New York, NY
Received an invitation to perform at the Asian Festival 2005 in Berlin as a representative of Japan.
Performed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France.
National tour in Japan: "TANGO CONCERT TOUR 2005" STB139 (total of 6 performances)
Performed "X'mas Tango Dinner Show 2005" at venues in Seoul (Korea), Tokyo (the Prince Park Tower Tokyo, Prince Hotel), Yokohama, Nagoya, and Hiroshima.
After releasing her album, "Omoi (Wish), Anna released her new album “Negau (Hope) ”. "Negau (Hope)" was recorded with three different bands from New York and Berlin, and it is a second series of collection of Asian songs, which were uniquely arranged in Tango style. It also included Anna's own compositions.
Anna was selected as one of the "100 Most Respected Japanese People in the World" by Newsweek Japan (10/26/2005 edition).
♦2004
"TANGO CONCERT TOUR 2004"
Invited to perform in Paris (invited by the mayor of the sixth borough of Paris).
Performed a Concert in Hawaii.
Performed a first concert in Berlin.
National concert tour held at 5 venues in Japan.
Christmas dinner show held at 7 venues in Japan.
♦2003
Concert tour "Tango Concert Tour 2003 -Omoi-" in Japan (Bunkamura Orchard Hall and others)
Performed concerts at Blue Note in New York, Hawaii and Paris. Western reporters admired her beautiful sound of Japanese language.
Released her new album "Omoi" (Wish). It is a collection of world famous folk songs and children’s songs, which were uniquely arranged in Tango style. These music compositions received high commendation.
♦2002
Concert tour "TANGO CONCERT TOUR 2002" in Japan
Performed concerts in Paris, France and Hawaii, U.S.A
♦2001
Performed the 15th anniversary celebration Tour (“TANGO CONCERT TOUR 2001") in Japan.
Performed concerts in Paris, France and Hilo, Island of Hawaii.
Performed a charity concert in New York (All proceed were donated to the World Trade Center Disaster Relief Fund)
Triumphal performance held at Tokyo International Forum.
Released the album “Canto de Sirena,” (“The Song of the Mermaid,”) that was recorded in Paris, France. This album spawned huge sales within the genre.
♦2000
Performed concerts in New York, Paris and Hawaii.
♦1999
Anna Saeki performed her first overseas concerts in New York, Paris, Los Angeles, and London.
Released a single, "Theme of Love", a theme song of a movie Armageddon in Japan under a pseudonym "AN".
Performed her Tango dinner show at the Royal Park Hotel Tokyo.
♦1998
Released "THE FIGHT!!", the soccer W Cup official cheer song
Released a new single, "Aiwa Mirai (Love is future)" for the outro of one of the popular TV show "Kaiun! Nandemo Kanteidan".
Performed more than 40 live concerts and dinner shows in Japan.
Released the Tango album "Soul of Tango" for the first time in 10 years.
♦1997
Went to New York and released the single and album of the latest salsa sound “Besame Mucho,” (used as a song for a TV commercial of Suntory XO), produced by Sergio George, a salsa maestro. This sparked an explosion of interest in Latin music in Japan.
♦1996
Anna Saeki joined the band, Orquesta del Sol, as a lead salsa vocalist.
Released a single album "Shiawase ni Narukara" which was chosen as the theme song of the drama "Otokono Erabikata (How to choose a man)"
♦1990
Anna Saeki performed in the Tango '90 tour with José Colángelo Y Su Orchestra in Japan.
Regular cast appearances: NTV "Wednesday Eleven", Kansai TV "Furusato ZIP Tanteidan" and "Yume no Rannyusha"
MC: NHK "Ongaku wa Koibito"
Musical: "CATCH ME"
She demonstrated her multiple talents in a variety of fields (TV, radio, movies, theater) as a singer, MC, actress, and theater performer.
♦1989
Anna Saeki performed in the Tango '89 tour with Sexteto Tango in Japan (more than 40 locations nationwide).
♦1988
Anna Saeki performed in the Tango '88 tour with Leopoldo Federico Orchestra in Japan. After the tour, she recorded her second album, "Rhapsody in Rain" in the home of Tango, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and won critical acclaim in local media.
♦1987
Anna Saeki made her debut in 1987 as a Tango singer with her original album "Tango Primavera" after being crowned Miss Sapporo in 1984.
She attracted attention as a Tango singer with her new sensibility and quickly became a bright new star.
