August 22, 2007
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Visually Impaired Kohshi Kishita Holds Charity Concert in Kathmandu
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Nepal Blind Support Association (NBSA) in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan organized Kohshi Kishita Charity Concert in the Embassy Hall on August 21, 2007. The concert was supported by Mr. Kohei Ueda.
As Mr. Kohshi Kishita sang a series of songs in front of around 200 audiences, it was greatly enjoyed by all those present. He enthralled the attendants with his dynamic performance ranging from Japanese folk song 'Akatonbo' to English pops and rocks like 'Amazing Grace, Ribbon in the Sky', etc. The concert also featured performances by visually impaired students from various institutions. They sang an inaugural song 'Sakura Sakura or Cherry Blossoms', a world-renowned song symbolizing Japanese music as well as other Nepali songs. Other highlights of the concert were the performance by Nepali folk singer Ms. Komal Oli, and duet by Mr. Kishita and Ms. Prity Kaur. The show came to an end with a very popular Nepali folk song - Resham Phiriri along with dancing.
Mr. Kishita is an 18-year-old high school student. He started playing piano at the age of two. Soon after entering an elementary school for blind in Kagoshima prefecture, he started performing live street shows which fascinated the hearts of lots of people, young and old. At the age of ten, he was introduced in a documentary program in NHK. Since then, he has appeared in a number of television programs and has also released his albums and has impressed a large number of audiences. In addition to this, he held his first international live show in New York in 2003.
Mr. Kishita said it was a great stimulation for him to be in Nepal and exchanges with blind people especially the students of his similar age inspired him a lot for his music life.
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