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PLC in Japan

Paul Lovatt-Cooper is off to conquer the Land of the Rising Sun. Sounds like a good title for his next piece eh?

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Paul Lovatt-Cooper is off on his world travels, as the most sought after composer for brass bands is set to take his brand of exciting music to the Land of the Rising Sun.

Premiere

He left the UK on Monday for a week as international Guest Soloist with Tokyo City Concert Brass — Japan's premier brass band, where he will perform the Japanese premier of his 'Percussion Concerto' at the concert in Tokyo on Saturday 13th June.

Paul will be delivering masterclasses to the world famous Kunitachi Music Academy and the Utsunomiya Brass Society on his compositions4BR

Antartica

Also in the concert Tokyo City Concert Brass will perform the Japanese premier of Paul's major work 'Antarctica', which received its world premier in Switzerland in November last year.

Masterclass

As well as the concert, Paul will be delivering masterclasses to the world famous Kunitachi Music Academy and the Utsunomiya Brass Society on his compositions.

Paul will be twittering whilst he is on his travels too — so you can connect up with him to see how he is getting on!

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