Utacon
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| Release | April 12, 2016 – present |
Utacon (うたコン) is a Japanese weekly music show produced by NHK, airing on Tuesday night from April 12, 2016. The show replaces NHK Kayou Concert and Music Japan.
Description
Utacon presents a range of music artists from
To target all audiences, including traditional 60's-70's music (which was the viewing target of the now-defunct "Kayou Concert") NHK aims at the so-called "rejuvenation" of the performers, singers and music, together with the "Enka popular song" and "J-pop" styles. The program aims to become the "center of the Japanese music scene". Utacon also incorporates a relay from around Japan, making the music show a unique live experience. As was the case with "NHK Kayou Concert", the program is usually performed in front of a live audience at NHK Hall in Tokyo, but on last week each month it is performed live from NHK Osaka Hall.
The program is typically 45 minutes in length, but the premiere episode was 73 minutes long, and featured
.From its premiere until March 2019, the show aired at 19:30 JST. Starting from April 2019, the show airs every Tuesday at 19:57 JST, with variety show "Sarameshi" preceding Utacon.
In March 2020, the show started to be produced without a public audience, in order to avoid the spread of
On July 5, 2022, the show returned to NHK Hall.
Staff
- Presenters
- Shōsuke Tanihara
- Naoko Hashimoto (NHK Announcer, 2016 – 2017)
- Tomoko Kogō (NHK Announcer, 2017 – 2019)
- Chieko Katayama (NHK Announcer, 2019 – 2020)
- Nonoka Akaki (NHK Announcer, 2020 – present)
- Production Company
- NHK Enterprises
- Live Orchestra
- music concerto (Conductor: Takahiro Kaneko)