Hanako Ono, an alpa player from Hirosaki City, will perform her first solo live on September 20 at "Cafe Lemon" (Shinji Town, Hirosaki City, TEL 0172-33-9359).

Arpa is a Spanish word for harp, an instrument found throughout South America. Ono plays the Paraguay alpa. Mr. Ono said at the same live, in addition to performing representative songs of Japanese folk songs such as "Sakura Sakura", "Coffee Roomba", "Milk Train" and Alpa, "Because it is a rare musical instrument, it will be easy to hear for those who hear it for the first time." speak.

Ono was influenced by the live performance of an arp player Mika Uematsu at the age of 9 and started playing arp at the age of 10. After graduating from high school, he went on to Tokyo and continued to perform at the event venue and with other musicians. In 2013, he won the second prize at the 9th All Japan Alpa Competition. The base of activities has been moved to Hirosaki from this year.

On August 30, performed with guitarist Masashi Kudo at the "Afternoon Tea Concert" at the Hyakusekicho Exhibition Hall (Momoishicho). It's so popular that the tickets are sold out, and it's becoming a hot topic in the word of mouth as “too angelic”.

Holding time is from 14:30. Free admission (one order).