Resound, the Sound of Hope has been selected as a required reading for the Iwate Book Review Contest! Published at the end of December last year, "Resound, the Sound of Hope - The Future Connected by the Tohoku Youth Orchestra (by Hirokazu Tanaka)" has been selected as a required reading for the upper elementary school division of the "54th Iwate Book Review Contest, organized by the Kikuchi Yusei Cultural Project."
"Resound, the Sound of Hope" has been selected as a required reading for the "Iwate Book Review Contest"!
"Let the Sound of Hope Resound - The Future Connected by the Tohoku Youth Orchestra (written by Hirokazu Tanaka)," published at the end of December last year, has been selected as a required reading book for the upper elementary school division of the "Kikuchi Yusei Cultural Project 54th Iwate Book Review Contest."
https://www.iwate-np.co.jp/page/dokusho2021
Yusei Kikuchi, who plays for the Seattle Mariners in Major League Baseball, looked through all 81 works that passed the first round of judging last year and personally selected the winner of the "Yusei Kikuchi Special Award."
If you haven't read it yet, I hope you will take this opportunity to pick up "Sound of Hope."
◆Book Overview◆
"Sound of Hope: The Future Connected by the Tohoku Youth Orchestra" by Hirokazu Tanaka
Publication date: December 2020
Price: 1,650 yen (tax included)
Age range: Upper elementary school students
Summary: "I want to save the music of children affected by the disaster." The Tohoku Youth Orchestra was formed by children from the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, born from the wish of musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. Let's follow their journey as they have resounded the sounds of hope across the country.