{"id":43261,"date":"2025-01-27T17:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T08:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=43261"},"modified":"2025-01-27T17:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T08:48:15","slug":"final-fantasy-composer-nobuo-uematsu-reveals-that-his-band-regularly-performs-for-school-kids-across-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/final-fantasy-composer-nobuo-uematsu-reveals-that-his-band-regularly-performs-for-school-kids-across-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu reveals that his band regularly performs for school kids across Japan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Game music legend Nobuo Uematsu recently posted about his experience performing at an elementary school with his group conTiki. The Final Fantasy composer revealed that in addition to performing in theaters packed with fans, he also brings the charm of conTIKI\u2019s recitals to kindergartens and elementary schools in Japan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uematsu\u2019s band conTiki often recites simple stories accompanied by projected illustrations and Uematsu\u2019s music, as well as lively songs that children can easily enjoy. Although they have also done arrangements of classic Final Fantasy themes like Eyes on Me and Suteki Da Ne at concerts, their new music is a fresh departure from Uematsu\u2019s game compositions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nobuo Uematsu conTIKI: Suteki Da Ne (FFX)\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nq1nBVp0Jiw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent post on X (below), Uematsu talked about going to visit a local elementary school in Kitamoto, Saitama prefecture on January 22 to do a story recital. After nearly getting lost due to there being three schools with similar names, Uematsu and his band were rushed to the school in the principal\u2019s car before performing a concert \u201cwatched by the sparkling eyes of over 100 children!\u201d Afterwards, the band got to tuck into some school lunch and received packs of Kitamoto\u2019s special tomato curry as a souvenir.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u6628\u65e51\/22\u3001\u57fc\u7389\u306e\u4e2d\u4e38\u6771\u5c0f\u5b66\u6821\u3067\u6717\u8aad\u30e9\u30a4\u30d6\u3092\u3084\u3063\u3066\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br>\u5317\u672c\u99c5\u3067\u30bf\u30af\u30b7\u30fc\u306b\u4e57\u308a\u3001\u4e2d\u4e38\u6771\u5c0f\u5b66\u6821\u3067\u4e0b\u308d\u3055\u308c\u305f\u3093\u3060\u3051\u3069\u4f55\u304b\u69d8\u5b50\u304c\u304a\u304b\u3057\u3044\u3002<br><br>\u3088\u301c\u304f\u898b\u308b\u3068\u2026<br><br>\u300c\u6771\u5c0f\u5b66\u6821\u300d\u3063\u3066\u66f8\u3044\u3066\u3042\u308b\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044\u304b\u3063\uff01\uff01<br><br>\u2026\u306a\u3093\u3068\u3053\u306e\u5317\u672c\u99c5\u8fd1\u8fba\u306b\u306f<br>\u30fb\u4e2d\u4e38\u6771\u5c0f\u5b66\u6821<br>\u30fb\u4e2d\u4e38\u5c0f\u5b66\u6821<br>\u30fb\u6771\u5c0f\u5b66\u6821\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c9pKa8lT2v\">pic.twitter.com\/c9pKa8lT2v<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u690d\u677e\u4f38\u592b (Nobuo Uematsu) -con TIKI- (@UematsuNobuo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UematsuNobuo\/status\/1882352883947160061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobuo Uematsu explains that conTIKI doesn\u2019t just perform at concert halls but also visits kindergartens and elementary schools in Japan. He urges educators to reach out and contact them if they are interested in receiving a visit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobuo Uematsu and conTIKI have also performed concerts in Europe, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UematsuNobuo\/status\/1806245635617923330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia<\/a> and the USA over the past 2 years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last October, Uematsu <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nobuo-uematsu-retirement-statement-was-misunderstood-the-legendary-final-fantasy-composer-himself-confirms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> that he would be composing less game music to \u201chave more time to make the music I want to make,\u201d revealing that FANTASIAN Neo Dimension is likely his final full soundtrack for a game.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As well as performing in fan-packed concert halls, Nobuo Uematsu also brings conTIKI\u2019s recitals to kindergartens and elementary schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":43265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-43261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-final-fantasy","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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