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It has been announced that FictionJunction has been invited to and will be performing at Animelo Summer Live 2009 -RE: BRIDGE-, for the Sunday show. Chiaki Ishikawa of See-Saw will also be performing as a solo artist on Saturday. Animelo is the biggest annual anime concert in Japan, and each year hosts performances by top anime musicians. The double-concert will be spread out across two days: August 22-23, 2009.

Thanks to gillsa for posting this in the forum!

And there’s (only) a month left to…

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It has been announced via fan club newsletter, that Yuki Kajiura will be releasing a piano sheet music book next month, containing 23 songs on 104 pages.

Title: Easy Piano Solo / Yuki Kajiura Works Collection
Release: April 9, 2009
MSRP: 1890 JPY
ISBN：978-4-401-02172-7
JAN：4997938021725

Confirmed songs:

• See-Saw: Anna ni issho datta no ni
• FictionJunction YUUKA: Akatsuki no Kuruma ~ piano version
• FictionJunction ASUKA: everlasting song

In addition, Yuuka will be performing at the ANIMAX MUSIX live event on May 9, and Kalafina will be performing at morph-tokyo on April 16, 2009. Both appearances will be together with other artists. See the future events page for details.

Thanks to Chibi-Chibi and elcazador for posting this in the forum!

Oh, and…

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Yuki Kajiura has posted that she will be composing for the NHK TV series – Rekishi Hiwa Historia (歴史秘話ヒストリア)- to begin airing on April 8, 2009.

A history variety show, Rekishi Hiwa Historia was made by NHK Osaka and aired for one episode last July, where the .hack track, “in the land of twilight,under the moon“, was used as theme music. Starting in April, this show will become a regular TV series featuring a complete soundtrack by Yuki Kajiura.

No information yet on potential CD soundtrack releases.

Thanks to Kazado for the news, and Yumi for the background information!

[EDIT] I forgot to mention a few tidbits: details on the Parallel Hearts single have been released, and also the Yuki Kajiura LIVE Vol. #4 concert has been expanded to an Everlasting Songs Tour, across three Japanese cities in July. There will also be an exclusive Fan Club event held in May.

And don’t forget to…

As you already know, Yuki Kajiura and Kalafina (Keiko, Wakana, Hikaru) will be visiting as the guests of honor at Anime Boston 2009. For this occasion, we will be printing and presenting to them a scrapbook in person at the convention! Everyone is invited to send them a message, a piece of artwork, poetry, music, or anything you like to be included in the scrapbook (which will have a CD component as well)! The book will be linen-bound hardcover, 9″ x 10.5″. This is your chance to have Yuki hold your work in her hands .

The form below gives you space to write your own messages to Yuki Kajiura and Kalafina. The final space titled “Other Submissions” is for including whatever you like – a link to your fanart, music, or writing. There will be no judging or filtering of submissions (except for spam, of course), and all submissions will be incorporated in the book, so don’t worry about not being accepted!

Visit the form page for more information.

Thanks for your contribution, everyone, and please help spread the word!

The full PV of Kalafina’s new song, Lacrimosa has been released online. The single will be released next week, on March 4, 2009.

You can watch a greeting from Kalafina followed by the full Lacrimosa PV from the Biglobe website. Also included is a clip of the live performance of Kizuato, from their first single.

(The PV begins at 1:37)

Thanks to grunty for posting it in the forum!