FingerPicking Day 2024 Event Report
Acoustic Guitar Live Festival
Morris FingerPicking Day 2024, an acoustic guitar festival, was held at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse on Saturday, March 30th, 2024.
The contest was held for the 2nd time since 2023 after the suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic, with 20 participants from Japan and abroad having been conducted high level performances.
The 2nd half of the event, FingerPicking Night, featured a FingerPicking super live performance by 4 top artists (Seiji Igusa [first appearance], Kenta Ebara [FPD2015 winner], Japan's top fingerpicking guitar player, Tokio Uchida and Rynten Okazaki) who are currently active on the front lines of the music scene.
Grand Prize Chun Sang Hyeok
Moridaira Musical Instruments CEO Toshimasa Oka
Morris FingerPicking Day 2024 Grand Prize - Chun Sang Hyeok
- Grand Prize
- Chun Sang Hyeok
- Award for Excellence
- Keisuke Sakamoto
- Song Award
- Keisuke Sakamoto
- Original Arrangement Award
- Chun Sang Hyeok
- TAB Award
- Hiroaki Shigematsu
- Hayama Moon Studio Award (Audience Award)
- Kouki Tamakoshi
- Acoustic Guitar Magazine Award
- Yuji Kamihigashi
- Acoustic Guitar Book Award
- Youta
- Panel of judges
- AKI
Seiji Igusa
Tokio Uchida
Ebara Kenta
Rynten Okazaki
Takumi Morinaka of Morris Guitars
Kouji Aikawa of Rittor Music
Junya Shimofusa of Shinko Music
- Organizer & Sponsorship
- Morris Guitars
ZOOM CORPORATION
HERCULES STANDS
Ovation Guitars
GoPro
Acoustic Guitar Magazine（Rittor Music）
Acoustic Guitar Book（Shinko Music）
Acoustic Guitar Life
TAB
Hayama Moon Studio
GUITAR CARNIVAL
Moridaira Musical Instruments
Photo：ashtei