2017.5.24 Release
「Hello,World.」/はなわちえ

ハイレゾ配信サイトe-onkyoにて超高音質のネイティブDSD11.2MHz録音による『はなわちえ津軽三味線独奏集Vol.1』を独占先行配信→http://www.e-onkyo.com/music/

No.1女流津軽三味線奏者はなわちえが銀座の名店「なまはげ銀座店」と完全タイアップした“なまはげコラボMV”！

●世界20都市以上を股にかけて活躍する女流津軽三味線“日本代表”はなわちえの、通算3枚目となる新作アルバム。
●2020年を睨み、“津軽三味線見聞録”をテーマに世界各国にちなんだ名曲を津軽三味線演奏用にアレンジ。
●近年「十二単」と題し、毎月ジャンル、共演者をかえて自身主催のライヴをストイック行っており、より腕に磨きをかけ、アレンジスキルも高めてきたはなわちえの、これまで以上に激しく、華麗になった表現力が詰め込まれた自信作！！
●ハイレゾ配信用に、現在考えられる最高音質のネイティヴDSD（11.2MHz）で録音された津軽三味線単独演奏のボーナス・トラックの中から、CDには「秋田荷方節」をボーナス収録！

●Profile
Born in Ibaraki, Japan, at the age of 9, Chie Hanawa started studying Tsugaru Shamisen from Mr. Mitsuyoshi Sasaki where Hiromitsu Agatsuma, the famous Tsugaru Shamisen artist, studied. In 2000, she attended the competition of female level A group among Tsugaru Shamisen national competition for the first time. When she was 17 years old, she became the youngest winner at that time.
She made her major debut from NIPPON COLUMBIA with the release of the album “Tsuki No Usagi” in 2004 while she was at Tokyo University of Arts. Since then, she started her performance activities with her band at live music clubs around Tokyo. In 2014, her 10th anniversary album “CoLoRful” was released from King Records.

Besides her solo activities, she formed a unit “hanamas” with the violinist Natsumi Okimasu and another Japanese instrumental unit “fuga” that performs the music by female artists with a bamboo flute and Tstugaru-jamisen. Her performing activities are widely ranging from the performance at the Imperial Palace to the appearance at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, and she has also performed in North and South America, Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle Eastern countries invited by The Japan Foundation and organized by Japanese Embassies, Consulates or companies. In recent years, she has often appeared in media such as TV commercial of Xperia and been received well in Japanese pop music field. As a young Tsugaru Shamisen artist, she continues to expand her field drawing attention from us.