Even before the Grammy award for best world music album was announced during a pre-telecast ceremony on Feb. 12, Haruka Fujii was awestruck.
¡°Walking on the red carpet at the venue, I didn¡¯t even know where to look because everyone was dressed so gorgeously,¡± the Saitama-born percussionist says excitedly. ¡°Adele passed behind us!¡±
When the presenter read the name of her group, the multimember Silk Road Ensemble, which won for the album ¡°Sing Me Home,¡± Fujii and seven other ensemble members walked up on stage to receive the award. She says it was a ¡°moving moment.¡±
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