Today Kalafina (Wakana Keiko and Hikaru) announced (1, 2) that they will hold a 「Kalafina Anniversary LIVE 2025」on 」15th January 2025 at Tokyo Garden Theater with music direction by 武部聡志 Satoshi Takebe who was responsible for their earthquake concert and for Wakana’s album “Sono saki e”. However Yuki Kajiura later twitted in a statement (1, […]
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