Hiroya Tsukamoto at Stage 33 Live

Internationally acclaimed fingerstyle guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto will perform a 2:00 matinee concert on Sunday, March 15, 2026. Tickets are $20 in advance through stage33live.com, or at the door as available. Only 40 tickets will be sold.

Hiroya is a one-of-a-kind musician and composer — an eclectic, immersive, and mesmerizing guitarist who takes audiences on an innovative, impressionistic journey filled with earthy, organic soundscapes rich in subtle detail. A dizzyingly agile fingerpicker who always chooses beauty over bombast, his transcendent performances combine instrumental guitar work with lyrical performance and spoken stories.

Born and raised in Kyoto, Japan, he received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and came to the US. Since then, he has been performing internationally including at the United Nations, the Blue Note in New York, and on Japanese National Television.

“Delicate, fluid, and beautifully detailed.” — Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Hiroya will be pleased to meet and greet with the audience after the performance. Stage 33 Live is located at 33 Bridge Street in Bellows Falls, Vermont. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Advance tickets, available through the stage33live.com website, guarantee admission. The performance will be recorded and filmed.

Hiroya will also provide an opportunity of special interest to fingerstyle players of all levels of ability and accomplishment — an informal masterclass beginning at 11:00 AM, preceding his concert. The cost is $30, or a discounted class-plus-concert bundle is $40. See stage33live.com for more information and registration.

Stage 33 Live is a casual and intimate industrial-rustic listening room in a former factory hosting local, regional, and national performances and presentations of original material. No bar or kitchen, the stage is the mission; coffee / soda / juice / water and weird snacks available by donation. More info about the nonprofit, all-volunteer project, and this and other upcoming events, online at stage33live.com

Stage 33 Live gratefully acknowledges the help of so many individuals without whom none of this would be happening, and institutional support this season from The Island Corporation, WOOL-FM, Guilford Sound, and the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project that helped fund improvements and maintenance, and generally smooth out a lot of the rough edges. Stage 33 Live is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and all donations are deductible to the fullest extent. Volunteers run the thing from stem to stern.