Masayo Ishigure Koto and Shamisen Recital Commemorating the 30th anniversary of her professional career in the U.S. “Sakura/The Moon over the Deserted Castle” A masterpiece representing Japan composed ...

Thomas Schultz, piano; Shoko Hikage, koto/bass koto; Yuki Yasuda, koto/bass koto; In Jung Lee, kayageum; Hae Jung Lee, kayageum; Guee Jin Kim, kayageum; Ga Hee Lee, kayageum; Ga Hyeon Lee, kayageum ...

We pulled out all the stops in making this feel like an epic Japanese music battle. Almost everything you hear from the string plucking to knuckle/wood percussion is koto with the exception of obvious ...

Chicago-born Curtis Patterson has lived in Japan since 1986, dedicating himself to the koto, a traditional Japanese instrument something like the harp. In addition to composing and performing music ...

Boudewijn Buckinx Dreaming of Li-Po (1994); L’invisibilite (1986, US Premiere); and The Floating World (2004) Hyo-shin Na Koto, Piano (2014); Piano Study 1 (1997); Piano Study 3 (2001); Dirge (1997); ...

All it takes is one plucked string to take koto player Junko Shigeta back to her hometown. As the string quivers, the haunting reverberations make her feel like a girl again. She can feel the ocean ...