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Flowers, Birds, Wind, Moon: Music by Marty Regan (2015)
“Flowers, Birds, Wind, Moon” is a suite of duets, which was commissioned by Duo YUMENO to Marty Regan over the course of four years, based on the Japanese aesthetic concept of?Ka-ch?-f?-getsu?/ Flowers-Birds-Wind-Moon, four core images of nature that recur throughout Japanese literature and the arts. “In all of these works,” Marty Regan writes in the liner notes, “I attempt to evoke a hybrid musical soundscape where ? ? ? imagined boundaries between the “East” and “West” become blurred and transcended while seamlessly blending the two instruments so that become one harmonious musical voice. References to traditional Japanese music, while still present to some extent largely due to the presence of Read More …

Aug 31, 2017 / New York Classical Review
Kimura built up a head of rhythmic steam…performed with poise and verve. – The Road for solo shamisen (composed by Yoko Sato) – http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2017/08/women-composers-and-performers-reign-at-bargemusic/

Sep 1, 2016 / New York Classical Review
…played with precision and deep feeling by the duo – Cantabile for koto and cello (composed by Daron Hagen) – http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2016/09/worlds-collide-and-a-quiet-gem-stands-out-at-here-and-now-festival/