CALENDAR

Aug
31
Sat
2024
Here and Now Labor Day Festival @ Bargemusc, Brooklyn
Aug 31 @ 4:00 pm

Duo YUMENO will return to the annual Here and Now Labor Day Festival presented by Bargemusic, Brooklyn. The whole program of the concert will be curated by Duo YUMENO.

[Program] Marty Regan: Soundscapes of the Seasons (New York premiere of duo version)
Daron Hagen: Selection from the Heike Quinto
Cantabile
Apotheosis (World premiere)
Ken Ueno: Sunset Looking to the Future (New York premiere)

Sep
13
Fri
2024
Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi @ Japan Soceity, NY
Sep 13 @ 2:30 pm

Japan Society’s commissioning work, Dogugaeshi was produced by genius puppeteer, Basil Twist. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Japan Society will present this phenomenal work as the first program of the 2024-2025 season.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform for the matinee shows. For more information, please visit here.

Sep
14
Sat
2024
Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi @ Japan Society, NY
Sep 14 @ 2:30 pm

Japan Society’s commissioning work, Dogugaeshi was produced by genius puppeteer, Basil Twist. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Japan Society will present this phenomenal work as the first program of the 2024-2025 season.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform for the matinee shows.

Sep
15
Sun
2024
Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi @ Japan Society, NY
Sep 15 @ 2:30 pm

Japan Society’s commissioning work, Dogugaeshi was produced by genius puppeteer, Basil Twist. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Japan Society will present this phenomenal work as the first program of the 2024-2025 season.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform for the matinee shows.

Sep
18
Wed
2024
Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi @ Japan Society, NY
Sep 18 @ 2:30 pm

Japan Society’s commissioning work, Dogugaeshi was produced by genius puppeteer, Basil Twist. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Japan Society will present this phenomenal work as the first program of the 2024-2025 season.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform for the matinee shows.

Sep
24
Tue
2024
Japanese Paper Films @ Campus Theater, Bucknell University, PA
Sep 24 all-day

Duo YUMENO will accompany a silent film screening presented by the film studies department of Bucknell University, In the 1930s, several Japanese companies produced films made on paper (“kami firumu”) instead of celluloid. The screening will feature digitally restored films that have not been shown in public for nearly 85 years. Prof. Eric Faden at Bucknell University founded the Japanese Paper Film Project and has been leading the efforts on preserving the surviving movies and promoting scholarship about these films.

Sep
28
Sat
2024
Duo YUMENO – Friends of Music – series @ Eagle Hill Institute, ME
Sep 28 @ 5:00 pm

Duo YUMENO will be featured at Friends of Music concert series presented by Eagle Hill Institution in Maine. Please enjoy the duo’s diverse repertoire and beautiful nature in Maine.

Sep
29
Sun
2024
Duo YUMENO Recital @ First Congregational Church of Blue Hill, ME
Sep 29 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Duo YUMENO will return to the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill and present a program to celebrate the beginning of autumn in Maine.

Oct
10
Thu
2024
Duo YUMENO concert @ Women's Faculty Club, University of California Berkeley
Oct 10 @ 4:00 pm

University of California, Berkeley’s Women’s Faculty Club is presenting a recital featuring Duo YUMENO. The program will include the West Coast premiere of the duo’s latest commission piece, Sunset Looks to the Future, composed by Ken Ueno, who is a professor at UC Berkley.

Oct
27
Sun
2024
YOSHINO 20 ART FESTIVAL @ Kinpusen-ji Temple, Yoshino, Nara
Oct 27 all-day

2024 marks Mt. Yoshino’s 20th anniversary of designation of UNESCO World Heritage Site. To celebrate this occasion, YOSHINO 20 ART FESTIVAL will be held between October 12th and November 4th. The duo will be featured at this festival and perform at Kinpusen-ji Temple, Zao-do (Japanese National Treasure) and other historical sites in the town of Yoshino.

For this special program, Duo YUMENO will perform our favorite repertoire, and Yoko will perform a classical piece, “Sakura-gari’ in which the lyrics are taken from the Noh play, “Yoshino-Tennin”.
[Schedule]
11:00 am
Mini-performance at Yoshino-so Yukawa-ya
1:30 pm
Performance offering at Zao-do, Kinpusen-ji Temple
4:00 pm
Recital at Hou-an, Tonan-in Temple
Nov
13
Wed
2024
Japanese Music Concert @ Texas A&M University, TX
Nov 13 all-day

Japanese Music Concert presented by Texas A&M University. Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform classical Japanese music (Jiuta and Yamada-style music) with David Kansuke Wheeler, shakuhachi.

Nov
17
Sun
2024
Odeon Chamber Music Series – INTERWOVEN – @ St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, VA
Nov 17 @ 4:00 pm

Odeon Chamber Music Series celebrates 25 years of bringing world-class chamber music to Falls Church, VA. INTERWOVEN will bring a program that features two Japanese Hougaku instruments: Koto and Shamisen.

Dec
5
Thu
2024
Culture Bridge @ Queends Public Library, Flushing
Dec 5 @ 6:00 pm

Duo YUMENO will be featured at “Culture Bridge” concert series presented by Queens Public Library. Celebrating holiday season, the duo will perform its versatile repertoires.

Feb
28
Fri
2025
INTERWOVEN @ Colby College, MA
Feb 28 @ 7:00 pm

INTERWOVEN will perform at Colby College in Maine. This residency will include concert as well as workshop. More information to be followed.

Mar
6
Thu
2025
Koto Concerto: Genji – INTERWOVEN – @ National Museum of Asian Art, Smithonian Institution
Mar 6 all-day

Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform her lifetime work, Koto Concerto: Genji (composed by Daron Hagen) and other masterworks at the spring concert featuring New York-based ensemble group, INTERWOVEN presented by National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. More details about this special concert will be announced soon.

Mar
13
Thu
2025
String Journey – Japan’s shamisen – @ Queens Public Library, Flushing
Mar 13 @ 6:00 pm

Yoko Reikano Kimura will give a lecture-performance of Japan’s shamisen celebrating International Women’s Month.

Apr
17
Thu
2025
World Shakuhachi Festival Texas 2025 @ Texas A&M University, TX
Apr 17 all-day

The shakuhachi bamboo flute of Japan has been popular throughout the world over the last several decades. The World Shakuhachi Festival has been presented once every four years since 1994, and the 2025’s festival will be held on the April 17th to the 20th when the bluebonnets are in a full bloom. As a guest performer of Yamada-school koto music, Yoko Reikano Kimura will be joining this festival.

Jun
22
Sun
2025
Duo YUMENO Recital in Kyoto – Japan Tour 2025 –
デュオ夢乃リサイタル @ 興聖寺涅槃堂(京都上京区) / Kosho-ji Temple (Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto)
Jun 22 @ 2:00 pm

2025年日本ツアー、デュオ夢乃リサイタル(京都)は、古田織部の菩提寺としても知られる名刹、興聖寺涅槃堂にて開催いたします。邦楽とクラシックの視点から「うた」に視点を当てたシリーズ「Air エアー」の第2回公演となります。新しい委嘱作品を含む公演の詳細、チケットお申し込み情報は、追って公開されます。

Duo YUMENO will hold its annual recital at the historic Kosho-ji Temple in Kyoto. This recital will be the second concert of the new series, Air.

Jul
5
Sat
2025
Duo YUMENO Recital in Tokyo – Japan Tour 2025 –
デュオ夢乃リサイタル @ トーキョーコンサーツ・ラボ(東京新宿区) / Toyo Concerts Lab. (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Jul 5 @ 2:00 pm

2025年日本ツアー、デュオ夢乃リサイタル(東京)は、2024年に引き続き、トーキョーコンサーツ・ラボにて開催いたします。邦楽とクラシックの視点から「うた」に視点を当てたシリーズ「Air エアー」の第2回公演となります。新しい委嘱作品を含む公演の詳細、チケットお申し込み情報は、追って公開されます。

Duo YUMENO will hold its annual recital at Tokyo Concerts Lab. in Tokyo. This recital will be the second concert of the new series, Air.