INTERWOVEN will be featured at Coppia concert series in Wisconsin-Madison. The program will include Koto Concerto: Genji (composed by Daron Hagen) and more.
Performers:
Yoko Reikano Kimura, Koto/Voice
Keiko Tokunaga, Violin
Dawn Wohn, Violin
Andrew Gonzalez, Viola
Hikaru Tamaki, Cello
(Photo taken at Smithsonian Museum. ©︎INTERWOVEN)
Duo YUMENO will return to “Culture Bridge” concert series presented by Queens Public Library. The program will include duo’s commission work, Mayu Masuda’s “Moon Songs”, Daron Hagen’s “Heike Quinto” and more.
Celebrating Japanese Women in Music
Lady Murasaki, who is considered the world’s first novelist, is one of the many women who have played an integral part in Japanese culture. The duo will celebrate such pioneers as well as female composers who continue to shape the future of Japanese music.
(Photo by Robert Essel)
Ichi-go Ichi-e series is presented by Japan Society in New York. Join us for an intimate evening of traditional Japanese music with acclaimed koto and shamisen artist Yoko Reikano Kimura at Globus Washitsu—a serene Kyoto-style tatami room and ryokan.
This exclusive member-only event on March 26 showcases Yoko Reikano Kimura, a master performer whose artistry has been hailed as “superb” by The New York Times. Kimura has performed at prestigious venues worldwide, from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to Japan’s historic Kabuki-za and National Theatre. A first-prize winner at the Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition, she trained under disciples of legendary Yamada-school masters and continues to champion classical Japanese music through her concert series, Four Seasons in New York.
(Photo by Robert Essel)
Duo YUMENO will perform at Between the Bars event presented by New Asia Chamber Music Society focusing on Japanese shamisen and duo’s versatile repertoires.
New York’s music scene reflects the diverse and vibrant culture of the city. Yoko Reikano Kimura began “Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music –” series in the fall of 2015. As a Japanese instrumentalist, Kimura hopes to introduce the brilliance of traditional Japanese music, which is still being passed on to future generations after many centuries. Since the first concert, over 65 works from the classical repertoire have been introduced in the concert series. Please come and experience the sounds of Japanese Music. After the concert, matcha will be served by Souheki Mori, tea master and the owner of Setsugekka, which is the destination of matcha connoisseurs in New York.
For ticket reservation, please visit here.
This concert series is co-presented by Yoko Reikano Kimura and Setsugekka. Supported by Hogaku Journal.
【Program】
Enoshima no Kyoku composed by Yamada-kengyo
Sukeroku Yukari no Edozakura (Kato-bushi) and more
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform Jakub Polacyzik’s “Stabat Mater” as shamisen performer. The details will be announced soon.
Yoko Reikano Kimura (koto) will perform at the spring concert presented by New Asia Chamber Music Society in NYC. The details about the concert will be announced soon.
(Photo by Robert Essel)
As traditional Japanese vocal performer, Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform Amane Sakaguchi’s new work at MATA Festival.
Duo YUMENO will work with young composers at the Hartt School to create new works written for koto and cello. The residency program will include workshops with the composers and a session to record the compositions.
(Photo by Robert Essel)
Japanese Paper Film Project @ The Castro Theater
Animal Olympics, a train excursion through the countryside, a brawl with an octopus, and belly-drumming raccoon-dogs are just a few of the delights of these recently preserved kami firumu. Faced with the influx of ever slicker imported animation in the 1930s Japan went low-tech, printing films on paper strips then gluing them together by hand. The Japanese Paper Film Project worked with Japanese museums, film archives, and individual collectors to digitize and preserve more than 200 surviving films from which this selection was taken.
In the 1930s, several Japanese companies produced films made on paper (“kami firumu”) instead of celluloid. The Japanese Paper Film Project preserves the surviving movies and promotes scholarship about these films. From 1932 to 1938, two Japanese companies dominated the paper film market. Most well-known are REFCY, based in Tokyo, and Katei Toki (“Home Talkie”), based in Osaka. They produced animated and live action films, often in color. Moreover, many of the films contained synchronized sound tracks on 78 rpm vinyl. Given the short period of production, the varying paper quality, and WWII’s devastation, very few Japanese paper film prints survive. Now, almost ninety years later, the handful of surviving prints are beginning to deteriorate. Thus, this project is racing against time to preserve the films before they disappear entirely.
This special presentation, compiled specifically for the Dryden Theatre, will include a talk from Project Supervisor Eric Faden and be accompanied by music from Duo YUMENO, a koto and cello duo, for the silent films in the program.
(Photo by Valerio Greco)
デュオ夢乃リサイタル – Air – Vol. 3 @ 臨済宗 興聖寺・涅槃堂 / Kosho-ji Temple, Kyoto
デュオ夢乃リサイタル – Air （エアー）Vol. 3 (京都公演)
2026年のデュオ夢乃リサイタル（京都公演）は、京都上京区の興聖寺・涅槃堂にて開催です。2024年より開始したシリーズ「Air - エアー」では、和洋問わず音楽の命である「うた」をテーマに、新旧の委嘱作品を織り交ぜたプログラムとなっています。
【プログラム】
森円花：青海波の舞 ＊2026年委嘱初演
ダロン・ハーゲン：Appassionato (平家組曲）より ＊デュオ委嘱
光崎検校：秋風の曲
林光：土神ときつね 他
【チケットのお申し込み】
①上記チケットリンク（ライブポケット）
②デュオ夢乃コンサート事務局 （yokohikaruduo(at)hotmail.com)
*atを＠に変えてご送信ください。
*公演日、お客さまのお名前、券種、ご購入枚数を記入の上、お知らせください。
Duo YUMENO Recital in Tokyo
The duo will hold its annual Tokyo recital at Tokyo Concerts Lab. featuring this year’s commission work composed by Madoka Mori, one of the most prominent Japanese composers in her generation and versatile repertoire including both traditional and contemporary works..
デュオ夢乃リサイタル – Air – Vol. 3 @ トーキョーコンサーツ・ラボ（東京新宿区) / Toyo Concerts Lab. (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
デュオ夢乃リサイタル – Air （エアー）Vol. 3 (東京公演)
2026年のデュオ夢乃リサイタル（東京公演）は、トーキョーコンサーツ・ラボにて開催です。2024年より開始したシリーズ「Air - エアー」では、和洋問わず音楽の命である「うた」をテーマに、新旧の委嘱作品を織り交ぜたプログラムとなっています。
【プログラム】
森円花：青海波の舞 ＊2026年委嘱初演
ダロン・ハーゲン：Appassionato (平家組曲）より ＊デュオ委嘱
光崎検校：秋風の曲
林光：土神ときつね 他
【チケットのお申し込み】
①上記チケットリンク（ライブポケット）
②デュオ夢乃コンサート事務局 （yokohikaruduo(at)hotmail.com)
*atを＠に変えてご送信ください。
*公演日、お客さまのお名前、券種、ご購入枚数を記入の上、お知らせください。
Duo YUMENO Recital in Tokyo
The duo will hold its annual Tokyo recital at Tokyo Concerts Lab. featuring this year’s commission work composed by Madoka Mori, one of the most prominent Japanese composers in her generation and versatile repertoire including both traditional and contemporary works..
New York’s music scene reflects the diverse and vibrant culture of the city. Yoko Reikano Kimura began “Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music –” series in the fall of 2015. As a Japanese instrumentalist, Kimura hopes to introduce the brilliance of traditional Japanese music, which is still being passed on to future generations after many centuries. Since the first concert, over 65 works from the classical repertoire have been introduced in the concert series. Please come and experience the sounds of Japanese Music. After the concert, matcha will be served by Souheki Mori, tea master and the owner of Setsugekka, which is the destination of matcha connoisseurs in New York.
This concert series is co-presented by Yoko Reikano Kimura and Setsugekka. Supported by Hogaku Journal.
Summer program will be announced soon!