New York based ensemble, INTERWOVEN will give annual recital. The program will include Jay Reise – Orpheus in Meikai for Koto and String Quartet and more.
INTERWOVEN will visit the University of Hawaii for a mini residency. It will work with composition students and faculty members. The ensemble’s works will be premiered at the end of the week recital.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will be joining as a guest koto/shamisen performer at Chicago’s most active Japanese taiko group, Tsukasa Taiko’s annual events. The details will be announced soon.
Parthenia and Duo YUMENO combine their artistry to blend east with west, old with new, in works for koto and cello, viol consort, and five viols and koto, featuring dances by John Dowland and a world premier by Japanese composer Yoko Sato.
Parthenia is one of the most leading consort music ensembles in New York city and it is hailed by the New Yorker as “one of the brightest lights in New York’s early-music scene.” Duo YUMENO is Yoko Reikano Kimura, koto and voice, and Hikaru Tamaki, cello and viol.