New York’s music scene reflects the diverse and vibrant culture of the city. Yoko Reikano Kimura, started this concert 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 from generation to generation after many centuries. Japanese music aesthetics uniquely balance the outer natural world with the inner spiritual world, bringing forth a music of special depth and beauty. The acoustic instruments, made of organic materials, lend themselves perfectly to the intimate setting at the White Room, CRS. Over 50 works from the classical repertoire have been performed in the concert series, and from this season, the series will feature contemporary pieces as well. Many elements of traditional Japanese music – microtonal pitch nuance, rhythmic elasticity, and subtle ornamentation, for example – lie naturally within the soundscape of contemporary composition, and indeed the musical instruments of Japan have gradually become a part of our globalized musical world. At each concert, beautiful Japanese confectionaries prepared by mochi Rin has been served to the audience members.
Co-presented by Center for Remembering and Sharing, Yoko Reikano Kimura
Supported by Hogaku Journal, Mar Creation, Inc.
NEXT CONCERT – Autumn –
- In-person concert: Sunday, November, 21, 2021
Online streaming: Sunday, November 28, 2021-Thursday, December 2, 2021
[Program]Nasuno – Fire Fox – (by Yamada-kengyō)
Meikyō (by Seihō Kineya)
Koto-Uta (by Toshio Hosokawa)
Special guest, James Nyoraku Schlefer (shakuhachi)
Tickets reservation for in-person concert: here
Tickets reservation for online streaming: Eventbrite
Summer
- Saturday, August 28, 2021 – Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Ishiyama Genji – Jō – (by Chiyoda-kengyō)
Kaze no Satouta – Singing in the Wind – (by Jirō Censhu)
*Special guest, Dr. Melissa McCormick
(Professor of Japanese Art and Culture, Harvard University)
Keiko Tokunaga (Vn)
Winter
- Wednesday, January 20, 2021 – Sunday, January 31, 2021
Shunkyō (by Seihō Kineya)
Shōjō no Tsuru – Crane on the Pine Tree – (by Manwa Yamato)
Mutsura-boshi – Pleiades – (by Katsutoshi Nagasawa)
*Special guest, Hikaru Tamaki (cello)
Summer
- Saturday, August 29, 2020
Shoka no Inshou – Two Impressions of Early Summer – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
Yugao – Evening Glory – (by Kikuoka-kengyō)
Namima no Kirameki – Reflection of the Wave – (by Hiroki Tamaki)
*Special guest, Hikaru Tamaki (cello)
Winter
- Saturday, January 25, 2020
Rokudan no Shirabe (by Yatsuhashi-kengyō)
Kyorai for solo Kangen (by Seihō Kineya)
Ne no Hi no Asobi (by Taiga YamakiII)
Autumn
- Saturday, November 23, 2019
Yachiyo-jishi (by Fujinaga-kengyō)
Matsukaze – The Wind Through Pine Trees – (by Shōsei Nakanoshima)
Zangiku – Withering Chrysanthemum – (by Marty Regan)
Summer
- Saturday, August 10, 2019
Kagerou no Odori – Mirage Dance – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
Uya no Tsuki – Moon in the Rainy Night – (by Shōsei Nakanoshima)
Spring
- Sunday, April 28, 2019
Murasaki-shikibu – Lady Murasaki – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
Kumiuta Akashi (by Kitajima-kengyo)
Murasaki no Fu for solo sangen (by Minoru Miki)
Autumn
- Kumiuta: Shiki no Kyoku – Songs of Four Seasons – (by Yatsuhashi kengyo))
- Yuku Aki – Autumn Passing – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Usu no Koe (by Yamase Shoin)
- Zangiku – Withering Chrysanthemum – (by Marty Regan)
Summer
- Chidori no Kyoku – Song of Plovers – (by Yoshizawa kengyo)
- Shin Sarashi (by Fukakusa kengyo / Arranged by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Mittsu no Dansho – Three Fragments – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
Spring
- Sekiheki no Fu – Battle of Red Cliff – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Mittsu no Dansho – Three Fragments – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Kumiuta: Akashi (by Kitajima-kengyo)
Winter
- Kokin-shou for solo jiuta sangen (by Seiho Kineya)
- Rokudan no Shirabe (by Yatsuhashi-kengyo)
- Chanoyu Ondo – The Load of Tea Ceremony – (by Kikuoka-kengyo)*
- Spring Sea (by Michio Miyagi)
- *Special guest, Souheki Mori (Tea master)
Autumn
- Aki no Nanakusa – The Seven Autumn Flowers – (by Showa Yamato)
- Banshiki-cho for solo sangen (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Nasuno – Fire Fox – (by Yamada-kengyo)
Summer
- Hototogisu – Little Cuckoo – (by Yamada-kengyo)
- Sarashi (by Fukakusa-kengyo)
- Omoide – Nostalgia – (by Kimio Eto)
Spring
- Haru no Uta – Song of Spring – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Enoshima no Kyoku – Song of Enoshima – (by Yamada-kengyo)*
- Miyako no Haru – Spring in Kyoto – (by Yamase Shoin)
- *Special guest, James Nyoraku Schlefer (shakuhachi)
Winter
- Midare Rinzetsu (by Yatsuhashi-kengyo)
- Ōmi-Hakkei – Eight Landscapes in Ōmi – (by Manwa Yamato)
- Yachiyo-Jishi (by Fujieda-kengyo)
Autumn
- Aki Shizuka – Tranquility of Autumn – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Saga no Aki – Autumn in Saga – (by Kikusue-koto)*
- Tsuki no En – Ode to Moon – (by Seiho Kineya)
- *Special guest, Ralph Samuelson (shakuhachi)
Summer
- Chidori no Kyoku – Song of Plovers – (by Yoshizawa kengyo)
- Natsu no Nagame – Ode to Summer – (by Yamaki kengyo Ⅱ)
- Chōryō – Tide – (by Seiju Suzuki)
Spring
- Miyako no Haru – Spring time in Kyoto – (by Shoin Yamase Ⅲ)
- Kagerou no Odori – Mirage Dance – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Sakura-gari – Cherry Blossom Viewing – (by Yamada-kengyo)
Winter
- Rokudan no shirabe (by Yatsuhashi-kengyo)
- Hana no Kumo (by Shoin Yamase I)
- Kyorai (by Seiho Kineya)
Autumn
- Hachidan no Shirabe (by Yatsuhashi-kengyo)
- Banshiki-cho for solo sangen (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Kumiuta: Akashi (by Kitajima-kengyo)
Vol. 21 – Autumn
Sunday, November 21, 2021(in-person)
Sunday, November 28~, 2021 (online)
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- Special guest: James Nyoraku Schlefer (shakuhachi)
Vol. 20 – Summer
Sunday, aaa
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- 333
- Special guest: Melissa MacCormick
Keiko Tokunaga
Vol. 19 – Winter
Sunday, aaa
- 111
- 222
- 333
Vol.7 Spring
Saturday, April 22, 2017
- Haru no Uta – Song of Spring – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Enoshima no Kyoku – Song of Enoshima – (by Yamada-kengyo)*
- Miyako no Haru – Spring in Kyoto – (by Yamase Shoin)
- *Special guest, James Nyoraku Schlefer (shakuhachi)
Vol.6 Winter
- Midare Rinzetsu (by Yatsuhashi-kengyo)
- Ōmi-Hakkei – Eight Landscapes in Ōmi – (by Manwa Yamato)
- Yachiyo-Jishi (by Fujieda-kengyo)
Vol.5 Autumn
Saturday, November 12, 2016
- Aki Shizuka – Tranquility of Autumn – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Saga no Aki – Autumn in Saga – (by Kikusue-koto)*
- Tsuki no En – Ode to Moon – (by Seiho Kineya)
- *Special guest, Ralph Samuelson (shakuhachi)
Vol. 8 Summer
Saturday, August 5, 2017
Hototogisu – Little Cuckoo – (by Yamada-kengyo)
Sarashi (by Fukakusa-kengyo)
Omoide – Nostalgia – (by Kimio Eto)
Vol. 7 Spring
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Haru no Uta – Song of Spring – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
Enoshima no Kyoku – Song of Enoshima – (by Yamada-kengyo)*
Miyako no Haru – Spring in Kyoto – (by Yamase Shoin)
*Special guest, James Nyoraku Schlefer (shakuhachi)
Vol.6 Winter
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Midare Rinzetsu (by Yatsuhashi-kengyo)
Ōmi-Hakkei – Eight Landscapes in Ōmi – (by Manwa Yamato)
Yachiyo-Jishi (by Fujieda-kengyo)
Vol.5 Autumn
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Aki Shizuka – Tranquility of Autumn – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
Saga no Aki – Autumn in Saga – (by Kikusue-koto)*
Tsuki no En – Ode to Moon – (by Seiho Kineya)
*Special guest, Ralph Samuelson (shakuhachi)
Vol.5 Autumn
Saturday, November 12, 2016
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Aki Shizuka – Tranquility of Autumn – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Saga no Aki – Autumn in Saga – (by Kikusue-koto)*
- Tsuki no En – Ode to Moon – (by Seiho Kineya)
- *Special guest, Ralph Samuelson (shakuhachi)
Vol.4 Summer
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Vol. 3 Saturday, April 23rd
- Miyako no Haru – Spring time in Kyoto – (by Shoin Yamase Ⅲ)
- Kagerou no Odori – Mirage Dance – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
- Sakura-gari – Cherry Blossom Viewing – (by Yamada-kengyo)
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