…Though the tone and aesthetic sometimes call to mind traditional Japanese chamber music…the music for both instruments is written idiomatically, so it doesn’t end up sounding wholly Japanese or western. It’s certainly one of the more convincing fusions of the two traditions that I have heard from a western composer. (Nathan Faro)
– Heike Quinto (composed by Daron Hagen, commissioned by Duo YUMENO)
American Record Guide
