Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform at “Arts at Tenri” concert series presented by long-year collaborator, Kyo-Shin-An Arts. This spring program will include contemporary and traditional pieces for sankyoku (trio). More details will be announced soon.
Yoko Reikano Kimura performs Koto Concerto: Genji (composed by Daron Hagen) on a special concert for patron members of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with the members of the New Asia Chamber Music Society.
Duo YUMENO is returning to the Fort Wayne Cherry Blossom Festival. This is a memorable annual event for the duo because Yoko and Hikaru first met and performed together at the festival in 2008!
同志社女子大学・栄光館 @ Doshisha Women’s College Fowler Chapel
Duo YUMENO will perform Daron Hagen’s Cavatina for Doshisha Women’s College Chapel performance.
同志社女子大学・栄光館でのデュオ夢乃の演奏です。ダロン・ハーゲン作曲「カヴァティーナ」（平家組曲より）を演奏。
同志社女子大学・新島記念講堂 @ Doshisha Women's College, Nījima Memorial Chapel
Duo YUMENO will performance Daron Hagen’s Cavatina for Doshisha Women’s College Chapel performance.
同志社大学・新島記念講堂でのデュオ夢乃の演奏です。ダロン・ハーゲン作曲「カヴァティーナ」（平家組曲より）を演奏。
Duo YUMENO will present their Kyoto Recital 2023 at a historical temple, Kosho-ji Temple, in Kyoto. Duo YUMENO will announce an exciting program and the details about the recital soon, so please save the date!
デュオ夢乃による、2023年京都公演は、京都上京区の興聖寺涅槃堂にて開催されます。古田織部ゆかりの「織部寺」としても知られる美しいお寺です。当お公演の収益の一部は、興聖寺が所蔵する一切経の経箱を修復するプロジェクトに寄付されます。
音和座主催：デュオ夢乃公演 (旧田中家住宅） @ Former Residence of Tanaka Family
Duo YUMENO will perform at the Former Residence of Tanaka Family in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture for the first time. This concert is presented by Otowaza.
音和座主催による旧田中家住宅での公演。川口市ゆかりの歴史ある邸宅の和室にて開催されます。入場料は別途（一般210円・小中学生50円）かかりますので、何卒予めご了承下さい。
デュオ夢乃リサイタル in 東京 @ Tokyo Concerts Lab. 東京コンサーツラボ
Duo YUMENO will present their Tokyo Recital 2023 at the new venue, Tokyo Concerts Lab. Duo YUMENO will announce an exciting program and the details about the recital soon, so please save the date!
デュオ夢乃による、2023年東京公演は、東京コンサーツラボにて開催されます。デュオ委嘱作品「閑吟集三首」（三浦寛也作曲）、「平家組曲」より（ダロン・ハーゲン作曲）ほか。
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The last concert of 2022-2023 season’s “Four Seasons in New York” will be held on Saturday, August 5th.
【Program】
Niijio – New Wave – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
Sarashi (by Kitazawa-koto, Fukakusa-kengyo) and more
Special guest/ Hiroko Ohno (Visual artist)
Tickets reservation is available on this form.
*Payment will be at Center for Remembering and Sharing. (Cash only)
Special guest: Hiroko Ohno (Visual artist)
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform Koto Concerto: Genji (composed by Daron Hagen) with the musicians of New Asia Chamber Music Society at Summer End Concert. (Rose Hsien, violin / Jaram Kim, violin / Andy Lin, viola/erhu / Nan-Cheng Chen, cello)
For the details about this concert and RSVP, please visit this link.
US premiere of “Linked Poems of Autumn” for solo koto and voice (composed by Toshi Ichiyanagi)
US premiere of “Linked Poems of Autumn” for solo koto and voice (composed by Toshi Ichiyanagi)
– Opening performance by DUO YUMENO @ Blue Gallery NYC
Duo YUMENO will be featured at the opening performance of – Zen – TOKYO GEIDAI JAPAN ART WEEK. The program includes the duo’s commission pieces as well as solo works for shamisen and cello. For more details about this event, please visit here.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform shamisen for the tea ceremony sessions presented by the BRICKS NYC. Each sessions start at 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm. For the details about this event and ticket information, please visit here.
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.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform “Between the Leaves” (composed by Yoko Sato) with Cassatt String Quartet and James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi. For the details about this event and ticket information, please visit here.
Japanese koto and Calligraphy Collaborative Performance @ ALLU Studio
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform at Japanese calligrapher, Mizuho Inamura’s solo exhibition. Yoko’s solo koto performance with start at 7:10 pm and the collaboration with Mizuho Inamura will start at 7:45 pm. For ticket reservation, please contact the organizer’s E-mail address.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will be featured at the patron members concert series again and will perform Koto Concerto: Genji (composed by Daron Hagen) with the string members of New Asia Chamber Music Society X INTERWOVEN at the beautiful Buddha Room, Asian Art department. Along with Hagen’s concerto, Yoko will perform Koto kumiuta, Akashi (composed by Kitajima-kengyo) which is also related to the Tale of Genji.
Yoko Reikano Kimura, koto and voice
Keiko Tokunaga, Vn
Jaram Kim, Vn
Andy Lin, Va
Hikaru Tamaki, Vc
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform koto at a dynamic multimedia production: Genshin Concert, featuring the music of HoYo-Mix performed by a symphony orchestra under the direction of Eric Roth.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will give the world premiere performance of a duo piece “Callin’ Saigdi” composed by Jakub Polaczyk with erhu performer, Andy Lin.
The program will include wide-ranging repertoire, which will include classical koto music composed by the old Japanese masters, modern work by legendary koto/shamisen performer, Kin’ichi Nakanoshima, Toshiro Mayuzumi’s signature work for solo cello and duo’s own “Heike Quinto” by brilliant American composer, Daron Hagen. In addition to the performance, the duo will also present a lecture about the history Japanese music.
For more information, please visit here.
INTERWOVEN will be featured at Hill and Hollow Music series and present versatile program. Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform Koto Concerto: Genji (composed by Daron Hagen). For more details about INTERWOVEN, please visit here.
For the first concert of 2023-2024 season, Yoko will perform a classical koto piece, “Godan Ginuta” composed by outstanding composer, Mitsuhashi-kengyo in the Edo period as well as two more works. Special guest will be kinko style shakuhachi performer, Elizabeth Brown.
Ticket reservation is available here.
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Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform at “Reduction 9” presented by Chicago based Taiko group, Tsukasa Taiko.
About the performance:
Asian Improv aRts Midwest returns to the Edlis Neeson Theater at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago for the ninth iteration of Reduction; a theatrical presentation with a goal to construct a bridge between tradition and modernity in a single performance and define the contemporary Asian American and Japanese American musical experience. Accentuating the potential and artistry of refined subdued taiko performance, Reduction presents an influx of free fluid improvisational compositions amongst the steady melodies and rhythms of traditional Japanese instrumentation.
As a guest koto and shamisen performer, Yoko Reikano Kimura will join Chicago based Tsuka Taiko‘s 20th anniversary concert. As one of the largest taiko concerts in the Midwest, Taiko Legacy is anchored by seasoned group Tsukasa Taiko and celebrates the 20th iteration this year.
About the performance:
Asian Improv aRts Midwest’s most anticipated event of the year Taiko Legacy is celebrating two decades of one of the largest taiko concerts in the midwest built on the efforts of community activism in Asian American and Japanese American performing arts across the country. Led by Chicago’s renowned taiko group, Tsukasa Taiko presents a conceptually diverse and dynamic musical performance full of original arrangements that pay homage to ozashiki (geisha chamber music), ohayashi (classical/folk/theater music), and matsuri taiko (festival taiko music).
Yoko Reikano Kimura will join a residency program at Susquehanna University with renowned Jazz pianist, Andy Milne and his friends between January 7th and 11th. More details coming soon.
As the guest koto performer, Yoko will perform at a dynamic multimedia production: Genshin Concert, featuring the music of HoYo-Mix performed by a symphony orchestra under the direction of Eric Roth.
As the guest koto performer, Yoko will perform at a dynamic multimedia production: Genshin Concert, featuring the music of HoYo-Mix performed by a symphony orchestra under the direction of Eric Roth.
Tribute to Toshi Ichiyanagi @ Tenri Cultural Institute of NY
Duo YUMENO – Yoko Reikano Kimura on koto and shamisen, Hikaru Tamaki on cello and special guest pianist Vicky Chow will pay homage to the legendary composer Toshi Ichiyanagi. Ichiyanagi, who passed away in 2022, was a protégé of John Cage during the 60s and had a profound influence on the post-war Japanese music landscape.
The program will explore his music written for both traditional Japanese and Western instruments and celebrates his six-decade-long career. Highlights include Paraphrase for shamisen and cello (2019), which was commissioned by the duo, Time Sequence (1976), a dazzling piano solo in the minimalist style, and Linked Poems of Autumn (1990), Ichiyanagi’s tribute to the Japanese koto-song tradition that features the texts by the haiku poet Matsuo Bashō. Please Join us for an evening of provocative and brilliant contemporary music.
Duo YUMENO, Yoko Reikano Kimura on koto (Japanese zither-like instrument) and Hikaru Tamaki on cello, presents a versatile program of traditional Japanese, which has over one-thousand-year history, to contemporary music composed by living composers. The duo will present its dynamic repertoire that is inspired by Japanese classical literature and poetry, depicting beauty of nature, historic battles and universal human emotions.