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.
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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.
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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.
FantAsia!, by INTERWOVEN, is a concert program and event celebrating the composition of Asian folklore-inspired works on the night of the Lunar New Year 2024. Taking place in Washington Heights, this project will include three original composition commissions, three world premiere performances, include a live discussion held at intermission with our commissioned composers, Stephanie Chou, Vicente Hansen Atría, and Michael Ippolito, and finish with a post-concert reception of Asian delicacies curated by a neighborhood Asian restaurant.
As the shamisen performer of INTERWOVEN, Yoko Reikano Kimura will give the world premiere performance of Michael Ippolito’s Shamisen Concerto (untitled). For more fun and detailed information, please visit here.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will give the Premiere performance of James Nyoraku Schlefer’s new piece with Arianna String Quartet and KSA Ensemble. For more details, please stay tuned.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will be returning to the concert series at Queens Public Library. As one of the events celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month, Yoko will present her versatile repertoire celebrating spring. This will be the 30th concert of her “Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music -“. For more details about this concert, please visit here.
Come and experience a mesmerizing musical journey at The Woman’s Club of Englewood. Immerse yourself in the enchanting melodies and rhythms from Japan and beyond. This concert will transport you to the heart of Asian culture through an extraordinary fusion of traditional and contemporary music.
[Performer]
Keiko Tokunaga, Vn, Ani Kalayjan, Vc, Yoko Reikano Kimura, koto and shamisen
Yoko Reikano Kimura (composition and live-performance) will join the Orphan Film Symposium for the Japanese paper film project led by Eric Faden.
Yoko Reikano Kimura (koto) will join Kammerrakku Spring concert presented by Kyo-Shin-An Arts and TCI. Please come to this unique concert which celebrates spring with music for Sankyoku and string quartet. More details about this concert and ticket information, please visit the ticket link.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will give the New York Premiere performance of James Nyoraku Schlefer’s new piece.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform Koto Concerto: Genji (composed by Daron Hagen) with Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kathleen Beckmann.
INTERWOVEN’s first Canada tour. Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform “Sekai no Hazama (Between Worlds) for shamisen and string quartet” composed by Michael Ippolito.
This performance is made possible by: Canada Council for the Arts.
Opera: Murasaki’s Moon (composed by Michi Wiancko / librettist, Devorah Brevoort / commissioned by OnSite Opera, MetLive Arts, and American Lyric Theater)
An opera for all ages, Murasaki’s Moon is a journey into the world of Lady Murasaki, the 11th century lady-in-waiting at the imperial court of Japan who changed the world of literature with her ground-breaking creation, The Tale of the Genji. Her extraordinary creation is attributed to be the first novel ever written.The opera, set to music that includes beautiful Japanese instrumentation, is an inspiring story that connects present-day audiences to Murasaki’s struggles, which are not unlike our own in the 21st Century. Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform koto for this production.
Duo YUMENO’s album on the Naxos label is released in May 24, 2024 worldwide. It features the complete Heike Quinto, a five-part suite composed by Daron Hagen for koto, violoncello and voice. The set of pieces is inspired by the medieval Japanese epic, The Tale of Heike, and focuses on the female characters who search for salvation and peace during the time of war.