Kimura will perform a Yamada style’s masterpiece, “Uya no Tsuki” on shamisen at her mentor, Kono Kameyama Recital in Tokyo. The details TBA.
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal confectionary prepared by mochi Rin. This will be Vol. 15 and the third concert of the 2018-19 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music, which is supported by Mar Creations, Inc.
Kimura will perform Mary Regan’s shamisen solo work, Medusa’s Lair. (World Premiere) For more details, please visit Bargemusic website.
Kimura will perform Marty Regan’s shamisen solo work, Medusa’s Lair.(World Premiere) For more details, please visit Bargemusic website.
Kimura will perform Marty Regan’s shamisen solo work, Medusa’s Lair. (World Premiere) For more details, please visit Bargemusic website.
Duo YUMENO will have a concert presented by Stonington Opera House in Maine.
Duo YUMENO will return to the concert series presented by Eagle Hill Institute in Steuben, ME. Each concert is followed by an optional dinner for guests who enjoy an extended evening at Eagle Hill with friends in the company of the musicians. Reservations need to be made by 10AM of the program day.
Duo YUMENO will return to the Vankerkay Concert series in a beautiful port city, Blue Hill, ME. The details TBA.
Duo YUMENO will have two outreach programs for children in Dresden and Halldale, ME.
Kimura will perform shamisen/koto at the Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi presented by Le Festival Mondial des Theatres de Marionnettes. Dogugaeshi was originally commissioned by The Japan Society of New York in 2004 with support from Creative Capital, The MAP Fund, Doris Duke Charitable Trust and The Jim Henson Foundation. Originally the music was performed by authorized master musician Yumiko Tanaka.
Dogugaeshi will start at 11:00 am, 16:00 pm, and 21:00 pm on Sep 21.
Kimura will perform shamisen/koto at the Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi presented by Le Festival Mondial des Theatres de Marionnettes. Dogugaeshi was originally commissioned by The Japan Society of New York in 2004 with support from Creative Capital, The MAP Fund, Doris Duke Charitable Trust and The Jim Henson Foundation. Originally the music was performed by authorized master musician Yumiko Tanaka.
Dogugaeshi will start at 10:00 am, 14:00 pm and 18:00 pm on September 22.
Kimura will perform koto with violinist, Keiko Tokunaga. (Invitation only)
Kimura will appear at the Kyoshin An Arts’s 10th anniversary concert.
Celestial Dreams a new KSA commission by Matthew Shorten *WORLD PREMIERE
Interludes by Matthew Harris
Full Out Stillness by James Nyoraku Schlefer
Serenade in C major, Op. 10 by Ernő Dohnányi
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Kimura will appear at the Kyoshin An Arts’s 10th anniversary concert.
Circles of Light by Thomas Osborne
No Fear (Of Silence) by Douglas Cuomo
We Shall (Surely) Meet Again by James Nyoraku Schlefer
Three Flame Love by John King WORLD PREMIERE
Yachiyo Jishi – Fujinaga Kengyō
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コンサート光ソサエティ主催公演＠日本外国特派員協会 @ The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, Tokyo
コンサート光ソサエティ主催公演。木村伶香能（箏）は、三善晃（1933-2013) 作曲「流觴曲水譜」を菅原久仁義（尺八）、渡辺由布子（箏）、平田紀子（十七絃）の各氏と演奏いたします。
Kimura will perform Ryushokyokusui-fu composed by Akira Miyoshi (1933-2013)with Yuko Watanabe(koto), Noriko Hirata (17-string koto) and Kuniyoshi Sugawara (shakuhachi).
Kimura will perform shamisen and koto with Basil Twist’s performance. Basil Twist is among the world’s most innovative and acclaimed puppeteers. For more details, please visit ACC NYC gala 2019.
Kimura will perform at Texas A&M University’s residency program with David Kansuke Wheeler, shakuhachi. This residency program will include lecture demonstrations about Japanese music history, especially Sankyoku-style (koto, shamisen, shakuhachi) music and Jiuta music.
-Gems of Japanese Music – vol. 16 Autumn @ Center for Remembering and Sharing, White Room, NY
Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music – is a concert series presented by Yoko Reikano Kimura and Center for Remembering and Sharing (CRS); supported by Mar Creation.
This will be the 16th concert celebrating new beginning of the 2019-2020 season, and feature three classical and contemporary pieces. Beautiful Japanese confectionary prepared by mochi Rin will be served after the performance. More details about this concert, please visit this website.
Kimura will perform with puppeteer, Basil Twist on shamisen and koto at the annual Winter Puppet Parlor.
Kimura will perform with puppeteer, Basil Twist on shamisen and koto at the annual Winter Puppet Parlor.
Kimura will perform koto at the New Year Celebration party held by the residence of Japanese Ambassador in Washington DC. （Invitation only)
Kimura will perform Scott Johnson’s “Up and Back” on the shamisen. Performers: Scott Johnson (electric guitar), Ashly Bathgate (cello), Steve Gosling (piano), Contemporaneous, David Bloom (conductor). For more information, please visit Roulette website.
– Gems of Japanese Music – vol. 17 Winter @ Center for Remembering and Sharing, White Room, NY
Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music – is a concert series presented by Yoko Reikano Kimura and Center for Remembering and Sharing (CRS); supported by Mar Creation. Beautiful Japanese confectionary prepared by mochi Rin will be served after the performance. For more details about this concert series, please visit here.
The return of Duo YUMENO (Yoko Reikano Kimura, koto and shamisen and Hikaru Tamaki cello) with James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi and David Yang, viola. Duos, trios and quartets with KSA commissions by Debra Kaye and Salina Fisher.
Duo YUMENO is honored to be part of the residency program at Lou Harrison House in Joshua Tree, CA. The diverse program will feature two works by Lou Harrison – Suite for Sangen for solo shamisen and Rhymes with Silver for solo cello – as well as the duo’s commissioned works. The concert will be followed by an informal Q&A session with the performers.
Kimura will perform koto at the Emperor’s Birthday Celebration at The residence of the Japanese Ambassador to the United States in Washington DC. (Invitation only)