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Yoko Reikano Kimura, Koto Soloist for the weekend’s MountainTop Masterworks concerts, will introduce the sound, history, and repertoire of this fascinating instrument.  Often referred to as a Japanese dulcimer, this instrument evokes the cultural and musical heritage of Japan, and is a surprisingly exciting partner to a full symphony orchestra.

Koto concert: Genji (composed by Daron Hagen) with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra, (conductor: Mei-An Chen)

Koto concert: Genji (composed by Daron Hagen) with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra, (conductor: Mei-An Chen)

Kimura will play “Mittsu no Dansho – Three Fragments -” composed by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima at the 25th Anniversary Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition Special Concert presented by Kioi Hall in Tokyo. For more information about this concert, please visit this website. (Japanese only)

This will be the forth concert of 2017-18 season of “Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music-. After many centuries, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Please come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert will feature each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese confectionaries prepared by mochi Rin. For more information, please visit this website.

Kimura will play a solo shamisen work by Japanese composer. (New York Premier)

Duo YUMENO will perform “Grandioso”-The Tale of Heike- composed by Daron Hagen. (New York Premier)

Duo YUMENO will perform “Grandioso”-The Tale of Heike- composed by Daron Hagen. (New York Premier)

Duo YUMENO and Marty Regan (composer, shakuhachi) will have a concert presented by Los Andes University in Bogota, Columbia. For this concert, the duo will perform classical Japanese music, Japanese composer, Sayaka Ichigoro’s work and several works by Marty Regan including their commission piece.
This concert is open to the public, but please register at this link.

Duo YUMENO will perform for the first time at the Eagle Hill Institute in Steuben, Maine. The concert, which explores the dialogue between classical Japanese and western music, will feature works by Daron Hagen, Marty Regan, Takuma Itoh and J. S. Bach.

Duo YUMENO will be back in Blue Hill, Maine, presenting a concert at the Performance Hall at Bagaduce Music Lending Library. The diverse, cross-cultural program will feature works by Daron Hagen, Elizabeth Brown, Takuma Itoh, Marty Regan, Sayaka Ishiguro, Kin’ichi Nakanoshima and J. S. Bach.

Duo YUMENO will have a recital at the First Congregational Church in Camden, ME.

Kyo-Shin-An students recital at Tenri Cultural Institute of NY. Kimura will accompany classical pieces on the koto and shamisen.

The Japanese American Citizens League – New York Chapter invites members and friends to our Annual Meeting! This year’s annual meeting will feature a discussion with scholar-activist Akemi Kochiyama and a performance by Shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura.

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. 13 and the first concert of the 2018-19 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music, which is supported by Mar Creations, Inc.

Program
Kumiuta: Shiki no Kyoku – Songs of Four Seasons – (by Yatsuhashi-kengyo)
Yuku Aki – Autumn passing – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
Usu no Koe (by Shourei YamatoⅢ)
Zangiku – Withering Chrysanthemum – (by Marty Regan)

Duo YUMENO will perform their commission piece, Daron Hagen’s “Appassionato” at The Emigrants concert. The Queens Museum presents the world premiere of a new documentary chamber music work, The Emigrants by composer George Tsz-Kwan Lam. The Emigrants will be premiered by the ensemble New Morse Code (Hannah Collins, cello and Michael Compitello, percussion). Duo YUMENO and Raphael Leal (percussionist), who are featured on the recorded interviews that are part of The Emigrants, will be also joining this concert. Admission is free, and this event is open to the public.

Duo YUMENO – koto/shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura and cellist Hikaru Tamaki – will celebrate its tenth anniversary in a concert featuring the world premiere performance of a commissioned work by the prominent Japanese composer, Toshi Ichiyanagi. The concert will also feature works by Daron Hagen and Marty Regan that seamlessly blend Eastern and Western traditions. Japanese shamisen player, Shōho Mutoh will join Kimura in a virtuosic, improvisational rendition of the classic Japanese masterwork, Shin-sarashi.

TOSHI ICHIYANAGI New Work (World Premiere)
DARON HAGEN Appassionato
MARTY REGAN Silence of the Moon
FUKAKUSA KENGYŌ Shin-sarashi (arr. Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)
SAYAKA ISHIGURO Genka Triptyc

Duo YUMENO
··Yoko Reikano Kimura, Koto, Shamisen, and Voice
··Hikaru Tamaki, Cello
Shōho Mutoh, Shamisen
Reona Ito, Speaker

Supported by Consulate General of Japan in New York | Under the auspices of IMJS: Japanese Cultural Heritage Initiatives at Columbia University, Hogaku Journal

*Duo YUMENO’s article on The JAPAN TIMES. – Making music across the Pacific

IMJS celebrate the cultures of Heian and Heisei Eras with a concert presenting music Lady Murasaki describes in her 11th-century novel The Tale of Genji, (in collaboration with the current exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) and the 2019 Sung Waka Poetry by the Retiring Emperor and Empress of this Heisei Era from their January New Year Poetry Celebration. This concert is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Kimura will play “Chidori no Kyoko” composed by Yoshizawa-kengyo, and Duo YUMENO’s commission piece. For more details, please visit IMJS website.

The first of the 10th Anniversary septet concerts presented by Kyo-Shin-An Arts. World premieres by Daron Hagen and James Nyoraku Schlefer. (Cassatt String Quartet: Muneko Otani and Jennifer Leshnower, violins; Ah Ling Neu, viola; Elizabeth Anderson, cello) For this concert, Kimura will perform shamisen.

Duo YUMENO will perform their repertoires at New York Consulate General’s residence for the event celebrating “Japan 2019”. This is an invitation only event.

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. 14 and the second concert of the 2018-19 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music, which is supported by Mar Creations, Inc.

Program:
Murasaki-shikibu – Lady Murasaki – (composed by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima), Kumiuta Akashi (composed by Kitajima-kengyo) , Murasaki no Fu for solo sangen (composed by Minoru Miki)

Duo YUMENO will present their 9th recital in Chicago featuring Midwest premier of Paraphrase for shamisen  and cello composed by Toshi Ichiyanagi. The diverse program will feature the duo’s commission pieces.