Japan Society’s commissioning work, Dogugaeshi was produced by genius puppeteer, Basil Twist. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Japan Society will present this phenomenal work as the first program of the 2024-2025 season.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform for the matinee shows.
Duo YUMENO will accompany a silent film screening presented by the film studies department of Bucknell University, In the 1930s, several Japanese companies produced films made on paper (“kami firumu”) instead of celluloid. The screening will feature digitally restored films that have not been shown in public for nearly 85 years. Prof. Eric Faden at Bucknell University founded the Japanese Paper Film Project and has been leading the efforts on preserving the surviving movies and promoting scholarship about these films.
Duo YUMENO will be featured at Friends of Music concert series presented by Eagle Hill Institution in Maine. Please enjoy the duo’s diverse repertoire and beautiful nature in Maine.
Duo YUMENO will return to the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill and present a program to celebrate the beginning of autumn in Maine.
University of California, Berkeley’s Women’s Faculty Club is presenting a recital featuring Duo YUMENO. The program will include the West Coast premiere of the duo’s latest commission piece, Sunset Looks to the Future, composed by Ken Ueno, who is a professor at UC Berkley.
2024 marks Mt. Yoshino’s 20th anniversary of designation of UNESCO World Heritage Site. To celebrate this occasion, YOSHINO 20 ART FESTIVAL will be held between October 12th and November 4th. The duo will be featured at this festival and perform at Kinpusen-ji Temple, Zao-do (Japanese National Treasure) and other historical sites in the town of Yoshino.
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 join INTERWOVEN’s Virginia tour with Keiko Tokunaga (Vn) and Mihai Marcia (Vc.)
Odeon Chamber Music Series celebrates 25 years of bringing world-class chamber music to Falls Church, VA. INTERWOVEN will bring a program that features two Japanese Hougaku instruments: Koto and Shamisen.
Duo YUMENO will be featured at “Culture Bridge” concert series presented by Queens Public Library. Celebrating holiday season, the duo will perform its versatile repertoires.
As the koto guest performer, Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform at a dynamic multimedia production: Genshin Concert, featuring the music of HoYo-Mix performed by Genshin Concert Orchestra under the baton of Thanapol Setabrahmana.
INTERWOVEN will perform a diverse program at Colby College in Maine. For this concert, Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform Michael Ippolito’s “Between Worlds” for shamisen and string quartet. This residency will include concert as well as workshop. More information to be followed.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform one of her treasured works, Koto Concerto: Genji (composed by Daron Hagen) as well as Between Worlds for shamisen and string quartet (composed by Michael Ippolito) and a new world premiere work by Madoka Mori at the spring concert featuring New York-based ensemble group, INTERWOVEN presented by National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. This special concert will be held in conjunction with a new exhibition, “Striking Objects”.
Duo YUMENO will perform at Indiana Japan Chamber’s annual gala. The details will be announced.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will give a lecture-performance of Japan’s shamisen celebrating International Women’s Month.
Yoko Reikano Kimura will join a spring concert presented by Kyo-Shin-An Arts and Tenri Cultural Institute of NY.
In the 1930s, several Japanese companies produced films made of paper (“kami firumu”) to be screened for home viewings. This event will feature digitally restored paper films that had not been screened for nearly 85 years. In 2019, Prof. Eric Faden at Bucknell University founded the Japanese Paper Film Project and has been leading efforts on preserving the surviving films. Duo YUMENO will provide original live music for the silent shorts.
(Photo: Collection of paper films of Kyoto’s Toy Film Museum)
In the 1930s, several Japanese companies produced films made of paper (“kami firumu”) to be screened for home viewings. This event will feature digitally restored paper films that had not been screened for nearly 85 years. In 2019, Prof. Eric Faden at Bucknell University founded the Japanese Paper Film Project and has been leading efforts on preserving the surviving films. Duo YUMENO will provide original live music for the silent shorts.
(Photo: Collection of paper films at Kyoto’s Toy Film Museum)
In the 1930s, several Japanese companies produced films made of paper (“kami firumu”) to be screened for home viewings. This event will feature digitally restored paper films that had not been screened for nearly 85 years. In 2019, Prof. Eric Faden at Bucknell University founded the Japanese Paper Film Project and has been leading efforts on preserving the surviving films. Duo YUMENO will provide original live music for the silent shorts.
(Photo: Collection of paper films at Kyoto’s Toy Film Museum)
In the 1930s, several Japanese companies produced films made of paper (“kami firumu”) to be screened for home viewings. This event will feature digitally restored paper films that had not been screened for nearly 85 years. In 2019, Prof. Eric Faden at Bucknell University founded the Japanese Paper Film Project and has been leading efforts on preserving the surviving films. Duo YUMENO will provide original live music for the silent shorts.
(Photo: Collection of paper films at Kyoto’s Toy Film Museum)
The shakuhachi bamboo flute of Japan has been popular throughout the world over the last several decades. The World Shakuhachi Festival has been presented once every four years since 1994, and the 2025’s festival will be held on the April 17th to the 20th when the bluebonnets are in a full bloom. As a guest performer of Yamada-school koto music, Yoko Reikano Kimura will be joining this festival.
Duo YUMENO will perform at Culture Bridge series celebrating AAPI Heritage Month. Please enjoy duo’s diverse program at newly renovated Queens Public Library’s hall.
デュオ夢乃リサイタル @ 興聖寺涅槃堂（京都上京区) / Kosho-ji Temple (Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto)
2025年日本ツアー、デュオ夢乃リサイタル（京都）は、古田織部の菩提寺としても知られる名刹、興聖寺涅槃堂にて開催いたします。邦楽とクラシックの視点から「うた」に視点を当てたシリーズ「Air エアー」の第2回公演となります。新しい委嘱作品を含む公演の詳細、チケットお申し込み情報は、追って公開されます。
Duo YUMENO will hold its annual recital at the historic Kosho-ji Temple in Kyoto. This recital will be the second concert of the new series, Air.
デュオ夢乃リサイタル @ トーキョーコンサーツ・ラボ（東京新宿区) / Toyo Concerts Lab. (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2025年日本ツアー、デュオ夢乃リサイタル（東京）は、2024年に引き続き、トーキョーコンサーツ・ラボにて開催いたします。邦楽とクラシックの視点から「うた」に視点を当てたシリーズ「Air エアー」の第2回公演となります。新しい委嘱作品を含む公演の詳細、チケットお申し込み情報は、追って公開されます。
Duo YUMENO will hold its annual recital at Tokyo Concerts Lab. in Tokyo. This recital will be the second concert of the new series, Air.