Duo YUMENO’s second album, HEIKE QUINTO (composed by Daron Hagen) will be released worldwide from NAXOS on May 24, 2024.The album will be available on CDs, Naxos online, iTunes, Arkiv Music and other various platforms. Between 2015 and 2022, the duo commissioned to Hagen, the revered composer particularly in the opera world, to create a suite of pieces inspired by The Tale of the Heike, a masterpiece in medieval Japanese literature. The duo has performed the pieces countless times at venues as celebrated as the Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall to many intimate performance spaces. For more details about this album, please visit NAXOS website. (May 1, 2024)
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New Album: Time Will Tell
As the guest koto performer, Yoko Reikano Kimura joined 2X Juno Award Winning pianist/composer, Andy Milne and his trio Unison’s new album, Time Will Tell which was released from Sunnyside Records. (April 26, 2024)
New York Classical Review | Shamisen
Kimura’s performance of solo shamisen work, “To the Victims of Cain” composed by Yoriaki Matsudaira is featured on New York Classical Review. (09/01/18)