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Duo YUMENO
Tenth Anniversary Recital – Music for Koto, Shamisen and Cello
Saturday, March 2, 2019
2 PM
Weill Recital Hall
Photo by John Broughton
Duo YUMENO—koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura and cellist Hikaru Tamaki—celebrates its tenth anniversary in a concert featuring the world premiere performance of a commissioned work by Japanese composer, Toshi Ichiyanagi. The concert will also feature works by Daron Hagen and Marty Regan that blend Eastern and Western traditions. Japanese shamisen player, Shōho Mutoh, will join Kimura in an improvisational rendition of the classic Japanese, Shin-sarashi.
Performers
Duo YUMENO
··Yoko Reikano Kimura, Koto, Shamisen, and Voice
··Hikaru Tamaki, Cello
Shōho Mutoh, Shamisen
Reona Ito, Speaker
Program
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 Triptych