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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. The 2019-20 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music is supported by Mar Creations, Inc. and held in the award-winning White Room at CRS. Tickets are $30 and include wagashi (Japanese confectionary). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online, by phone 212-677-8621, or in person at CRS) is strongly encouraged.
“…Yoko Reikano Kimura, playing the shamisen and singing, is superb….” — New York Times
“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KCMETROPLIS
“…Under Kimura’s practiced hand, there were also occasional dramatic and explosive passages. – Koto Concerto: Genji” — The NEWS GAZZETE
About “Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese
Music“
New York’s music scene reflects the diverse and vibrant culture of
the city. Kimura, together with CRS (Center for Remembering and
Sharing) and Mar Creation, Inc., started this concert series in the
fall of 2015. As a Japanese instrumentalist, Kimura hopes to
introduce the brilliance of traditional Japanese music, which is
still being passed on to the new generations after many
centuries. Over 30 works from the classical repertoire have so far
been performed in the concert series, and from this season,
the series will feature contemporary pieces as well. Come and
experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of
the four seasons here in New York!
Past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/
YOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished
virtuoso of Japanese koto, shamisen performer and singer in both
traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about
20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan.
Following her studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts and the
NHK School of Traditional Japanese Music, she studied at Institute
of Traditional Japanese Music, an affiliate of Senzoku Gakuen
College of Music in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from
the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono
Kameyama, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko, a Living National
Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th
Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at
the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura
performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa
XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no
Hitotoki, NPR’s Performance Today and WQXR. As a koto soloist,
Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the
Euclid Quartet, Ciompi Quartet, Freimann String Quartet and the
Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra. As a shamisen soloist, she
performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National
Olympic Memorial Youth Center, and performed with American Symphony
Orchestra in Pietro Mascagni's Iris. Kimura is a founder of Duo
YUMENO, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto
Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015, and featured at Chamber Music
America’s 2016 National Conference, and performed at the John F.
Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019, the duo will have its ten-year
anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.
Website: yokoreikanokimura.com| duoyumeno.com
mochi Rin creates bite-sized mochi
desserts made with organic bean paste, seasonal fruits and flowers
produced in NY. She presents a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite
exist in Japan by infusing New York’s locally-produced ingredients
with Japan’s popular traditional desserts —the stuffed mochi
rounds, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin, the
element of restrained grace.
Website: rin-nyc.com| https://www.instagram.com/rin_nyc
- Subtotal:
- $30.00
- Tax:
- $0.00
- Discount:
- $0.00
- Total:
- $30.00