[Title] Japanese Music Concert with Seasonal Sweets
[Artists] Yoko Reikano Kimura (koto, vocal)
[Date] Saturday, February 13, 2016
[Time] 2PM
[Venue] CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)
[Address] 123 4th Ave, 2nd Fl, New York, NY 10003 (between 12th & 13th St, above “Think Coffee”)
[Website] www.crsny.org
[Phone] 212-677-8621
[Admission] Advance: $20 (1 drink included) / Door $25
[Host] CRS、Mar Creation, Inc.
[Description] A romantic Valentine’s weekend concert featuring Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Rin NYC.
[Bio]
As a frequent soloist and collaborator, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC, Chicago, Tokyo, Kyoto and many other cities, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally.
Since Yoko moved to the US in 2010, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues, such as the UN, Merkin, Bargemusic, Roulette, Princeton University, Japan Society, Harvard University, Princeton University, the New England Conservatory, the University of Chicago, Duke University and many others.
As part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno, she has just released the album Flowers, Birds, Wind, Moon: The Music of Marty Regan.
[Facebook event page] https://www.facebook.com/events/922314357876620
[Websites]
– Yoko Reikano Kimura: http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano
– Mochi Rin: http://www.rin-nyc.com
– CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing): http://crsny.org
