Fort Lee Public Library will present a special concert of Japanese music “Snow” on Wednesday, February 18th at a special time of 7 P.M. Two traditional Japanese plucked string instruments will be heard: Yoko Reikano Kimura playing the shamisen as well as singing. Also scheduled to performer is Biwa player, Akiko Sakurai.
Title: A Special Concert of Japanese Music – “Snow”
Artists:
– Yoko Reikano Kimura (shamisen, koto, vocal)
– Akiko Sakurai (biwa)
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Open: 6:30pm / Show: 7:00pm
Due to building emergency, the library will be closed and the event site has been moved to the following.
New Venue: Parisienne Bakery (Facebook page)
Address: 250 Main Street, Fort Lee, NJ 07024 (map)
Venue: Fort Lee Public Library
Address: 320 Main Street, Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024
Phone: 201.592.3614, ext. 4010
Admission is free, seating is limited, children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
Inquiry: contact (at) marcreation.com
[Artists]
– Yoko Reikano Kimura (koto/shamisen/voice)
Koto/shamisen performer and singer, Yoko Reikano Kimura has concertized around the world. Yoko received her stage name “Reikano” from Hiroko Nakanoshima VI and “Reiko Yamabiko” for her Kato-bushi shamisen playing. She holds a teaching position at the Institute of Traditional Japanese Music, an affiliate of Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada school player. Yoko won the Debut Concert Audition at Toppan Hall, Tokyo and received the First Prize and the Osaka Chinese Counsel’s Award at the Great Wall International Music Competition. She has won the Japanese music audition for NHK FM radio. Yoko has performed with many well-known traditional Japanese performers and worked with such artists/musicians as Heiner Goebbels, the Wien Solisten Trio, Kyo-Shin-An Arts, the Ciompi Quartet, the Euclid Quartet, Kenny Endo and Yasuko Yokoshi. Since 2004, Yoko has performed in Poland, Switzerland, France, Lithuania, Korea, China, Israel, Qatar, Italy, Turkey and South America.
– Akiko Sakurai (biwa)
Akiko studied Biwa under TANAKA Yukio while studying at Tokyo College of Music. She has performed in Hungary, Canada and the United States as a representative musician of Japanese traditional music. Akiko has toured 40 cities in Japan with OGURA Kei, a famous Satsuma Biwa player, singer and composer. She also appears on educational TV programs and conducts activities to teach Satsuma Biwa in Kagoshima prefecture.
