Valentine’s Shakuhachi with Piano & Cello
Valentine’s Shakuhachi with Piano and Cello
Saturday, February 15 from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Saint John’s in the Village – 218 W. 11th Street
Admission: $20
Show your love for music at this post-Valentine’s Day concert. Shakuhachi Grand Master James Nyoraku Schlefer will perform with cellist Sahara von Hattenberger and Joanne Kang on piano with music by Miki Minoru, Marty Regan, Justin Jay Hines, Randall Woolf, and Schlefer himself. The one-hour concert with its distinctive combination of instruments features a wonderful variety of contemporary musical styles including minimalist, romantic, jazzy, and impressionistic.
Program
Forest Whispers by Marty Regan
Bow Down by Randall Woolf
Aki no Kyoku by Miki Minoru
Sidewalk Dances by James Nyoraku Schlefer
Original Sound by Justin Jay Hines
Please visit Eventbrite to purchase tickets. For more information about Schlefer, please visit his website.
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Duo YUMENO to Pay Tribute to Late Japanese Composer
Music of Changes: Tribute to Toshi Ichiyanagi
Saturday, January 27 from 7:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
Tenri Cultural Institute – 43A W. 13th Street (between5th and 6th Avenues)
Admission: $30
Duo YUMENO—Yoko Reikano Kimura on koto and shamisen and Hikaru Tamaki on cello—and special guest pianist Vicky Chow will pay homage to the legendary composer Toshi Ichiyanagi. Ichiyanagi, who passed away in 2022, was a protégé of John Cage during the 1960s and had a profound influence on the post-war Japanese music landscape.
Presented by Duo YUMENO, the program will explore Ichiyanagi’s music, written for both traditional Japanese and Western instruments, and will celebrate his six-decade-long career. Highlights include Paraphrase for shamisen and cello (2019), which was commissioned by the duo; Time Sequence (1976), a dazzling piano solo in the minimalist style; and Linked Poems of Autumn (1990), Ichiyanagi’s tribute to the Japanese koto-song tradition that features texts by the haiku poet Matsuo Bashō. It’s sure to be an evening of provocative and brilliant contemporary music at Tenri Cultural Institute.
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