Glenview resident Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto is having quite a 50th! She will celebrate five decades of koto playing on March 20 with a concert at the Lakeside Theater, featuring musicians from around ...
Japanese-studies specialist and Japanese language teacher Katarzyna Karpowicz tells us about playing the koto and the Japanese musical avant-garde. Filip Lech: How did you end up in Japan? Katarzyna ...
The refined art of Koto playing is on show in this concert that includes both the more common 13-string instrument and the 17-string bass koto. The latter instrument was invented in 1921 by Miyagi ...
NEYAGAWA, Osaka -- After tens of thousands of adjustments and eight years of hard work, a craftsman in west Japan has finally created a mechanical doll that plays the "koto" traditional string ...
In short: Takako Haggarty is a music teacher who works with children who are vision impaired and disabled. Playing the koto has helped students improve mobility skills and emotional regulation. What's ...
Instrumentalists in brilliantly colored kimonos assembled Sunday at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at Maryland for a handsome display of koto music. The players, drawn from the Washington ...
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Glenview resident Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto is having quite a 50th! She will celebrate five decades of koto playing on March 20 with a concert at the Lakeside Theater, featuring musicians from around ...