Chicago-born Curtis Patterson has lived in Japan since 1986, dedicating himself to the koto, a traditional Japanese instrument something like the harp. In addition to composing and performing music ...

With a bow to Conductor Leopold Stokowski, a bow to the Philadelphia Orchestra, a bow to the audience in Manhattan’s Philharmonic Hall, stocky Kimio Eto adjusted his formal robes and settled before a ...

The koto's timbre. . .gives the music an ethereal air, quite fitting since the koto was an ancient instrument identified with the voice of the spirit in medieval times My wife and I are sitting in ...

Here was a concert to eliminate perceptions of the koto being an inherently limited instrument. The models ranged from five strings to the conventional 13 strings and the 17-string bass koto, the ...

In February 2021, Ishigure Masayo was invited to give a performance on the koto at the Japanese Consulate in New York. The event was part of the monthly Friday Night Live series held at the ambassador ...

Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto, performing traditional and new works for the Japanese zither, and today she joins Tamara-Anna Cislowska for an hour of conversation and a live duet. Satsuki ...

Composer Miya Masaoka has started playing the "Laser Koto," a futuristic version of the traditional Japanese stringed instrument, the Koto, that's been around since the 8th century. Masaoka outfitted ...

This and other koto music we've made since are available in our Epic Japanese Koto playlists: Koto music + techno/rock! We pulled out all the stops in making this feel like an epic Japanese music ...

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 ...

Pick your favourite, because these were just some of the adjectives used to describe the four-song set performed by Japanese musician Sumie Kaneko on Thursday at an event hosted by the Embassy of ...