Sunday, May 6 2012 at 4:00 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th Street, New York, NY
Kammerraku is a groundbreaking new chamber music for string quartet with Japanese instruments – an evocative, exciting sound blending two timeless musical traditions. Nami Kineie (shamisen), Yumi Kurosawa (koto), James Nyoraku Schlefer (shakuhachi), and the Voxare String Quartet perform music by Daron Hagen, a New York premiere by Paul Moravec, and world premieres by Somei Satoh and James Nyoraku Schlefer. Kammerraku is a program of Kyo-Shin-An Arts an organization dedicated to the integration of Japanese instruments into Western Classical music.
Program Daron Hagen – KOTO CONCERTO: GENJI
for Koto and String Quartet
Paul Moravec – SHAKUHACHI QUINTET
for Shakuhachi and String Quartet
James Nyoraku Schlefer – STRING JOURNEY
for Shamisen and String Quartet
Somei Satoh – KYOSHIN
for Koto, Shakuhachi and String Quartet