Friday, April 22 07pm to 08pm
Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3
185 Orchard St., New York, NY 10002
Japanese Koto & Shamisen Player, Singer Songwriter Sumie (Sumi-é) Kaneko has been recognized as a pioneer by her uniquely chromatic use of the instruments. Her project that is blending Japanese traditional elements into jazz improvisation is well received over the world.
she was the first Shamisen player of a winner of Pulitzer Prize Paula Vogel’s “The Long Christmas Ride Home”, and has collaborated with many of world instrumentalists such as Kenny Endo, Kaoru Watanabe, On Ensemble, Yumiko Tanaka etc. and also painters, dancers and calligraphers. International tours: Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Jamaica (by Japan Foundation NY), Bangladesh and many of domestic tours including Puerto Rico. In June 2015, she is invited to Islamabad, Karachi, Dhaka by the Embassy of Japan. The second album “Dead of the Night” will be released in July, 2016.
For this concert Sumie Kaneko will perform with
– Kaori Tanioka (piano)
– Kuriko Tsugawa (bass)
– Satoshi Takeishi (percussion)
For tickets visit: http://www.ticketfly.com
For more information on the artist: www.sumiekanekomusic.com/