第29回「ニューヨークの四季 – 日本音楽の彩り-」、11月19日（土）午後4時より、CRSのホワイトルームにて開催します。この秋の公演では、スペシャルゲストにElizabeth Brown (尺八）をお迎えします。

共催:　Center for Remembering and Sharing, 木村伶香能
後援:　(有)邦楽ジャーナル、Mar Creation, Inc.

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《木村伶香能 (きむられいかの) 略歴》 箏・三味線の「古典から現代へ」をテーマに世界各国にて演奏。ニューヨークタイムズ紙から「傑出した演奏と歌声」と高評を得る。第10回賢順全国箏曲コンクールにて第一位を受賞。ソリストとし て、カルテット、オーケストラと多数共演、玉木光とのデュオ夢乃でも活躍。

About Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music

New York’s music scene reflects the diverse and vibrant culture of the city. Kimura, together with CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing), began this concert series in the fall of 2015. As a Japanese instrumentalist, she hopes to introduce the brilliance of traditional Japanese music, which is still being passed on to future generations after many centuries. Starting with the 2018-19 season, the series has featured contemporary pieces composed by living composers as well. Since the first concert, about 50 works from the classical repertoire have been introduced in the concert series. Please come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York!

About past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/

 About the Artists

Yoko Reikano Kimura is one of the most captivating artistic voices of Japanese koto and shamisen, consistently praised by critics for her musical elegance and versatile repertoire. Based in New York and Japan, Kimura has concertized around the world, including prestigious venues such as the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Israel Festival, International Vilnius Theater Festival, Le Festival Mondial des Theatres de Marionnettes, The University of Cambridge, John F. Kennedy Center, Kabuki-za and various World Heritage Sites. Kimura has worked with renowned artists such as Heiner Goebbels, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and Basil Twist. Highlights of her soloist performances include Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen, Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Center and James Nyoraku Schlefer’s Concertante at the Round Top Music Festival. As an enthusiastic supporter of contemporary music, Kimura founded Duo YUMENO with cellist Hikaru Tamaki, and has commissioned numerous works by leading composers in the U.S. and Japan. The duo has received grants from Chamber Music America and Barlow Foundation, and awarded Kyoto Aoyama Barocksaal Award. In 2019, the duo held its 10th Anniversary Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. The duo’s new album, Heike Quinto will be released by Naxos in 2024. Kimura is the first Yamada- school performer to receive the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition in 2003. Following her studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts, she studied at Institute of Traditional Japanese Music, an affiliate of Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, where she was a faculty member until 2010. A recipient of scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan, Kimura has studied with Kono Kameyama, who is considered the preeminent pupil of Kin’ichi Nakanoshima, Senko Yamabiko (Living National Treasure) and Akiko Nishigata.

Website: yokoreikanokimura.com