Festival 2013
February 10 - Fukushima City
February 23-24 - New York City
February 27 - Washington DC

 

38th season
Music From Japan Festival 2013
Japanese Rhythm and Timbre

NYC (Feb 23-24) and Washington, DC (Feb 27)

Featured Artists:
Kenny Endo: taiko
Kaoru Watanabe: taiko and fue
Kumi Ogano: piano
Fred Sherry: cello
Tomiko Kohjiba: commissioned composer
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$35 festival weekend pass
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Baruch Performing Arts Center
Engelman Recital Hall
Baruch College: East 25th Street between Lexington Avenue and 3rd Avenue



PERFORMER BIOS | COMPOSER BIOS


Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 8pm
Baruch Performing Arts Center (Engelman Recital Hall), New York City

Rhythms of Japanese Drums and Flutes — Kenny Endo and Kaoru Watanabe: Taiko and Fue

Artists:
Kenny Endo, taiko (drums)
Kaoru Watanabe, taiko (drums) and fue (bamboo flutes)

Program:
Kenny Endo: Jugoya

Kaoru Watanabe: Together Alone

traditional: Chakuto

Kenny Endo: Symmetrical Soundscapes ; Sand

Kaoru Watanabe: Hiraki

Endo and Watanabe: Chigen

Kenny Endo: Spirit Sounds 

Kenny Endo: Swing, Soul and Sincerity

arrangements of traditional pieces and new compositions/improvisations by Kenny Endo and Kaoru Watanabe. Full program details to follow.

7:15pm: Pre-concert lecture-demonstration by Kenny Endo and Kaoru Watanabe
Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 2pm
Baruch Performing Arts Center (Engelman Recital Hall), New York City

Japanese Tone Colors on Western Instruments


Artists:
Kumi Ogano (piano) with Fred Sherry (cello)

Program:
Jummei Suzuki: Impromptu for piano solo (2007)**

Yoshio Hachimura: Meditation “Higan-bana” (1969)

Toru Takemitsu: For Away (1973); Les yeux clos (1979); Orion for cello and piano (1984)

Akira Miyoshi: Chaines – Preludes for piano (1973)

Tomiko Kohjiba: Wadatsumi for cello and piano (2012)*

** American premiere
* world premiere of new Music From Japan commission

3:45pm: Post-concert forum featuring Tomiko Kohjiba and the artists




Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7.30pm
Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Rhythms of Japanese Drums and Flutes — Kenny Endo and Kaoru Watanabe: Taiko and Fue
(same program as Feb 23 – see above)

All programs and artists are subject to change.



Kaoru Watanabe, fue and taiko






Kumi Ogano, piano
Photo: Maria Fielding



Tomiko Kohjiba, commissioned composer
 Endo
Kenny Endo, taiko
Photo: Darian Wong



Fred Sherry, cello
Photo: Ken Howard