BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://crsny.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T173000 DTSTAMP:20231114T230939Z CREATED:20230917T210309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T230939Z UID:10006937-1700409600-1700415000@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 29 DESCRIPTION:We invite you to celebrate the autumn season with us at Four Seasons in New York: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 29 by the acclaimed vocalist and koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura on Sunday\, November 19\, 2023 at 4pm in the award-winning White Room at CRS. For the first concert of 2023-2024 season\, Yoko will perform a classical koto piece\, “Godan Ginuta” composed by outstanding composer\, Mitsuhashi-kengyo in the Edo period as well as two more works. Special guest will be kinko style shakuhachi performer\, Elizabeth Brown. This concert is presented by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Yoko Reikano Kimura and is supported by Hogaku Journal and Mar Creation\, Inc. \nTickets are $30 cash only at the door. To RSVP\, email info@yokoreikanokimura.com \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KC METROPLIS \nAbout Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music \nNew 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! \nAbout past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nAbout the Artists \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. 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 in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center. \nHer performances have been featured at many opera and theater works\, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum\, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra\, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi\, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others. \nKimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nyokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \nElizabeth Brown combines a composing career with a diverse performing life\, playing flute\, shakuhachi\, and theremin in a wide variety of musical circles. Her chamber music\, shaped by this unique group of instruments and experiences\, has been called luminous\, dreamlike and hallucinatory. \nBrown’s music has been heard in Japan\, Russia\, Colombia\, Australia\, South Africa and Vietnam as well as across the US and Europe. A Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and Juilliard graduate\, she has received grants\, awards and commissions from Orpheus\, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble\, Newband\, The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival\, Kamratōn\, the Barlow Foundation\, the Asian Cultural Council\, the Japan/US Friendship Commission\, Music from Japan\, Meet the Composer\, the Electronic Music Foundation\, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival\, the Cary Trust\, and NYFA\, among others. She has two solo CDs: Elizabeth Brown: Mirage (New World) and Blue Minor: Chamber Music by Elizabeth Brown (Albany)\, and her music is also available on CRI\, Innova\, and Music and Arts. She has been Artist-in-Residence at the Hanoi National Conservatory and in Grand Canyon National Park\, and a fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy and at the MacDowell Colony. \nHome URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-ny-vol-29/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/231119-Yoko-Reikano-vol.29.png ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230805T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230805T173000 DTSTAMP:20230726T193257Z CREATED:20230725T195245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230726T193257Z UID:10011298-1691251200-1691256600@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 28 DESCRIPTION:We invite you to celebrate the summer season with us at Four Seasons in New York: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 28 by the acclaimed vocalist and koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura\, with special guest visual artist Hiroko Ohno\, on Saturday\, August 5\, 2023 at 4pm in the award-winning White Room at CRS. This concert is presented by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Yoko Reikano Kimura and is supported by Hogaku Journal and Mar Creation\, Inc. \nProgram\nNiijio – New Wave – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)\nSarashi (by Kitazawa-koto\, Fukakusa-kengyo) and more\n\nTickets $30 cash only.\nTickets reservation is available on the following form:\nhttps://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/contact/\n*Please include your name and the numbers of tickets you wish to purchase)\n*Payment will be at Center for Remembering and Sharing. (Cash only)\n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KC METROPLIS \nAbout Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music \nNew 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! \nAbout past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. 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 in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center. \nHer performances have been featured at many opera and theater works\, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum\, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra\, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi\, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others. \nKimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nyokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \nHIROKO OHNO is a Brooklyn-based visual artist born in Tokyo. she has exhibited on an international scale with solo exhibitions at Sanagi Fine Arts (Tokyo) Radio House Gallery (NY) Homma Museum\, and Takashimaya. Select group exhibitions include Lichtundfire gallery\, NYFA50 Anniversary\, Lite-Haus Galerie (Berlin)\, El Taller Latino\, UBS Art Gallery\, Silvermine Art Gallery\, Susan Eley fine art\, Asian contemporary art fair NY\, Bridge art fair Miam\, Hiratsuka Museum of Art and Asia Week San Francisco Bay Area. She is a recipient of Artist Summer Institute Lmcc/creative capital\, Vermont Studio Center\, and the NYFA Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists. She received an MFA and a BFA\, from Musashino Art University in Tokyo.\nhirokoohno.com URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-ny-28/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/230805-Yoko-Reikano-Kimura-concert.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230402T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230402T173000 DTSTAMP:20230221T181920Z CREATED:20230221T181920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T181920Z UID:10011275-1680451200-1680456600@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 27 DESCRIPTION:We invite you to celebrate the spring season with us at Four Seasons in New York: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 27 by the acclaimed vocalist and koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura\, with special guest composer and shakuhachi player James Nyoraku 如楽 Schlefer\, on Sunday\, April 2\, 2023 at 4pm in the award-winning White Room at CRS. This concert is presented by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Yoko Reikano Kimura and is supported by Hogaku Journal and Mar Creation\, Inc. \n“James Nyoraku Schlefer occupies a special place in [New York City’s] cultural life\, composing and performing music that bridges Western and Japanese styles.” — The New Yorker \nTickets are $30 cash only at the door. To RSVP\, email info@yokoreikanokimura.com \n* Our top priority is the health and safety of the CRS audiences\, artists\, and staff. For this concert we ask that you wear a mask. Thank you for your kind understanding and corporation. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KC METROPLIS \nAbout Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music \nNew 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! \nAbout past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nAbout the Artists \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. 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 in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center. \nHer performances have been featured at many opera and theater works\, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum\, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra\, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi\, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others. \nKimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nyokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \nJames Nyoraku 如楽 Schlefer has been playing the shakuhachi for 40 years. A native New Yorker\, he first heard the instrument in 1979\, while working towards his Master’s degree in musicology. This was at a musical soirée in New York’s famed Dakota building\, hosted by one of the professors at the CUNY Graduate Center. There was a sankyoku ensemble of shakuhachi\, koto and shamisen\, and following the performance\, Schlefer was offered the opportunity to play the bamboo flute. The effort was met with total failure and taking that as a mandate\, he began his now four-decade long pursuit. \nSchlefer received his Dai-Shi-Han (Grand Master) certificate in 2001\, and in 2008\, a Shi-Han certificate from Mujuan Dojo\, in Kyoto. In Japan Schlefer studied with Yoshio Kurahashi\, Reibo Aoki\, Katsuya Yokoyama\, and Kifu Mitsuhashi. His first teacher was Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin in New York. He is trained in the Kinko school following the lineage of Jin Nyodo. \nSchlefer holds a Master’s degree in Western flute and musicology from Queens College\, and currently teaches shakuhachi at Columbia University and music history courses at the City University of New York. He has performed at Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, the Kennedy Center\, Tanglewood\, BAM\, the Metropolitan Museum\, at colleges and universities throughout the US\, and has toured in Japan\, Malaysia\, Brazil and counties in Europe. \nIn 2008 Schlefer co-founded Kyo-Shin-An Arts to further his enthusiasm of combining the sounds of Japanese and Western classical music traditions. Since that time KSA has commissioned dozens of new compositions\, presented an annual series of concerts in New York\, and partnered with classical ensembles throughout the US and in the UK. \nSchlefer has four solo recordings\, Wind Heart (1996) – which travelled 120\,000\,000 miles aboard the Space Station MIR – Solstice Spirit (1998)\, Flare Up (2002)\, and In The Moment (2008). His music has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and MPR’s Performance Today. Schlefer’s recording Spring Sounds\, Spring Seas (2012) on MSR Classics\, features his original music for shakuhachi and orchestra. \nhttps://www.nyoraku.com/ URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-ny-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-27/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/180812-Yoko-Reikano.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230205T173000 DTSTAMP:20230112T021731Z CREATED:20221228T034531Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T021731Z UID:10011271-1675612800-1675618200@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 26 DESCRIPTION:We invite you to celebrate the winter season with us at Four Seasons in New York: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 26 by the acclaimed vocalist and koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura\, with special guest composer and shakuhachi player Elizabeth Brown\, on Sunday\, February 5\, 2023 at 4pm in the award-winning White Room at CRS. This concert is presented by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Yoko Reikano Kimura and is supported by Hogaku Journal and Mar Creation\, Inc. \nTickets are $30 cash only at the door. To RSVP\, email info@yokoreikanokimura.com \n* Our top priority is the health and safety of the CRS audiences\, artists\, and staff. For this concert we ask that you wear a mask. Thank you for your kind understanding and corporation. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KC METROPLIS \nAbout Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music \nNew 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! \nAbout past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nAbout the Artists \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. 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 in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center. \nHer performances have been featured at many opera and theater works\, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum\, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra\, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi\, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others. \nKimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nyokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \nElizabeth Brown combines a composing career with a diverse performing life\, playing flute\, shakuhachi\, and theremin in a wide variety of musical circles. Her chamber music\, shaped by this unique group of instruments and experiences\, has been called luminous\, dreamlike and hallucinatory. \nBrown’s music has been heard in Japan\, Russia\, Colombia\, Australia\, South Africa and Vietnam as well as across the US and Europe. A Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and Juilliard graduate\, she has received grants\, awards and commissions from Orpheus\, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble\, Newband\, The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival\, Kamratōn\, the Barlow Foundation\, the Asian Cultural Council\, the Japan/US Friendship Commission\, Music from Japan\, Meet the Composer\, the Electronic Music Foundation\, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival\, the Cary Trust\, and NYFA\, among others. She has two solo CDs: Elizabeth Brown: Mirage (New World) and Blue Minor: Chamber Music by Elizabeth Brown (Albany)\, and her music is also available on CRI\, Innova\, and Music and Arts. She has been Artist-in-Residence at the Hanoi National Conservatory and in Grand Canyon National Park\, and a fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy and at the MacDowell Colony. \nelizabethbrowncomposer.com URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-ny-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-26/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/73171FE1-96E8-4E30-97E7-8DD303CAAA69.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221030T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221030T170000 DTSTAMP:20221019T211608Z CREATED:20220403T222610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T211608Z UID:10006809-1667145600-1667149200@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 25 DESCRIPTION:We invite you to celebrate the autumn season with us at Four Seasons in New York: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 25 by the acclaimed vocalist and koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura on Sunday\, October 30\, 2022 at 4pm in the award-winning White Room at CRS. This concert is presented by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Yoko Reikano Kimura and is supported by Hogaku Journal and Mar Creation\, Inc. \nTickets are $30 cash only at the door. To RSVP\, email info@yokoreikanokimura.com \n* Our top priority is the health and safety of the CRS audiences\, artists\, and staff. For this concert we ask that you wear a mask. Thank you for your kind understanding and corporation. \nThis concert features some of Yoko’s favorite autumn pieces from the Yamada style koto music repertoires by the legendary Nakanoshima: \n“Matsukaze” by Shosei Nakanoshima\n“Aki Shizuka – Tranquility in Autumn” by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima\n“Banshiki-cho for solo sangen” by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KC METROPLIS \nAbout Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music \nNew 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! \nAbout past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nAbout the Artists \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. 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 in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center. \nHer performances have been featured at many opera and theater works\, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum\, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra\, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi\, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others. \nKimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nyokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \n  \n  \n\n\nTRANSLATE with x\n\n\n English \n\n\n\n\n\n\nArabic\nHebrew\nPolish\n\n\nBulgarian\nHindi\nPortuguese\n\n\nCatalan\nHmong Daw\nRomanian\n\n\nChinese Simplified\nHungarian\nRussian\n\n\nChinese Traditional\nIndonesian\nSlovak\n\n\nCzech\nItalian\nSlovenian\n\n\nDanish\nJapanese\nSpanish\n\n\nDutch\nKlingon\nSwedish\n\n\nEnglish\nKorean\nThai\n\n\nEstonian\nLatvian\nTurkish\n\n\nFinnish\nLithuanian\nUkrainian\n\n\nFrench\nMalay\nUrdu\n\n\nGerman\nMaltese\nVietnamese\n\n\nGreek\nNorwegian\nWelsh\n\n\nHaitian Creole\nPersian\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\nTRANSLATE with \n\n COPY THE URL BELOW \n \n Back\n \n\n\nEMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE \n\nEnable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal\nBack URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-ny-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-25/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/221030-Four-Seasons-in-NY-25.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220828T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220828T170000 DTSTAMP:20220801T224506Z CREATED:20220801T224415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220801T224506Z UID:10011260-1661702400-1661706000@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 24 — Summer DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the summer installment of Four Seasons in New York: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 24 featuring the acclaimed vocalist and koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura with special guest Elizabeth Brown (shakuhachi). This concert is presented by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Yoko Reikano Kimura and is supported by Hogaku Journal and Mar Creation\, Inc. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KC METROPLIS \n[𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦】 \nShiki no Tomo (by Hisamura-kengyo)\nChidori no Kyoku (by Yoshizawa-kengyo)\nA piece for shamisen on the theme of Chidori (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima) \n[𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬】\n$𝟑0\n*𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝\, so please make reservations in advance. \n[Ticket reservation]\nE-mail: info@yokoreikanokimura.com\n*Please include your name and the number of tickets you wish to purchase.\n*Payment will be at CRS. (Cash only) \n◉safety protocol◉\n*𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗥𝗦 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲\, 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀\, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳. We 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗗 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗗𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁\, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀. \nAbout Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music \nNew York’s music scene reflects the diverse and vibrant culture of the city. Kimura 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! \nAbout past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nAbout the Artists \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. 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 in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center. \nHer performances have been featured at many opera and theater works\, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum\, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra\, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi\, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others. \nKimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nyokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \nElizabeth Brown combines a composing career with a diverse performing life\, playing flute\, shakuhachi\, and theremin in a wide variety of musical circles. She is celebrated both here and in Japan for her compositions combining eastern and western sensibilities. A Juilliard graduate and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient\, her music has been heard in Japan\, the Soviet Union\, Colombia\, Australia\, South Africa and Vietnam as well as across the US and Europe. She has received grants\, awards and commissions from Orpheus\, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble\, Newband\, the Asian Cultural Council\, the Japan/US Friendship Commission\, Meet the Composer\, the Electronic Music Foundation\, the Cary Trust\, and NYFA. She has two solo CDs: Elizabeth Brown: Mirage (New World) and Blue Minor: Chamber Music by Elizabeth Brown (Albany)\, and her music is also available on CRI\, Innova\, and Music and Arts.\nhttp://elizabethbrowncomposer.com\n \n“…otherworldly…passionately lyric…tenaciously melodic…”  — New York Times\n“…gently spellbinding…”  — Village Voice \n\n\nTRANSLATE with x\n\n\n English \n\n\n\n\n\n\nArabic\nHebrew\nPolish\n\n\nBulgarian\nHindi\nPortuguese\n\n\nCatalan\nHmong Daw\nRomanian\n\n\nChinese Simplified\nHungarian\nRussian\n\n\nChinese Traditional\nIndonesian\nSlovak\n\n\nCzech\nItalian\nSlovenian\n\n\nDanish\nJapanese\nSpanish\n\n\nDutch\nKlingon\nSwedish\n\n\nEnglish\nKorean\nThai\n\n\nEstonian\nLatvian\nTurkish\n\n\nFinnish\nLithuanian\nUkrainian\n\n\nFrench\nMalay\nUrdu\n\n\nGerman\nMaltese\nVietnamese\n\n\nGreek\nNorwegian\nWelsh\n\n\nHaitian Creole\nPersian\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n“>”> \n\nEnable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal\nBack URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-ny-24/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/24-square.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220417T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220417T170000 DTSTAMP:20220401T000123Z CREATED:20220331T220603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220401T000123Z UID:10011251-1650211200-1650214800@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 23 DESCRIPTION:We invite you to celebrate the spring season with us at Four Seasons in New York: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 23 by the acclaimed vocalist and koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura with special guest Ralph Samuelson (shakuhachi). Following the concert\, we’ll serve delicious seasonal Japanese wagashi (sweets) prepared by MochiRin. This concert is presented by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Yoko Reikano Kimura and is supported by Hogaku Journal and Mar Creation\, Inc. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KC METROPLIS \n[𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦】\nHaru no Uta – Song of Spring (composed by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)\nYuya (composed by Yamada-kengyo) \n[𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬】\n$𝟑5\n*𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝\, so please make reservation in advance. \n[Ticket reservation]\nE-mail: info@yokoreikanokimura.com\n*Please include your name and the number of tickets you wish to purchase.\n*Payment will be at CRS. (Cash only) \n◉safety protocol◉\n*𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗥𝗦 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲\, 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀\, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳. We 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗗 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗗𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁\, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀. \nAbout Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music \nNew 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! \nAbout past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nAbout the Artists \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. 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 in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center. \nHer performances have been featured at many opera and theater works\, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum\, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra\, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi\, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others. \nKimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nyokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \nRALPH SAMUELSON is a performer and teacher of the Japanese bamboo flute\, shakuhachi. He was trained in the classical tradition of the Kinko School of shakuhachi by the late Living National Treasure Goro Yamaguchi as well as by Shudo Yamato and Kodo Araki V\, both in Japan and in the graduate world music program at Wesleyan University. He performs traditional and contemporary music throughout North America\, Asia\, and Europe\, and has recorded for CBS Masterworks\, Lyrichord\, Music of the World\, Tzadik\, XI Records\, Pogus\, and other labels. He was the shakuhachi soloist in the New York City Ballet production of Jerome Robbins’ “Watermill” with music by Teiji Ito\, and his “Flutes of Hope” ensemble commemorating the victims of the earthquake/tsunami in Japan is presented annually in New York at venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. In 2011 and 2013 he was artist in residence at the Lou Harrison House in Joshua Tree\, California. He is an international advisor for the Seoul Institute of the Arts in Korea and is senior advisor and former director of the Asian Cultural Council.\nhttps://www.komuso.com/people/people.pl?person=59 \nMOCHI RIN creates a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert — the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.\nwww.rin-nyc.com \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nTRANSLATE with x\n\n English \n\n\n\n\n\n\nArabic\nHebrew\nPolish\n\n\nBulgarian\nHindi\nPortuguese\n\n\nCatalan\nHmong Daw\nRomanian\n\n\nChinese Simplified\nHungarian\nRussian\n\n\nChinese Traditional\nIndonesian\nSlovak\n\n\nCzech\nItalian\nSlovenian\n\n\nDanish\nJapanese\nSpanish\n\n\nDutch\nKlingon\nSwedish\n\n\nEnglish\nKorean\nThai\n\n\nEstonian\nLatvian\nTurkish\n\n\nFinnish\nLithuanian\nUkrainian\n\n\nFrench\nMalay\nUrdu\n\n\nGerman\nMaltese\nVietnamese\n\n\nGreek\nNorwegian\nWelsh\n\n\nHaitian Creole\nPersian\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nTRANSLATE with \n\n COPY THE URL BELOW \n \n Back\n \n\nEMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE \n\nEnable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal\nBack URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-ny-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-23/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/277562299_10220423605916238_1229760785200567011_n.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T170000 DTSTAMP:20220123T190608Z CREATED:20220117T215512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220123T190608Z UID:10011240-1644768000-1644771600@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 22 DESCRIPTION:We are happy to be able to invite you back in-person for Four Seasons in New York: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 22 by the acclaimed vocalist and koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura with special guest Kaoru Watanabe (fue\, taiko). This concert is presented by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Yoko Reikano Kimura and is supported by Hogaku Journal and Mar Creation\, Inc. \nThe program video will also be available to watch on demand online from Sunday\, February 27th\, 8:00 pm (EST) through Thursday\, March 3rd\, 11:30 pm\, and in-person attendees will also be able to access the video. Those who would like to purchase only online access (and not attend in person) may do so here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/four-seasons-in-new-york-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-22-tickets-253817393657 \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KC METROPLIS \n[𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦】\n■ 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐞 (composed by Yatsuhashi-kengyo)\n■ 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 – 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐚 -(composed by Manwa Yamato)\n■ 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧-𝐜𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧 (composed by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima) \n[𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬]\n𝐘𝐨𝐤𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐚 – koto\, shamisen\n*Special guest\, 𝐊𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐮 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐞 – fue\, Taiko \n[𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬】\n$𝟑𝟎 (The ticket holders of this in-person concert will have access to the online streaming program.)\n*𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝\, so please make reservation in advance. \n[Ticket reservation]\nE-mail: info@yokoreikanokimura.com\n*Please include your name and the number of tickets you wish to purchase.\n*Payment will be at Center for Remembering and Sharing. (Cash only) \n◉safety protocol◉\n*𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗥𝗦 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲\, 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀\, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗗 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗗𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁\, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀. \nAbout Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music \nNew 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 40 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! \nAbout past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nAbout the Artists \nComposer and musician KAORU WATANABE grounds his performance in traditional Japanese music while inhabiting a startling combination of musical worlds. He is renowned for his ability to collaborate with a diverse array of visionary international artists: Jason Moran\, Yo-Yo Ma and Silkroad\, Spanish flamenco dancer Eva Yerbabuena\, visual artists Simone Leigh and Alyson Shotz\, calligrapher Koji Kakinuma\, Japanese National Living Treasure Bando Tamasaburo\, vocalists Alicia Hall Moran and Imani Uzuri\, tap dancers Tamango and Kazunori Kumagai\, Galician bagpiper Carlos Nuñez\, So Percussion\, Semba Kiyohiko\, Reigakusha\, Brooklyn Raga Massive\, Adam Rudolph and Go:Organic Orchestra\, the Aizuri and Parker String Quartets and pipa virtuoso Wu Man. In 2018\, Watanabe debuted as an orchestral soloist and composer with the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House. He is an advisor\, composer and featured musician on the Oscar-nominated score of Wes Anderson’s film “Isle of Dogs” and was a guest artist on the Silkroad’s Grammy Award-winning album “Sing Me Home.” \nBorn to Japanese parents who were both members of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra\, Watanabe started playing Western Classical music at an early age\, then graduated from the Manhattan School of Music as a jazz flute and saxophonist\, followed by a decade in Japan performing with and eventually directing the internationally acclaimed Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble Kodo. Watanabe returned to New York City to continue developing his ever-evolving musical voice\, specializing on transverse bamboo flutes such as the shinobue\, noh kan and ryuteki and various Japanese percussion. Watanabe has performed his compositions at such venues as Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Boston Symphony Hall\, The Kennedy Center\, and Kabukiza and in all 47 prefectures in Japan. Watanabe continues to perform regularly across the North\, Central and South Americas\, Europe\, Asia\, and Australia. As a passionate educator\, Watanabe has taught at such prestigious institutions as Princeton and Wesleyan University and the Tanglewood Music Festival. \nWatanabe graciously receives the support of the preeminent taiko maker Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten of Tokyo and master shinobue flute maker Ranjo of Chiba Prefecture. \nwatanabekaoru.com \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. 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 in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center. \nHer performances have been featured at many opera and theater works\, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum\, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra\, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi\, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others. \nKimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nyokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nTRANSLATE with x\n\n\n English \n\n\n\n\n\n\nArabic\nHebrew\nPolish\n\n\nBulgarian\nHindi\nPortuguese\n\n\nCatalan\nHmong Daw\nRomanian\n\n\nChinese Simplified\nHungarian\nRussian\n\n\nChinese Traditional\nIndonesian\nSlovak\n\n\nCzech\nItalian\nSlovenian\n\n\nDanish\nJapanese\nSpanish\n\n\nDutch\nKlingon\nSwedish\n\n\nEnglish\nKorean\nThai\n\n\nEstonian\nLatvian\nTurkish\n\n\nFinnish\nLithuanian\nUkrainian\n\n\nFrench\nMalay\nUrdu\n\n\nGerman\nMaltese\nVietnamese\n\n\nGreek\nNorwegian\nWelsh\n\n\nHaitian Creole\nPersian\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\nTRANSLATE with \n\n COPY THE URL BELOW \n \n Back\n \n\n\nEMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE \n\nEnable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal\nBack URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-ny-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-22/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1C53459A-1CBC-4A6A-8F5D-F08E95357366.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211121T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211121T170000 DTSTAMP:20211109T012236Z CREATED:20211107T234412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211109T012236Z UID:10006805-1637510400-1637514000@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 21 DESCRIPTION:At long last\, we are delighted to be able to welcome you back  in-person for the 21st episode of Four Seasons in New York: Gems of Japanese Music by the acclaimed vocalist and koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura with special guest shakuhachi master James Nyoraku Schlefer. This concert is presented by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Yoko Reikano Kimura and is supported by Hogaku Journal and Mar Creation\, Inc. \nThe program video will also be available to watch on demand online from Sunday\, November 28th\, 8:00 pm (EST) through Thursday\, December 2nd\, 11:30 pm\, and in-person attendees will also be able to access the video. Those who would like to purchase only online access (and not attend in person) may do so here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/four-seasons-in-new-york-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-21-tickets-201922153597 \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KC METROPLIS\nJames Nyoraku Schlefer is “America’s Finest Shakuhachi Player.”—Concertonet.com \n【Program】\nNasuno – Fire Fox – (composed by Yamada-kengyo)\nMeikyo for shamisen and shakuhachi (composed by Seiho Kineya)\nKoto-Uta (composed by Toshio Hosokawa) \n【Performers】\nYoko Reikano Kimura\, koto\, shamisen\nJames Nyoraku Schlefer\, shakuhachi (special guest) \n【Tickets】\n$30 (The ticket holders of this in-person concert will have access to the online streaming program.)\n*The seats for in-person concert are limited\, so please make reservation in advance. \n【Tickets reservation】\nE-mail: info@yokoreikanokimura.com\n*Please include your name and the number of tickets you wish to purchase.\n*Payment will be at Center for Remembering and Sharing. (Cash only) \nAbout Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music \nNew 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 40 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! \nAbout past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nGrand Master JAMES NYURAKU SCHLEFER is a virtuoso performer of traditional and contemporary shakuhachi music\, an esteemed teacher in the Kinko school\, and a ground-breaking composer. Honored by Musical America International as one of their “30 Top Professionals and Influencers\,” Nyoraku Sensei’s efforts promote and sustain traditional shakuhachi music through performances\, lecture/demonstrations\, residencies\, and concert programming. His original compositions forge new ground with contemporary works for both Japanese and Western instruments and ensembles. “James Nyoraku Schlefer occupies a special place in [New York City’s] cultural life\, composing and performing music that bridges Western and Japanese styles” — THE NEW YORKER. In 2008 Schlefer co-founded Kyo-Shin-An Arts to further his enthusiasm of combining the sounds of Japanese and Western classical music traditions. Since that time KSA has commissioned dozens of new compositions\, presented an annual series of concerts in New York\, and partnered with classical ensembles throughout the US and in the UK.\nhttps://www.nyoraku.com \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. 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 in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center. \nHer performances have been featured at many opera and theater works\, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum\, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra\, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi\, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others. \nKimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nWebsite: yokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-ny-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-21/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/crs_autumn_fb.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200411T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200411T171500 DTSTAMP:20200224T013708Z CREATED:20200224T013355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T013708Z UID:10011172-1586620800-1586625300@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 18 DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing) invites you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal confectionary prepared by mochi Rin. This will be the third concert of the 2019-2020 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. The summer concert will be held on August 1\, 2020 at 4 pm. \nTickets are $30 (general) and $20 (students) include wagashi (Japanese confectionary).\nSeating is limited and advanced purchase (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is strongly encouraged. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KCMETROPLIS\n“…Under Kimura’s practiced hand\, there were also occasional dramatic and explosive passages. – Koto Concerto: Genji” — The NEWS GAZZETE \nAbout Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music\nNew 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 40 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! \nThis concert series is supported by Mar Creation\, Inc. \nAbout past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. 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 in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center. \nHer performances have been featured at many opera and theater works\, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum\, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra\, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi\, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others.\n \nKimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nWebsite: yokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \nmochi Rin creates bite-sized mochi desserts made with organic bean paste\, seasonal fruits and flowers produced in NY. She presents a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan by infusing New York’s locally-produced ingredients with Japan’s popular traditional desserts —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace. Website: rin-nyc.com | https://www.instagram.com/rin_nyc URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-new-york-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-18/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_1064-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200125T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200125T171500 DTSTAMP:20200115T194011Z CREATED:20200104T161134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T194011Z UID:10011159-1579968000-1579972500@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 17 DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing) invites you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal confectionary prepared by mochi Rin. This will be the second concert of the 2019-2020 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. The winter concert will be held on Saturday\, January 25\, 2020 at CRS. \nTickets are $30 (general) and $20 (students) include wagashi (Japanese confectionary).\nSeating is limited and advanced purchase (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is strongly encouraged. \nProgram\nNe no Hi no Asobi (by Taiga Yamaki Ⅱ）＊New Year’s song\nKyorai for solo shamisen (by Seiho Kineya) \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KCMETROPLIS\n“…Under Kimura’s practiced hand\, there were also occasional dramatic and explosive passages. – Koto Concerto: Genji” — The NEWS GAZZETE \nAbout Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music\nNew 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 40 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! \nThis concert series is supported by Mar Creation\, Inc. \nAbout past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. 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 in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center. \nHer performances have been featured at many opera and theater works\, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum\, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra\, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi\, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others.\n \nKimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nWebsite: yokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \nmochi Rin creates bite-sized mochi desserts made with organic bean paste\, seasonal fruits and flowers produced in NY. She presents a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan by infusing New York’s locally-produced ingredients with Japan’s popular traditional desserts —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace. Website: rin-nyc.com | https://www.instagram.com/rin_nyc URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-new-york-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-17/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/crs_winter-20.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191123T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191123T171500 DTSTAMP:20191118T053515Z CREATED:20190927T201959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191118T053515Z UID:10011034-1574524800-1574529300@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 16 DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing) invites you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal confectionary prepared by mochi Rin. This will be the first concert of the 2019-2020 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. The autumn concert will be held on Saturday\, November 23\, 2019 at CRS. \nTickets are $30 (general) and $20 (students) include wagashi (Japanese confectionary).\nSeating is limited and advanced purchase (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is strongly encouraged. \nProgram\nYachiyo-jishi (by Fujieda-kengyo)\n “Matsukaze” （松風）\nZangiku – Withering Chrysanthemum (by Marty Regan) \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KCMETROPLIS\n“…Under Kimura’s practiced hand\, there were also occasional dramatic and explosive passages. – Koto Concerto: Genji” — The NEWS GAZZETE \nAbout Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music\nNew 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 40 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! \nThis concert series is supported by Mar Creation\, Inc. \nAbout past performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. 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 in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WKCR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and several string quartets. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center. \nHer performances have been featured at many opera and theater works\, such as Michi Wiancko’s Murasaki’s Moon at Metropolitan Museum\, Piestro Mascagni’s Iris by American Symphony Orchestra\, Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi\, Yasuko Yokoshi’s Bell and many others.\n \nKimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo had its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nWebsite: yokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \nmochi Rin creates bite-sized mochi desserts made with organic bean paste\, seasonal fruits and flowers produced in NY. She presents a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan by infusing New York’s locally-produced ingredients with Japan’s popular traditional desserts —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace. Website: rin-nyc.com | https://www.instagram.com/rin_nyc URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-new-york-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-16/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/0.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190810T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190810T171500 DTSTAMP:20190717T193358Z CREATED:20190716T163439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190717T193358Z UID:10006653-1565452800-1565457300@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 15 DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal confectionary prepared by mochi Rin. This will be Vol. 15 and the final concert of the 2018-19 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music\, which is supported by Mar Creations\, Inc. \nThe summer concert will be held on Saturday\, Aug 10\, 2019 at 4 pm in the award-winning White Room at CRS. Tickets are $30 and include wagashi (Japanese confectionary). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is strongly encouraged. \nThe Summer Program: \n– Kagerou no Odori – Mirage Dance – (composed by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)\n– Uya no Tsuki – The Moon on a Rainy Night – (composed by Shosei Nakanoshima) with Ukiyo-e prints \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KCMETROPLIS\n“…Under Kimura’s practiced hand\, there were also occasional dramatic and explosive passages. – Koto Concerto: Genji” — The NEWS GAZZETE \nAbout “Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music“\nNew York’s music scene reflects the diverse and vibrant culture of the city. Kimura\, together with CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing) and Mar Creation\, Inc.\, started this concert series in the fall of 2015. As a Japanese instrumentalist\, Kimura hopes to introduce the brilliance of traditional Japanese music\, which is still being passed on to the new generations after many centuries. Over 30 works from the classical repertoire have so far been performed in the concert series\, and from this season\, the series will feature contemporary pieces as well. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York! \nPast performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. Following her studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts and the NHK School of Traditional Japanese Music\, she studied at Institute of Traditional Japanese Music\, an affiliate of Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WQXR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Euclid Quartet\, Ciompi Quartet\, Freimann String Quartet and the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center\, and performed with American Symphony Orchestra in Pietro Mascagni’s Iris. Kimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo will have its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nWebsite: yokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \nmochi Rin creates bite-sized mochi desserts made with organic bean paste\, seasonal fruits and flowers produced in NY. She presents a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan by infusing New York’s locally-produced ingredients with Japan’s popular traditional desserts —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.\nWebsite: rin-nyc.com | https://www.instagram.com/rin_nyc\nphoto courtesy mochi Rin \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-new-york-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-15/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/18summer.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190428T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190428T171500 DTSTAMP:20190508T193147Z CREATED:20190214T210151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193147Z UID:10006512-1556467200-1556471700@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 14 DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal confectionary prepared by mochi Rin. This will be Vol. 14 and the second concert of the 2018-19 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music\, which is supported by Mar Creations\, Inc. \nThe spring concert will be held on Sunday\, April 28\, 2019 in the award-winning White Room at CRS. Tickets are $30 and include wagashi (Japanese confectionary). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is strongly encouraged. \nProgram\nMurasaki-shikibu (composed by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)\nAkashi (composed by Kitajima-gengyo)\nMurasaki no Fu for solo sangen (composed by Minoru Miki) \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KCMETROPLIS\n“…Under Kimura’s practiced hand\, there were also occasional dramatic and explosive passages. – Koto Concerto: Genji” — The NEWS GAZZETE \nAbout “Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music“\nNew York’s music scene reflects the diverse and vibrant culture of the city. Kimura\, together with CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing) and Mar Creation\, Inc.\, started this concert series in the fall of 2015. As a Japanese instrumentalist\, Kimura hopes to introduce the brilliance of traditional Japanese music\, which is still being passed on to the new generations after many centuries. Over 30 works from the classical repertoire have so far been performed in the concert series\, and from this season\, the series will feature contemporary pieces as well. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York! \nVol. 15 will take place on Saturday\, August 10\, 2019 at 4 pm. \nPast performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. Following her studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts and the NHK School of Traditional Japanese Music\, she studied at Institute of Traditional Japanese Music\, an affiliate of Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WQXR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Euclid Quartet\, Ciompi Quartet\, Freimann String Quartet and the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center\, and performed with American Symphony Orchestra in Pietro Mascagni’s Iris. Kimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo will have its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nWebsite: yokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \nmochi Rin creates bite-sized mochi desserts made with organic bean paste\, seasonal fruits and flowers produced in NY. She presents a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan by infusing New York’s locally-produced ingredients with Japan’s popular traditional desserts —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.\nWebsite: rin-nyc.com | https://www.instagram.com/rin_nyc\nphoto courtesy mochi Rin \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-new-york-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-14/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/190428-Yoko-Reikano-Kimura-image.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T171500 DTSTAMP:20190508T193342Z CREATED:20181005T053253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193342Z UID:10006406-1541347200-1541351700@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 13 DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal confectionary prepared by mochi Rin. This will be Vol. 13 and the first concert of the 2018-19 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music\, which is supported by Mar Creations\, Inc. \nThe autumn concert will be held on Sunday\, November 4th\, 2018 at CRS. Tickets are $30 and include wagashi (Japanese confectionary). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is strongly encouraged. \nProgram\nKumiuta: Shiki no Kyoku – Songs of Four Seasons – (by Yatsuhashi-kengyo)\nYuku Aki – Autumn passing – (by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)\nUsu no Koe (by Shourei YamatoⅢ)\nZangiku – Withering Chrysanthemum – (by Marty Regan) \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times\n“…Kimura’s voice was rich and full-bodied ….” — KCMETROPLIS\n“…Under Kimura’s practiced hand\, there were also occasional dramatic and explosive passages. – Koto Concerto: Genji” — The NEWS GAZZETE \nAbout “Four Seasons in New York – Gems of Japanese Music“\nNew York’s music scene reflects the diverse and vibrant culture of the city. Kimura\, together with CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing) and Mar Creation\, Inc.\, started this concert series in the fall of 2015. As a Japanese instrumentalist\, Kimura hopes to introduce the brilliance of traditional Japanese music\, which is still being passed on to the new generations after many centuries. Over 30 works from the classical repertoire have so far been performed in the concert series\, and from this season\, the series will feature contemporary pieces as well. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York! \nVol. 14 will take place on Sunday\, April 28\, 2019 at 4 pm and Vol. 15 will take place on Saturday\, August 10\, 2019 at 4 pm. \nPast performances: https://www.yokoreikanokimura.com/projects/fourseasons/ \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is a distinguished virtuoso of Japanese koto\, shamisen performer and singer in both traditional and contemporary music. Kimura has concertized in about 20 countries around the world based in New York and Japan. Following her studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts and the NHK School of Traditional Japanese Music\, she studied at Institute of Traditional Japanese Music\, an affiliate of Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Japan. Kimura was awarded a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her teachers include Kono Kameyama\, Akiko Nishigata and Senko Yamabiko\, a Living National Treasure. Awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition and the First prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition. Kimura performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo\, accompanying Danjuro Ichikawa XII. Her performances have been broadcasted on NHK-FM’s Hogaku no Hitotoki\, NPR’s Performance Today and WQXR. As a koto soloist\, Kimura has performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Euclid Quartet\, Ciompi Quartet\, Freimann String Quartet and the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra. As a shamisen soloist\, she performed Kin’ichi Nakanoshima’s Shamisen Concerto at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center\, and performed with American Symphony Orchestra in Pietro Mascagni’s Iris. Kimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. The duo received the Kyoto Aoyama Barock Saal Award in 2015\, and featured at Chamber Music America’s 2016 National Conference\, and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2017. In 2019\, the duo will have its ten-year anniversary recital at Carnegie Hall.\nWebsite: yokoreikanokimura.com | duoyumeno.com \nmochi Rin creates bite-sized mochi desserts made with organic bean paste\, seasonal fruits and flowers produced in NY. She presents a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan by infusing New York’s locally-produced ingredients with Japan’s popular traditional desserts —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.\nWebsite: rin-nyc.com | https://www.instagram.com/rin_nyc URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-new-york-gems-of-japanese-music-vol-13/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/YRK.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180812T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180812T171500 DTSTAMP:20190508T193343Z CREATED:20180516T194056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193343Z UID:10010452-1534089600-1534094100@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music Vol. 12 DESCRIPTION:CRS & Mar Creation\, Inc. invite you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player and vocalist Yoko Reikano Kimura\, offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Mochi Rin. The next concert will take place in the award-winning White Room at CRS on Sunday\, August 12\, 2018 at 4 pm. Tickets are $25 and include delicious wagashi (sweets). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is encouraged. \nProgram;\nChidori no Kyoku – Songs of Plover – (Yoshizawa kengyo)\nShin Sarashi (Fukakusa kengyo/arranged by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima)\nMittsu no Dansho – Three Fragments – (Kin’ichi Nakanoshima) \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times \n“…Kimura’s performance on the solo shamisen was quite stunning. An elegant refined presence perfectly poised\, she played with precision\, beauty and the utmost confidence….” — San Francisco Examiner \nAfter many centuries\, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert series features each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese style confectionaries. \nThis will be the fourth and final concert of Volume 3 of this seasonal series of music concerts called Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. \n\nEach season is expressed through ingredients. Spring traditionally begins with sakura (cherry blossoms)\, broccoli rabe\, strawberries and raspberries\, followed by elderflower\, rose\, edamame and sansho (Japanese pepper) in summer. As autumn approaches we’ll pick chrysanthemum\, apples\, grapes\, chestnuts and hazelnuts; and yuzu and kumquats in winter…. Even within one season\, the taste and the form change gradually from hashiri through nagori. \nMochi Rin / Bite-sized mochi dessert made with organic bean paste\, seasonally fruits and flowers in NY. \nWe present a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.  http://www.rin-nyc.com \n  \n  \nMore about Yoko Reikano Kimura \nAs a frequent soloist and collaborator\, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC\, Chicago\, Tokyo\, Kyoto and many other cities\, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally. \nSince Yoko moved to the US in 2010\, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues\, such as the UN\, Merkin\, Bargemusic\, Roulette\, Princeton University\, Japan Society\, Harvard University\, Princeton University\, the New England Conservatory\, the University of Chicago\, Duke University and many others. http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano/ \nAs part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno\, she has  released the album Flowers\, Birds\, Wind\, Moon:  The Music of Marty Regan. Listen and purchase here. \n\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-in-ny-gems-of-japanese-music-12/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/180812-Yoko-Reikano.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180401T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180401T173000 DTSTAMP:20190508T193417Z CREATED:20180228T025128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193417Z UID:10010409-1522598400-1522603800@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music DESCRIPTION:CRS & Mar Creation\, Inc. invite you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura\, offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Rin NYC. The next concert will take place in the award-winning White Room at CRS on Sunday\, April 1\, 2018 at 4 pm. Tickets are $25 and include delicious wagashi (sweets). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is encouraged. \nThis season’s program will include one song for shamisen (TBA) and two for koto: \nSekiheki no Fu – Prose-poem on the Red Cliff – (Kin’ichi Nakanoshima) koto\n Mittsu no Dansho – Three Fragments – (Kin’ichi Nakanoshima) koto \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times \n“…Kimura’s performance on the solo shamisen was quite stunning. An elegant refined presence perfectly poised\, she played with precision\, beauty and the utmost confidence….” — San Francisco Examiner \nAfter many centuries\, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert series will feature each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese style confectionaries. \nThis will be the third concert of Volume 3 of this seasonal series of music concerts called Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. The final concert in this season is planned for August 12 at 4 pm. \n\nEach season is expressed through ingredients. Spring traditionally begins with sakura (cherry blossoms)\, broccoli rabe\, strawberries and raspberries\, followed by elderflower\, rose\, edamame and sansho (Japanese pepper) in summer. As autumn approaches we’ll pick chrysanthemum\, apples\, grapes\, chestnuts and hazelnuts; and yuzu and kumquats in winter…. Even within one season\, the taste and the form change gradually from hashiri through nagori. \nmochi Rin / Bite-sized mochi dessert made with organic bean paste\, seasonally fruits and flowers in NY. \nWe present a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.  http://www.rin-nyc.com \n  \n  \nMore about Yoko Reikano Kimura \nAs a frequent soloist and collaborator\, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC\, Chicago\, Tokyo\, Kyoto and many other cities\, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally. \nSince Yoko moved to the US in 2010\, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues\, such as the UN\, Merkin\, Bargemusic\, Roulette\, Princeton University\, Japan Society\, Harvard University\, Princeton University\, the New England Conservatory\, the University of Chicago\, Duke University and many others. http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano/ \nAs part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno\, she has  released the album Flowers\, Birds\, Wind\, Moon:  The Music of Marty Regan. Listen and purchase here. \n\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-ny-gems-japanese-music-7/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/kotoyoko.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180119T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180119T203000 DTSTAMP:20190508T193417Z CREATED:20171112T203811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193417Z UID:10007146-1516388400-1516393800@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music & Tea Ceremony DESCRIPTION:CRS & Mar Creation\, Inc. invite you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura\, followed by a rare tea ceremony by Souheki Mori (tea master at Tea Whisk and Setsugekka). After the ceremony\, matcha tea by Setsugekka and beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Rin NYC will be served.  \nThe next concert will take place on Friday\, January 19\, 2018 at 7 pm at CRS. Tickets are $40 and include the tea ceremony and delicious wagashi (sweets). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is encouraged. \nKimura will perform four classical pieces\, including Chanoyu Ondo – The Lead of Tea Ceremony\, while Mori leads Shin-no-gyou daisu temae (真之行台子点前)\, one of the most formal and elaborate styles of tea serving that is very rarely shared in New York. There will also be a surprise musical guest! \nMUSICAL PROGRAM \nKokin-sho for solo jiuta sangen (composed by Seiho Kineya)\nRokudan no Shirabe (composed by Yatsuhashi-kengyo)\nChanoyu Ondo – The Lead of Tea Ceremony – (composed by Yaezaki-kengyo)\nSpring Sea (composed by Michio Miyagi) \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times \n“…Kimura’s performance on the solo shamisen was quite stunning. An elegant refined presence perfectly poised\, she played with precision\, beauty and the utmost confidence….” — San Francisco Examiner \nAfter many centuries\, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert series will feature each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese style confectionaries. \nThis will be the second concert of Volume 3 of this seasonal series of music concerts called Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. The subsequent concerts in this season are planned for April 1 and Aug 12 of 2018 at 4 pm. \n\nEach season is expressed through ingredients. Spring traditionally begins with sakura (cherry blossoms)\, broccoli rabe\, strawberries and raspberries\, followed by elderflower\, rose\, edamame and sansho (Japanese pepper) in summer. As autumn approaches we’ll pick chrysanthemum\, apples\, grapes\, chestnuts and hazelnuts; and yuzu and kumquats in winter…. Even within one season\, the taste and the form change gradually from hashiri through nagori. \nmochi Rin / Bite-sized mochi dessert made with organic bean paste\, seasonally fruits and flowers in NY. \nWe present a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.  http://www.rin-nyc.com \n  \n  \nMore about Yoko Reikano Kimura \nAs a frequent soloist and collaborator\, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC\, Chicago\, Tokyo\, Kyoto and many other cities\, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally. \nSince Yoko moved to the US in 2010\, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues\, such as the UN\, Merkin\, Bargemusic\, Roulette\, Princeton University\, Japan Society\, Harvard University\, Princeton University\, the New England Conservatory\, the University of Chicago\, Duke University and many others. http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano/ \nAs part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno\, she has  released the album Flowers\, Birds\, Wind\, Moon:  The Music of Marty Regan. Listen and purchase here. \n\n\n\nMore about Tae Master Souheki Mori \nSouheki Mori was born in Chiba\, Japan. She studied under the Japan Association of the Tea Ceremony and was certified as a Japanese tea ceremony master in 2003\, and holds the title of Jufuku-an. She established Tea-Whisk Inc in New York to introduce the beauty of the Japanese Tea Ceremony with Junya Mori. Mr. and Mrs. Mori believe that within the tea ceremony is a force invisible and precious\, and that one can achieve spiritual growth through practicing tea. They have hosted tea ceremony at numerous places\, such as The American Museum of Natural History\, Japan week NYC\, Harney & Sons\, Japanese sushi kaiseki restaurant KOSAKA and many others around Tri State. URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-ny-gems-japanese-music-6/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/180119-Reikano-flyer-2-1-e1515191360865.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171105T173000 DTSTAMP:20190508T193417Z CREATED:20170821T204647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193417Z UID:10007110-1509897600-1509903000@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music DESCRIPTION:CRS & Mar Creation\, Inc. invite you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura\, offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Rin NYC. The next concert will take place on Sunday\, November 5\, 2017 at 4 pm at CRS. Tickets are $25 and include delicious wagashi (sweets). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is encouraged. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times \n“…Kimura’s performance on the solo shamisen was quite stunning. An elegant refined presence perfectly poised\, she played with precision\, beauty and the utmost confidence….” — San Francisco Examiner \nAfter many centuries\, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert series will feature each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese style confectionaries. \nThis will be the first concert of Volume 3 of this seasonal series of music concerts called Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. The subsequent concerts in this season are planned for Jan 19 at 7 pm (followed by a special tea ceremony by Souheki Mori of Setsugekka by Tea Whisk) and April 1 and Aug 12 at 4 pm. \n\nEach season is expressed through ingredients. Spring traditionally begins with sakura (cherry blossoms)\, broccoli rabe\, strawberries and raspberries\, followed by elderflower\, rose\, edamame and sansho (Japanese pepper) in summer. As autumn approaches we’ll pick chrysanthemum\, apples\, grapes\, chestnuts and hazelnuts; and yuzu and kumquats in winter…. Even within one season\, the taste and the form change gradually from hashiri through nagori. \nmochi Rin / Bite-sized mochi dessert made with organic bean paste\, seasonally fruits and flowers in NY. \nWe present a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.  http://www.rin-nyc.com \n  \n  \nMore about Yoko Reikano Kimura \nAs a frequent soloist and collaborator\, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC\, Chicago\, Tokyo\, Kyoto and many other cities\, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally. \nSince Yoko moved to the US in 2010\, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues\, such as the UN\, Merkin\, Bargemusic\, Roulette\, Princeton University\, Japan Society\, Harvard University\, Princeton University\, the New England Conservatory\, the University of Chicago\, Duke University and many others. http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano/ \nAs part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno\, she has  released the album Flowers\, Birds\, Wind\, Moon:  The Music of Marty Regan. Listen and purchase here. \n\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-ny-gems-japanese-music-5/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/kotoyoko.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170805T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170805T173000 DTSTAMP:20190508T193508Z CREATED:20170510T225052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193508Z UID:10007052-1501948800-1501954200@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music DESCRIPTION:CRS & Mar Creation\, Inc. invite you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura\, offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Rin NYC. The next concert will take place on Saturday\, August 5\, 2017 at 4 pm at CRS. Tickets are $25 and include delicious wagashi (sweets). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is encouraged. \nAugust’s program will include the following pieces: \nHototogisu – Little Cuckoo – (Yamada-kengyo)\nSarashi (Fukakusa-kengyo)\nOmoide – Nostalgia – (Kimio Eto)\n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times \n“…Kimura’s performance on the solo shamisen was quite stunning. An elegant refined presence perfectly poised\, she played with precision\, beauty and the utmost confidence….” — San Francisco Examiner \nThis will be the fourth in a seasonal series of music concerts called Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music 2016 – 17. After many centuries\, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert series will feature each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese style confectionaries. \n\nEach season is expressed through ingredients. Spring traditionally begins with sakura (cherry blossoms)\, broccoli rabe\, strawberries and raspberries\, followed by elderflower\, rose\, edamame and sansho (Japanese pepper) in summer. As autumn approaches we’ll pick chrysanthemum\, apples\, grapes\, chestnuts and hazelnuts; and yuzu and kumquats in winter…. Even within one season\, the taste and the form change gradually from hashiri through nagori. \nmochi Rin / Bite-sized mochi dessert made with organic bean paste\, seasonally fruits and flowers in NY. \nWe present a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.  http://www.rin-nyc.com \n  \n  \nMore about Yoko \nAs a frequent soloist and collaborator\, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC\, Chicago\, Tokyo\, Kyoto and many other cities\, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally. \nSince Yoko moved to the US in 2010\, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues\, such as the UN\, Merkin\, Bargemusic\, Roulette\, Princeton University\, Japan Society\, Harvard University\, Princeton University\, the New England Conservatory\, the University of Chicago\, Duke University and many others. http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano/ \nAs part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno\, she has just released the album Flowers\, Birds\, Wind\, Moon:  The Music of Marty Regan. Listen and purchase here. \n\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-ny-gems-japanese-music-4/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/170805-Yoko-Kimura.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170422T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170422T193000 DTSTAMP:20190508T193508Z CREATED:20170209T231304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193508Z UID:10006019-1492884000-1492889400@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music DESCRIPTION:CRS & Mar Creation\, Inc. invite you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura\, offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Rin NYC. The next concert will take place on Saturday\, April 22\, 2017 at 6 pm at CRS. Tickets are $25 and include delicious wagashi (sweets). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is encouraged. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times \n“…Kimura’s performance on the solo shamisen was quite stunning. An elegant refined presence perfectly poised\, she played with precision\, beauty and the utmost confidence….” — San Francisco Examiner \nThis will be the third in a seasonal series of music concerts called Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music 2016 – 17. After many centuries\, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert series will feature each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese style confectionaries. The final concert in the series will be held on August 5 at 4 pm. \n\nEach season is expressed through ingredients. Spring traditionally begins with sakura (cherry blossoms)\, broccoli rabe\, strawberries and raspberries\, followed by elderflower\, rose\, edamame and sansho (Japanese pepper) in summer. As autumn approaches we’ll pick chrysanthemum\, apples\, grapes\, chestnuts and hazelnuts; and yuzu and kumquats in winter…. Even within one season\, the taste and the form change gradually from hashiri through nagori. \nmochi Rin / Bite-sized mochi dessert made with organic bean paste\, seasonally fruits and flowers in NY. \nWe present a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.  http://www.rin-nyc.com \n  \n  \nMore about Yoko \nAs a frequent soloist and collaborator\, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC\, Chicago\, Tokyo\, Kyoto and many other cities\, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally. \nSince Yoko moved to the US in 2010\, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues\, such as the UN\, Merkin\, Bargemusic\, Roulette\, Princeton University\, Japan Society\, Harvard University\, Princeton University\, the New England Conservatory\, the University of Chicago\, Duke University and many others. http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano/ \nAs part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno\, she has just released the album Flowers\, Birds\, Wind\, Moon:  The Music of Marty Regan. Listen and purchase here. \n\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-ny-gems-japanese-music-3/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/12817.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170128T123000 DTSTAMP:20190508T193509Z CREATED:20161201T230815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193509Z UID:10006746-1485601200-1485606600@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music DESCRIPTION:CRS & Mar Creation\, Inc. invite you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura\, offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Rin NYC. The next concert will take place on Saturday\, January 28\, 2017 at 4 pm at CRS. Tickets are $25 and include delicious wagashi (sweets). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is encouraged. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times \n“…Kimura’s performance on the solo shamisen was quite stunning. An elegant refined presence perfectly poised\, she played with precision\, beauty and the utmost confidence….” — San Francisco Examiner \nThis will be the second in a seasonal series of music concerts called Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music 2016 – 17. After many centuries\, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert series will feature each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese style confectionaries. Subsequent concerts in the series will be held on April 22 and August 5 at 4 pm. \n\nEach season is expressed through ingredients. Spring traditionally begins with sakura (cherry blossoms)\, broccoli rabe\, strawberries and raspberries\, followed by elderflower\, rose\, edamame and sansho (Japanese pepper) in summer. As autumn approaches we’ll pick chrysanthemum\, apples\, grapes\, chestnuts and hazelnuts; and yuzu and kumquats in winter…. Even within one season\, the taste and the form change gradually from hashiri through nagori. \nmochi Rin / Bite-sized mochi dessert made with organic bean paste\, seasonally fruits and flowers in NY. \nWe present a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.  http://www.rin-nyc.com \n  \n  \nMore about Yoko \nAs a frequent soloist and collaborator\, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC\, Chicago\, Tokyo\, Kyoto and many other cities\, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally. \nSince Yoko moved to the US in 2010\, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues\, such as the UN\, Merkin\, Bargemusic\, Roulette\, Princeton University\, Japan Society\, Harvard University\, Princeton University\, the New England Conservatory\, the University of Chicago\, Duke University and many others. http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano/ \nAs part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno\, she has just released the album Flowers\, Birds\, Wind\, Moon:  The Music of Marty Regan. Listen and purchase here. \n\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-ny-gems-japanese-music-2/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/12817.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161112T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161112T123000 DTSTAMP:20190508T193509Z CREATED:20161026T234321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193509Z UID:10006729-1478948400-1478953800@crsny.org SUMMARY:Four Seasons in NY: Gems of Japanese Music DESCRIPTION:CRS & Mar Creation\, Inc. invite you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura\, offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Rin NYC. The next concert will take place on Saturday\, November 12\, 2016 at 4 pm at CRS. Tickets are $25 and include delicious wagashi (sweets). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is encouraged. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times \n“…Kimura’s performance on the solo shamisen was quite stunning. An elegant refined presence perfectly poised\, she played with precision\, beauty and the utmost confidence….” — San Francisco Examiner \nConcert Program: \nSaga no Aki (Autumn in Saga) with guest shakuhachi player\, Ralph SamuelsonAki Shizuka (Tranquility in Autumn) for solo kotoTsuki no En (Ode to the Moon) for solo shamisen\nThis will be the first in a seasonal series of music concerts called Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music 2016 – 17. After many centuries\, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert series will feature each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese style confectionaries. Subsequent concerts in the series will be held on Jan 28\, April 22 and July 15 at 4 pm. \n \nEach season is expressed through ingredients. Spring traditionally begins with sakura (cherry blossoms)\, broccoli rabe\, strawberries and raspberries\, followed by elderflower\, rose\, edamame and sansho (Japanese pepper) in summer. As autumn approaches we’ll pick chrysanthemum\, apples\, grapes\, chestnuts and hazelnuts; and yuzu and kumquats in winter…. Even within one season\, the taste and the form change gradually from hashiri through nagori. \nmochi Rin / Bite-sized mochi dessert made with organic bean paste\, seasonally fruits and flowers in NY.\nWe present a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.  http://www.rin-nyc.com \nMore about Yoko \nAs a frequent soloist and collaborator\, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC\, Chicago\, Tokyo\, Kyoto and many other cities\, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally. \nSince Yoko moved to the US in 2010\, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues\, such as the UN\, Merkin\, Bargemusic\, Roulette\, Princeton University\, Japan Society\, Harvard University\, Princeton University\, the New England Conservatory\, the University of Chicago\, Duke University and many others. http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano/ \nAs part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno\, she has just released the album Flowers\, Birds\, Wind\, Moon:  The Music of Marty Regan. Listen and purchase here. \n\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/four-seasons-ny-gems-japanese-music/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/crs_autumn.png ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160717T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160717T133000 DTSTAMP:20190508T193141Z CREATED:20160511T235652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193141Z UID:10006318-1468756800-1468762200@crsny.org SUMMARY:Japanese Music Concert with Seasonal Sweets DESCRIPTION:CRS & Mar Creation\, Inc. invite you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Rin NYC. The concert will take place on Sunday\, July 17\, 2016 at 4 pm at CRS. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 on the day of the show and include wagashi (sweets) for the summer season. Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is strongly encouraged. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times \n“…Kimura’s performance on the solo shamisen was quite stunning. An elegant refined presence perfectly poised\, she played with precision\, beauty and the utmost confidence….” — San Francisco Examiner \nThis will be the fourth in a seasonal series of music concerts called Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. After many centuries\, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert series will feature each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese style confectionaries. \nEach season is expressed through ingredients. Spring traditionally begins with sakura (cherry blossoms)\, broccoli rabe\, strawberries and raspberries\, followed by elderflower\, rose\, edamame and sansho (Japanese pepper) in summer. As autumn approaches we’ll pick chrysanthemum\, apples\, grapes\, chestnuts and hazelnuts; and yuzu and kumquats in winter…. Even within one season\, the taste and the form change gradually from hashiri through nagori. \nConcert Program: \nChidori no Kyoku – Song of Plover – (composed by Yoshizawa kengyo) koto solo\nNatsu no Nagame – Ode to Summer – (composed by Yamaki kengyoⅡ) shamisen solo\nChouryū -Tide- (composed by Seiju Suzuki) koto solo \nmochi Rin / Bite-sized mochi dessert made with organic bean paste\, seasonally fruits and flowers in NY.\nWe present a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.  http://www.rin-nyc.com \nMore about Yoko \nAs a frequent soloist and collaborator\, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC\, Chicago\, Tokyo\, Kyoto and many other cities\, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally. \nSince Yoko moved to the US in 2010\, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues\, such as the UN\, Merkin\, Bargemusic\, Roulette\, Princeton University\, Japan Society\, Harvard University\, Princeton University\, the New England Conservatory\, the University of Chicago\, Duke University and many others. http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano/ \nAs part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno\, she has just released the album Flowers\, Birds\, Wind\, Moon:  The Music of Marty Regan. Listen and purchase here. \n\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/japanese-music-concert-with-seasonal-sweets-4/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160717-yoko-crs.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160423T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160423T133000 DTSTAMP:20190508T193141Z CREATED:20160312T033501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193141Z UID:10006247-1461412800-1461418200@crsny.org SUMMARY:Japanese Music Concert with Seasonal Sweets DESCRIPTION:CRS & Mar Creation\, Inc. invite you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Rin NYC. The concert will take place on Saturday\, April 23\, 2016 at 4 pm at CRS. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 on the day of the show and include wagashi (sweets) for the spring season\, which is most celebrated for the brief appearance of the beautiful cherry blossoms. Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is strongly encouraged. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times \n“…Kimura’s performance on the solo shamisen was quite stunning. An elegant refined presence perfectly poised\, she played with precision\, beauty and the utmost confidence….” — San Francisco Examiner \nThis will be the third in a seasonal series of music concerts called Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. After many centuries\, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert series will feature each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese style confectionaries. \nEach season is expressed through ingredients. Spring traditionally begins with sakura (cherry blossoms)\, broccoli rabe\, strawberries and raspberries\, followed by elderflower\, rose\, edamame and sansho (Japanese pepper) in summer. As autumn approaches we’ll pick chrysanthemum\, apples\, grapes\, chestnuts and hazelnuts; and yuzu and kumquats in winter…. Even within one season\, the taste and the form change gradually from hashiri through nagori. \nConcert Program:\nMiyako no Haru (composed by Yamase Shoin Ⅲ) solo shamisen\nSakura-gari (composed by Yamada kengyo) koto\nMirage Dance (composed by Kin’ichi Nakanoshima) solo koto \nmochi Rin / Bite-sized mochi dessert made with organic bean paste\, seasonally fruits and flowers in NY.\nWe present a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.  http://www.rin-nyc.com \nMore about Yoko \nAs a frequent soloist and collaborator\, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC\, Chicago\, Tokyo\, Kyoto and many other cities\, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally. \nSince Yoko moved to the US in 2010\, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues\, such as the UN\, Merkin\, Bargemusic\, Roulette\, Princeton University\, Japan Society\, Harvard University\, Princeton University\, the New England Conservatory\, the University of Chicago\, Duke University and many others. http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano/ \nAs part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno\, she has just released the album Flowers\, Birds\, Wind\, Moon:  The Music of Marty Regan. Listen and purchase here. \n\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/japanese-music-concert-with-seasonal-sweets-3/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/yoko-crs_front.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160213T103000 DTSTAMP:20190508T193142Z CREATED:20160121T031414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193142Z UID:10005886-1455354000-1455359400@crsny.org SUMMARY:Japanese Music Concert with Seasonal Sweets DESCRIPTION:CRS & Mar Creation\, Inc. invite you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Rin NYC. The concert will take place on Saturday\, Feb 13\, 2016 at 2 pm at CRS. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 on the day of the show and include wagashi (sweets) for the winter season. Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is strongly encouraged. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times \n“…Kimura’s performance on the solo shamisen was quite stunning. An elegant refined presence perfectly poised\, she played with precision\, beauty and the utmost confidence….” — San Francisco Examiner \nThis will be the second in a seasonal series of music concerts called Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. After many centuries\, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert series will feature each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese style confectionaries. \nEach season is expressed through ingredients. Spring traditionally begins with sakura (cherry blossoms)\, broccoli rabe\, strawberries and raspberries\, followed by elderflower\, rose\, edamame and sansho (Japanese pepper) in summer. As autumn approaches we’ll pick chrysanthemum\, apples\, grapes\, chestnuts and hazelnuts; and yuzu and kumquats in winter…. Even within one season\, the taste and the form change gradually from hashiri through nagori. \nConcert Program \nRodan no Shirabe (composed by Yatsuhashi-kengyo) koto solo\nHana no Kumo (composed by Shoin Yamase Ⅰ) koto solo\nKyorai (composed by Seiho Kineya) shamisen solo \nmochi Rin / Bite-sized mochi dessert made with organic bean paste\, seasonally fruits and flowers in NY.\nWe present a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.  http://www.rin-nyc.com \nMore about Yoko \nAs a frequent soloist and collaborator\, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC\, Chicago\, Tokyo\, Kyoto and many other cities\, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally. \nSince Yoko moved to the US in 2010\, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues\, such as the UN\, Merkin\, Bargemusic\, Roulette\, Princeton University\, Japan Society\, Harvard University\, Princeton University\, the New England Conservatory\, the University of Chicago\, Duke University and many others. http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano/ \nAs part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno\, she has just released the album Flowers\, Birds\, Wind\, Moon:  The Music of Marty Regan. Listen and purchase here. \n\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/japanese-music-concert-with-seasonal-sweets-2/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/60938999-e38e-4380-95d8-0fffbde1f675.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151128T130000 DTSTAMP:20190508T193143Z CREATED:20151017T022929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T193143Z UID:10006094-1448708400-1448715600@crsny.org SUMMARY:Japanese Music Concert with Seasonal Sweets DESCRIPTION:CRS & Mar Creation\, Inc. invite you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal sweets prepared by Rin NYC. The first concert will take place on Saturday\, Nov 28 at 4 pm at CRS. Tickets are $20 and include wagashi (sweets). Seating is limited and advanced purchased (online\, by phone 212-677-8621\, or in person at CRS) is strongly encouraged. \n“…Yoko Reikano Kimura\, playing the shamisen and singing\, is superb….” — New York Times \n“…Kimura’s performance on the solo shamisen was quite stunning. An elegant refined presence perfectly poised\, she played with precision\, beauty and the utmost confidence….” — San Francisco Examiner \nThis will be the first in a seasonal series of music concerts called Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. After many centuries\, the brilliance of traditional Japanese music is still being passed on to the present day. Come and experience the sounds of koto and shamisen and enjoy the taste of the four seasons here in New York. This concert series will feature each season’s representative traditional works along with the colorful and delicate Japanese style confectionaries. \nEach season is expressed through ingredients. Spring traditionally begins with sakura (cherry blossoms)\, broccoli rabe\, strawberries and raspberries\, followed by elderflower\, rose\, edamame and sansho (Japanese pepper) in summer. As autumn approaches we’ll pick chrysanthemum\, apples\, grapes\, chestnuts and hazelnuts; and yuzu and kumquats in winter…. Even within one season\, the taste and the form change gradually from hashiri through nagori. \nmochi Rin / Bite-sized mochi dessert made with organic bean paste\, seasonally fruits and flowers in NY.\nWe present a new type of mochi that doesn’t quite exist in Japan\, by infusing New York’s locally-sourced ingredients into Japan’s popular traditional dessert —the stuffed mochi rounds\, such as daifuku and sakura-mochi — and mixing in rin\, the element of restrained grace.  http://www.rin-nyc.com \nMore about Yoko \nAs a frequent soloist and collaborator\, Japanese born Koto/Shamisen performer and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura has performed in NYC\, Chicago\, Tokyo\, Kyoto and many other cities\, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire from classical Japanese music to improvisational pieces. Yoko has won numerous awards including the First Prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition as the first Yamada style koto performer. She received the First Prize at the 4th Great Wall International Music Competition and the Osaka Chinese Counsel Award and won the Japanese music audition for NHK-FM radio and her solo shamisen performance was broadcasted nationally. Since then she has performed numerous koto and shamisen pieces for the radio and regularly toured internationally. \nSince Yoko moved to the US in 2010\, her mission has been to promote Japanese music to American audiences. As part of this mission she is performing and giving workshops at various venues\, such as the UN\, Merkin\, Bargemusic\, Roulette\, Princeton University\, Japan Society\, Harvard University\, Princeton University\, the New England Conservatory\, the University of Chicago\, Duke University and many others. http://www.yamadaryu.com/reikano/ \nAs part of the award-winning Duo Yumeno\, she has just released the album Flowers\, Birds\, Wind\, Moon:  The Music of Marty Regan. Listen and purchase here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/japanese-music-concert-with-seasonal-sweets/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Gems of Japanese Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/151128-Concert-Poster1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR