The duo will perform in the monthly concert series, which features New York based Japanese musicians in various genres. The event will be streamed live and later posted on Consulate General of Japan in New York's Facebook page. The program will include works by Marty Regan, Yoko Sato, Takuma Itoh and Lou Harrison.

New York based Duo YUMENO - Yoko Reikano Kimura (koto/Japanese 13-string zither, shamisen/Japanese long-neck lute and voice) and Hikaru Tamaki (violoncello) - presents a concert of contemporary works, as well as classical Western and Japanese music.

The duo is celebrating the recent release of its first album, Flowers, Birds, Wind, Moon: The Music of Marty Regan, which features the first and only significant duo written for koto and violoncello. The internationally acclaimed composer Marty Regan was commissioned by the duo to write this suite over the course of four years, and the recording was completed in early 2015.

The blending of these two instruments was praised as "exquisite" and "compelling" by the Aoyama Music Award jury (Kyoto, Japan), which awarded the duo the 2014 Baroque Saal Prize.

The concert will also feature newly commissioned works by the renowned composer Daron Hagen and by Yoko Satō.

Place: Marc A. Scorca Hall, the National Opera Center America (330 Seventh Ave, 7th Floor, NYC)

Time: Sunday, October 18th, 1:00-2:30PM  (short reception to follow)

Admission: $18 ($20 at the door)  Adults, $10 Seniors and students

NOTE: Seating is limited to 70 guests. Please order tickets online (http://brownpapertickets.com/event/2272779) or email info[at]duoyumeno.com with your name and the number of people in your party for guaranteed seating.

Currently residing in Cambridge as Clare Hall Visiting Research Fellow, composer Marty Regan presents a concert of traditional and contemporary works for Japanese instruments, featuring guest artists Duo YUMENO.

The program will feature selected movements from Regan's multi-movement work, Flowers, Birds, Wind, Moon, as well as works by Daron Hagen, Toshiro Mayuzumi and Kitajima-kengyo.

The duo will make its DC debut at the 2017 National Cherry Blossom Festival and celebrate the friendship between the US and Japan.