Imaginary Landscapes: Japanese Music and Beyond
Duo YUMENO presents a unique performance of contemporary Japanese and American music

The New York based Duo YUMENO - koto/shamisen musician Yoko Reikano Kimura and cellist Hikaru Tamaki - will present its singular fusion of sound which has been praised as "exquisite" and "compelling" in a concert featuring the Midwest premiere of But Beautiful, a newly commissioned work by Takuma Itoh and A Glinting Edge of Sky by Donald Womack. The diverse program will include works by J. S. Bach, Kin’ichi Nakanoshima and more.

The duo will present its annual recital in Higashi-matsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture.

The concert will feature Daron Hagen's Grandioso, the final chapter of the suite inspired by The Tale of Heike. The program also includes works by Takuma Itoh, Kin'ichi Nakanoshima and Sayaka Ishiguro.

The duo will return to the historic Myonichi-kan Auditorium, which was designed by Arata Endo - one of Frank Lloyd's pretege - to present its cross-cultural program.

The concert will feature Daron Hagen's Grandioso, the final chapter of the suite inspired by The Tale of Heike. The program also includes works by Takuma Itoh, Kin'ichi Nakanoshima and Sayaka Ishiguro.

The duo will present a recital and workshop at University of Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia with composer, Marty Regan.

More details will follow.

The duo will perform for the first time in the beautiful city of Camden.

This concert is part of the First Congregational Church's Friends of Music series.

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.