East Japan and Tsunami 10th Commemoration : 11 March 2021

04/03/202112/05/2021Don

THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021 FROM 16:00 UTC+11-21:00 UTC+11East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami 10th Commemoration37 Reservoir St, Surry Hills NSW 2010, AustraliaMore information on [more]

Past Concerts

Sydney Int’l Women’s Jazz Festival: 8 November 2020

22/10/202019/02/2021Don

Magic Music: A Festival Finale Opening Doors to Magical Places Sandy Evans: Saxophones Satsuki Odamura: Koto and bass [more]

Past Concerts

Soundlands at Bankstown Arts Centre: 27 September

30/08/201922/10/2020Don

Concert #3 as part of Soundlands: Art Music in the Suburbs 27 October 2019 @ 7 PM. Bankstown Arts Centre. 5 Olympic Parade, [more]

Past Concerts

2019 Koto Festival Gala Concert: 5 October

23/05/201922/10/2020Don

Presented by the Koto Music Institute of Australia. Tickets at http://trybooking.com/BFCMG [more]

Composer's Notes

Hanaikada

18/03/2019Don

花筏 Hanaikada (Flower Raft) – Tadao Sawai (1968) The flower raft courses down the river, pausing at the water’s edge, then streaming down [more]

Composer's Notes

Ginga

18/03/2019Don

銀河　“Ginga” – Tadao Sawai (1984) for koto and sangen “Ginga (The Galaxy) is a piece for koto & shamisen. “Many people call the [more]

Composer's Notes

Koto Futae

18/03/2019Don

箏双重　Koto Futae – Minoru Miki (1973) The first movement shows a peaceful scene in which two kotos sing in the beauty of the [more]

Composer's Notes

Aka no Irodori

18/03/2019Don

赤の彩り Aka no Irodori – Hikaru Sawai (2003) “Red – the Color of Blaze -this piece describes various shades of red in a [more]

Composer's Notes

Sekijun

18/03/2019Don

石筍 Sekijun – Tadao Sawai (1972) The bass koto takes the lead in opening this work for a three-part koto ensemble. In the [more]

Composer's Notes

Godan-kinuta

18/03/201918/03/2019Don

五段砧 Godan-kinuta – Mitsuzaki Kengyo This work originally composed for two kotos is considered the highest point of instrumental development in the sokyoku [more]