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]

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]

火垂る　Hotaru [Fire Flies] – Tadao Sawai (1980)    Sawai’s response to a moving short story about a young boy and his infant sister starving [more]

琉球民謡による組曲 Ryukyu Minyo ni yoru Kumikyoku – Yutaka Makino (1966) Due to the structure of the koto and its 13 movable bridges, the instrument [more]

千鳥の曲　Chidori no Kyoku [Song of Plovers] –  Yoshizawa Kengyo (1800-1872) Chidori no Kyoku is one of a set of compositions for voice and [more]

Mizu no Hentai 水の変態 – Michio Miyagi (1908)           During the summer when he was aged 13, Michio moved to Incheon in Korea. He supported [more]

祭りの太鼓 Matsuri no Taiko – Michio Miyagi (1947) The composer, Michio Miyagi, started the New Music Tradition in the 1920’s.  This tradition came [more]

Midnight Rain – Elizabeth Falconer (1989) Growing up in lush rainy Oregon, I feel a very close affinity with the sound of rain. [more]

箏のための小協奏曲ファンタジア Small Concerto for Koto ~ Fantasia –   Tadao Sawai 1970 It is an indoor concerto with solo koto and koto group, each [more]

百花譜  Album of One Hundred Flowers Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter – Tadao Sawai This piece consists of linked parts representing the seasons. Spring, [more]

Burning House  – Liza Lim Original Japanese poem by Izumi Shikibu Translations by Jane Mansfield and Mariko Aratani. English translation: Wakened by the [more]

Chinkon  鎮魂– Mark Isaacs CHINKON for solo bass koto is named after the Japanese word meaning to ”calm the spirits”. It was commissioned [more]