As a special guest, Taka Kigawa will perform the following two pieces of music with the shamisen player, Yoko Reikano Kimura:

Katsutoshi Nagasawa: Concerto for Shamisen (piano reduction version, 1967)

Marty Regan: Shamisen Concerto, No. 1 "Polaris" (piano reduction version, world premiere, 2016)

The program also includes:

Kin'ichi Nakanoshima: Banshiki-cho (1941)

Seiho Kineya: Tsuki no En - from the Noh song Miidera-Temple (1959)

Yoko Sato: Not a Single Cloud Exists (2015)

Toshi Ichiyanagi: Rinkai-iki - Critical Zone - (1983)

For tickets: Yoko Reikano Kimura - January 8th at 7pm at National Opera Center

Performers:

Yoko Reikano Kimura (shamisen)

Hikaru Tamaki (cello)

Taka Kigawa (piano)