James Nyoraku Schlefer and Yoko Reikano Kimura of Kyo-Shin-An Arts performed on shakuhachi and koto, and discussed the musical features, aesthetics and history of Japanese music on Feb. 21 in the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building.
Kimura and Schlefer were at Duke to perform with the Ciompi Quartet in a concert sponsored by the Encounters: with the music of our time new music series. The concert combined traditional Japanese and Western instruments in a program that included works commissioned from Daron Hagen and Paul Moravec.
The Duke University Asian & Pacific Studies Institute and the Ethnomusicology Working Group also sponsored Kimura's and Schlefer's visit.
Department of Music