March 6, 2010
Annual Gagaku Concert

Program:
Part I: Traditional
     Hyōjō netori
     Etenraku
     Bairo
     Kashin
     Taishikichō netori
     Gakkaen
     Batō
     Banshikichō netori
     Hakuchū

Part II: Contemporary
     Sunao Isaji, "Dancing Flute-Playing Girl" (2009), hichiriki solo
     Takeshi Sasamoto, "Dōmu"
     Elizabeth Brown, "Rubicon" (2009), new commission and world premiere

Remi Miura (shō)
Hitomi Nakamura (hichiriki)
Takeshi Sasamoto (ryūteki)
Columbia Gagaku Instrumental Ensemble of New York

Miller Theater, Columbia University (map)

Related event: February 20, 2010
Music from Japan presents Sukeyasu Shiba's Gagaku Universe

Future Events

Glories of the Japanese Traditional Music Heritage - Concert I
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Low Library Rotunda, Columbia University
Organized and Presented by the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies
"Winds and Strings of Change"
A concert of Traditional and Innovative Works in honor of Tōru Takemitsu (Columbia University Honorary Doctorate, 1996) performed by eminent masters:
     Yoko Nishi, koto (multiple-stringed zither)
     Kifu Mitsuhashi, shakuhachi (end-blown bamboo flute)
     Yukio Tanaka, biwa (short-necked lute)
     and others to be annouced
     
Glories of the Japanese Traditional Music Heritage - Concert II
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Miller Theatre, Columbia University
Organized and Presented by the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies
"Japanese Sacred Court Music and Ancient Soundscapes Reborn"
Performed by the renowned Japan Gagaku musicians:
     Mayumi Miyata, shō (free-reed, 17-pipe organ)
     Remi Miura, shō
     Hitomi Nakamura, hichiriki (double-reed vertical flute)
     Takeshi Sasamoto, ryūteki (transverse flute)
     and others to be annouced
with the Columbia Gagaku Instrumental Ensemble of New York