Sunday, April 1, 2012

Famous Japanese Koto Musicians

Japanese Koto

Kazue Sawai
Midare
Composed by Kengyou Yashuashi


Reiko Kimura
Rhapsody for Twenty-String Koto
Composed by Minoru Miki

Minoru Miki (1930-2011)

Masayo Ishigure
Flying Like A Bird
Composed by Tadao Sawai


Koto - Michio Miyagi
Syakuhachi (Bamboo Flute) - Reifu Hirokado 
Haru No Umi (The Sea In Spring)
Michio Miyagi (1894-1956)


Michiyo Yagi
Song of the Steppes


Kazue Sawai plays the Bass Koto


More at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Miyagi
http://www.miyagikai.gr.jp/english/kinenkan/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazue_Sawai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Miki
http://www.m-miki.com/index_e.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsQ-mgXVtJw

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