Join us at Japan House (2000 South Lincoln, Urbana) on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. for an entertaining and educational concert with shamisen virtuoso Sato Michiyoshi on his first US tour! Sato is an award-winning performer of Tsugaru-jamisen, a dynamic style of music played with a three-stringed Japanese banjo called a shamisen. The style has been adapted for contemporary audiences, and Sato himself glides between traditional, jazz, rock, and neofolk modes, performing solo, with his father, and with his genre-crossing Kotobuki BAND. In this one-hour performance, Sato will focus on demonstrating the range and flexibility of the instrument. The event will begin with introductory remarks by Joshua Solomon, a PhD candidate in the University of Chicago’s East Asian Languages and Civilizations program. Free and open to all.
Sponsored by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, the Center for World Music, and Japan House!
Thanks to the Japan House listserv for this information item.
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