Podcasts Other Freer|Sackler Concert Series Contemporary Music for Japanese Instruments: Sawai Koto Ensemble

Contemporary Music for Japanese Instruments: Sawai Koto Ensemble

Published: May 4, 2001, 5:22 p.m.

Hear the exhilarating music of the late Japanese composer Tadao Sawai and his son Hikaru Sawai, performed by this twenty-piece ensemble of traditional Japanese instruments. Kazue Sawai and her ensemble have collaborated with such composers as John Zorn, John Cage, and Sofia Gubaidulina, and appeared at Lincoln Center and the Bang on a Can Festival ...