Podcasts Other Freer|Sackler Concert Series Reiko Kimura: Traditional and Contemporary Music for Japanese Koto

Reiko Kimura: Traditional and Contemporary Music for Japanese Koto

Published: Jan. 15, 1998, 6:22 p.m.

Three centuries of music for Japanese koto are performed by virtuoso Reiko Kimura in this concert, recorded at the Freer Gallery on January 15, 1998. Compositions range from the exquisitely delicate to the rambunctiously adventuresome, and feature both the traditional thirteen-string koto and the contemporary twenty-string koto. This concert was presented in cooperation with Music ...