Shakuhachi Player
Claremont, CA
Rachel Rudich is an internationally known flutist specializing in contemporary music, repertoire with electronics, movement, and traditional, contemporary, and improvised music for shakuhachi, the Japanese bamboo flute.
Shakuhachi Player
Forest Knolls, CA
Founder/composer of Black Earth Shakuhachi School, Cornelius Boots has forged his own eclectic style as a professional woodwind performer since 1989.
Koto and Jiuta shamisen Player
Los Angeles, CA
Yoko Awaya is one of the leading Koto artists in Southern California who has concertized in major cities throughout the United States. She was also featured in many motion pictures and in the studio recordings for Walt Disney World.
Koto and Shamisen Ensemble
Los Angeles, CA
The Yoko Awaya Koto Music Conservatory (Awayakai) was founded in 1975 in Los Angeles by Yoko Awaya, a koto and jiuta sangen instructor and performing artist.
Biwa Player
Los Angeles, CA
Nobuko Fukatsu is a Biwa (Japanese lute) player based in Los Angeles, California. Born in Japan, she started to study Satsuma-biwa under the prominent biwa musician Yoshiko Sakata in 2005.
Taiko Player
Los Angeles, CA
Isaku Kageyama is a taiko performer and educator working with Los Angeles Taiko
Institute and Asano Taiko US UnitOne. His resume includes performances on
networks such as NBC and VH1, venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and
tours of across the world.
Composer
Los Angeles, CA
Isaku Kageyama is an eclectic music composer and producer. His music has been broadcast in countries such as the United States, UK, Italy, South Korea, and Norway.
Koto and Jiuta shamisen Player
Los Angeles, CA
Saeko Kujiraoka began studying the Ikuta technique of Koto playing in Tokyo, Japan. She received an advanced degree in Koto, Sangen, and classical singing from the Michio Miyagi School of Koto in Japan.
Harp and Koto Group
Los Angeles, CA
Hear the lyrical sound of these Western and Eastern stringed instruments played together. A musical partnership between Saeko Kujiraoka and Miriam Suzuki, Harp & Koto Duo’s original renditions of traditional and contemporary melodies cross musical and cultural borders and delight audiences of all ages.
Koto, Jiuta shamisen, and Shinobue Player
Los Angeles, CA
Born and raised in the Tohoku area in Japan and having lived in Tokyo as well, Kozue is now based in the Los Angeles area.
