Koto Player
Sacramento, CA
Michiyo Koga is a virtuoso koto, piano, and vocal artist who has been playing koto since childhood. She began her classical piano training at age 5, continuing to voice training at the age of 15.
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Rieko Kotoku（古徳 里江子）
Taiko Player
Sacramento, CA
She was born and raised in Tottori, Japan. She joined Sacramento Taiko Dan in 2006, where she has been a performer for the last 10 years under the mentorship of Tiffany Tamaribuchi.
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KOHAKU（琥珀）
Japanese Traditional and Contemporary Performing Arts (Kagura Dance, Taiko, Interpretive Dance)
Sacramento, CA
KOHAKU is a unique performance collaborative based in Sacramento that specializes in traditional and contemporary Japanese performing arts, such as Kagura dance (Sacred dance of Shinto shrines), Taiko drum and a variety of other celebrated cultural music and dance.
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Kristy Oshiro
Taiko Player
Sacramento, CA
Kristy Oshiro is a professional taiko artist based in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Tsubaki Ensemble
Japanese Folk Music and Dance Group
Sacramento, CA
Tsubaki Ensemble is a Japanese folk music and dance group based in Sacramento California.
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SOKO Taiko
Taiko Group
Sacramento, CA
SOKO Taiko is a collective of students and taiko groups who study under Kristy Oshiro.
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Handa Utasetsu（半田 雅楽節）/ Setsuko Handa（半田 節子）
Koto and Jiuta shamisen Player
San Francisco, CA
Ms. Handa began studying koto at the age of 50 years old after moving to the USA by marriage. Before then, she worked as a researcher/educator of Science at a national university in Japan for 24 years.
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Masazuka-kai
Koto and Shamisen Ensemble
San Francisco, CA
Masazuka-kai was originally established in 1980 by the late Grand Master Ms. Sato Masazuka as the Sato Masazuka-kai.
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Hyo-shin Na
Composer
San Francisco, CA
After studying piano and composition in her native Korea, Hyo-shin Na came to the U.S. in 1983 to do graduate work at the Manhattan School of Music and the University of Colorado, where she received her doctorate. After moving to San Francisco in 1988, she met Cage, Rzewski, Wolff and Takahashi, and encountered the music of Nancarrow.
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Wooden Fish Ensemble
Koto/Bass koto, Piano and Composer Group
San Francisco, CA
The Wooden Fish Ensemble presents concerts of music and musicians from a variety of cultural and national backgrounds working together in a collaborative way.