The koto's timbre. . .gives the music an ethereal air, quite fitting since the koto was an ancient instrument identified with the voice of the spirit in medieval times My wife and I are sitting in ...

There is a wealth of contemporary compositions for the koto. Since the war, various Japanese composers have expanded the repertoire of this ancient string instrument and provided new contexts for its ...

As a freshman majoring in Asian studies and music at Augustana College, Jeff Wichmann was doubly entranced when he first saw the koto being played. The koto, a 6-foot long, horizontal stringed ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Here was a concert to eliminate perceptions of the koto being an inherently limited instrument. The models ranged from five strings to ...

Pick your favourite, because these were just some of the adjectives used to describe the four-song set performed by Japanese musician Sumie Kaneko on Thursday at an event hosted by the Embassy of ...

is a master of the koto. As a representative of the Sawai International Koto School, Satsuki has pioneered the introduction of teaching & performing on this ancient Japanese instrument since her ...

Improvisation is the hallmark of jazz. The potential for variations of style and instrumentation is limitless in this free-form musical idiom. So it came as no surprise when, for its current ...

When Leo Konno was first introduced to the koto, he was struggling to communicate with his fourth-grade classmates at Yokohama International School. Konno is Japanese and American, but he spoke only ...

NEYAGAWA, Osaka -- After tens of thousands of adjustments and eight years of hard work, a craftsman in west Japan has finally created a mechanical doll that plays the "koto" traditional string ...