Shamisen Performance by Sato Michiyoshi

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Event Date: 
February 7, 2016 - 1:30pm
Venue: 
Japan House
Address: 
2000 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana
Description: 

JAPAN TWANG!
300 Years of Tsugaru-jamisen in 90 Minutes

Enjoy an entertaining and educational concert with shamisen virtuoso Sato Michiyoshi on his first US tour! Sato is an award-winning performer of Tsugaru-jamisen, a dynamic style of music played with a three-stringed Japanese banjo called a shamisen. The style has been adapted for contemporary audiences, and Sato himself glides between traditional, jazz, rock, and neo-folk modes, performing solo, with his father, and with his genre-crossing Kotobuki BAND. In this one-hour performance, Sato will focus on demonstrating the range and flexibility of the instrument. The event will begin with introductory remarks by Joshua Solomon, a PhD candidate in the University of Chicago’s East Asian Languages.

Presented by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, with co-sponsoring support from Japan House and Robert E. Brown Center for World Music.

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