"Musical Storytelling from Medieval Japan""Musical Storytelling from Medieval Japan"http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/120892Stokes Auditorium2010-03-18T19:00:002010-03-18T20:30:00
March 18, 7:00PM
Stokes Auditorium
A Lecture and Performance of Selections from the Tale of Heike by Master Performer Yoko Hiraoka on the Biwa (Japanese Lute)
Description
The Humanities Center and the Kessinger Family Fund for Asian Performing Arts is sponsoring an event entitled, "Musical Storytelling from Medieval Japan: a Lecture and Performance of Selections from the Tale of Heike by Master Performer Yoko Hiraoka on the Biwa (Japanese Lute)."
Yoko Hiraoka is a senior master performer of Biwa, Koto, Shamisen and Jiuta voice. She is a native of Kyoto, Japan and studied classical and modern koto and shamisen music from an early age. She studied Chikuzen 5-string Biwa for many years with Kõka Suga, the head of Kõmyõji-ryû Chikuzen Biwa and direct disciple of Yamazaki Kyokusui the Living National Treasure.
Link: http://www.japanesestrings.com/
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