Composer Miya Masaoka has started playing the "Laser Koto," a futuristic version of the traditional Japanese stringed instrument, the Koto, that's been around since the 8th century. Masaoka outfitted ...

When one of the premier koto instrumentalists in Japan arrived this week to prepare for a concert Friday in Naperville’s Nichols Library, he had no trouble finding his way. That’s because koto player ...

The Washington Toho Koto Society has scheduled its 30th anniversary concert of Japanese koto music for 2 p.m. Nov. 4 in Annandale. The free concert, to be followed by a reception and an opportunity to ...

When it comes to the traditional Japanese music of the koto, most South Florida concertgoers literally don’t know what they’ve been missing. Then again, neither do a lot of folks in Japan. “I would ...

With a bow to Conductor Leopold Stokowski, a bow to the Philadelphia Orchestra, a bow to the audience in Manhattan’s Philharmonic Hall, stocky Kimio Eto adjusted his formal robes and settled before a ...

Just as every cultured Western household during the early 20th century was expected to have a piano in the parlor, almost all Japanese upper-class households, until well past World War II, had a koto.

Hope College will present "An Evening of Japanese Music" on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music. The public is invited. Admission is free. The concert will ...

A band of koto performers– a traditional Japanese musical instrument – will play at the National Composers Union of Ukraine concert hall. The instrument derives from the Chinese guzheng or qin. It’s ...

Japanese-studies specialist and Japanese language teacher Katarzyna Karpowicz tells us about playing the koto and the Japanese musical avant-garde. Filip Lech: How did you end up in Japan? Katarzyna ...

AKB48 is not a band, or even a pop group: AKB48 is a hate crime. With "Koko ni Ita Koto," pop music has reached its lowest ebb. And that is precisely why this album is not my favorite of the year, but ...