​Koto Workshop and Concert: “Setagaya Koto Café 2019”

Michiyo Yagi​

(21-string koto, 17- and 18-string bass kotos,13-string koto, electronics, voice)

 

Michiyo Yagi studied the traditional Japanese transverse harp known as the koto under the late Tadao Sawai and Kazue Sawai, and graduated from the NHK Professional Training School for Traditional Musicians. During her subsequent tenure as Visiting Professor of Music at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, U.S.A. she premiered numerous modern compositions for koto and came under the influence of maverick American composers such as John Cage, Christian Wolff, Conlon Nancarrow, and John Zorn.