Hiroshima Peace Concert
West Park Presbyterian Church, 165 W 86th St, New York, NY 10024, West Park Presbyterian Church, 165 W 86th St, New York, NY 10024, NYC, NY
Hiroshima Hougaku Federation
and East Winds Ensemble present
Hiroshima Peace Concert
A unique concert of Shakuhachi and Koto timeless music that will dazzle your senses. Discover or rediscover Japanese music with these exceptional musicians.
Hiroshima Hougaku Federation (Hiroshima Traditional Japanese Music Federation) was founded in 1993. The federation’s members, residing in Hiroshima Prefecture, consists of accomplished professional performers who have been awarded first prizes and awards of excellence at nationwide competitions for traditional Japanese music. Their president Tomoko Fukumori is an accomplished third generation Koto master who has lead the group on many international tours. East Winds Ensemble’s director Marco Lienhard has collarborated on many occasions with this wonderful group and will be presenting an exciting program of Koto and Shakuhachi music including favorites such as Haru no Umi and a special composition a Prayer for Tohoku honoring the victims of the Tsunami.
The Hiroshima Hougaku Federation is spreading its music to the world to bring peace to the world. Special concerts in area schools and at the United Nations will be part of this tour.
When: Friday, May 1st, 2015 at 8 PM
Where: West Park Presbyterian Church, 165 W 86th St, New York, NY 10024
Tickets: $15; Seniors, Students, Children: $10
Train: Subway 1 to 86th Street
Koto: Tomoko Fukumori; Shakuhachi: Marco Lienhard and the Hiroshima Hougaku Federation
Quotes from the Media:
“ An amazing Shakuhachi player Marco Lienhard has truly a very gifted and wonderful sense of musicality. Not since “ National Treasure” Yamaguchi Goro’s rendition of Kinko Honkyoku music have I felt the need to listen to more of his music. His powerful and heartfelt rendition of Amazing Grace reminded me of such gospel singers as Mahalia Jackson. ” Hogaku Journal, Tokyo
“Marco Lienhard, a Swiss-born master of the shakuhachi played with malleable, expressive attacks, …deep in terms of profundity if not pitch. One can hear already in a single tone the sound of the whole cosmos, the sadness and beauty of the past.”
JAMES R. OESTREICH, New York Times
This performance is made possible in part by funds from East Winds, Inc. and in part with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and fro mthe New York city Immigrant Initiative grant. It is possible in part with public fund from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Foundation.
Contact: Marco Lienhard, 646-418-8808 or shaku8@mac.com, MarcoLienhard.com