Kyo-Shin-An Arts and Arts at TCI present
KAMMERAKU ENCORE
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 7:30 PM

Tickets $25 in advance – $30 at the Door
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A W. 13th St., NYC
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An all Schlefer program for Sankyoku and String Quartet featuring the reprise of Tommy and the
world premiere of Bamboo Dances for shakuhachi and strings.
Sumie Kaneko, shamisen
Yoko Reikano Kimura, koto
James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi and
the Arianna String Quartet featuring
John McGrosso and Jane Price, violins
Joanna Mendoza, viola and
Kurt Baldwin, cello.

KYO-SHIN-AN ARTS: Kyo-Shin-An Arts brings Japanese instruments – specifically koto,
shakuhachi and shamisen – to Western classical music by working with established chamber
ensembles, orchestras and great individual performers to bridge two musical cultures. It
introduces composers, players and audiences to the beauty and versatility of Japanese
instruments and the virtuosity of the musicians who play them. Concerts feature a blend of KSA
commissions, other World, American and NY premieres, traditional and contemporary music for
Japanese instruments and Western repertoire. kyoshinan.org

ARTS AT TCI and KYO-SHIN-AN ARTS PRESENT: The excellent acoustics and intimate
gallery setting of the Tenri Cultural Institute create a superb setting for listening to chamber
music and offer audiences the rare opportunity to hear both traditional and contemporary music
from two cultures in a setting similar to the music rooms of the courts and castles of both Europe
and Japan. Over 300 years of chamber music tradition are presented throughout this series.
Performances feature piano trios and string quartets from the great composers of Europe, music
from Japan’s Edo period written for shamisen, koto and shakuhachi
and contemporary music combining Western and Japanese instruments. artsat.tenri.org

A Series of Chamber Music Concerts from Two Classical Traditions, Europe and Japan