Discovering the Music of Japan (1966), written and produced ... and performance techniques of Japan’s three major traditional instruments: the koto, shamisen, and shakuhachi.

While much postwar koto music was composed by the performers themselves or composers trained in classical hogaku, many Western-trained Japanese composers, enchanted by the possibilities of the ...

The koto sounds come from Michiyo Yagi, a koto player, improviser and composer. Her music spans genres and is impossible to define. She has incredible breadth, perhaps unparalleled in the koto or ...

The Koto Music Institute of Australia's special guest was the Japanese virtuoso, teacher and pioneer, Kazue Sawai, whose beautiful touch, spirited sense of drama and remarkable dynamic range were ...