Kazue Sawai is a koto player who is doing some interesting things with contemporary Japanese music. It's getting late and maybe I'll edit this post later, but I'll say now that this was a tour de force of state of the art koto playing and composition for the koto, as showcased by Sawai's koto ensemble, which included 3 bass kotos (amazing sound). The shamisen ensemble was also very cool.
I met a couple of local Japanese music instructors (for shamisen and shakuhachi). Hopefully this will lead to more music connections in the DC area and opportunities to see more live Japanese music.
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