upcoming events.
![Concerts from Kirkwood](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/18a57710-803e-4baa-87ee-a35ba59301e7/%C2%A9%EF%B8%8ERobert_Essel.jpg)
Concerts from Kirkwood
INTERWOVEN’s Virginia Tour begins at the Kirkwood Presbyterian Church in Spring Field, VA.
Yoko Reikano Kimura, Koto/Shamisen/Voice
Keiko Tokunaga, Violin
Mihai Marica, Violoncello
Program TBA
![Odeon Chamber Music Series](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1716208967011-1FXAF87QZ47QF3QF9K85/20230106_CMA_web-447.jpg)
Odeon Chamber Music Series
Odeon Chamber Music Series celebrates 25 years of bringing world-class chamber music to Falls Church, VA.
INTERWOVEN will bring a program that features two Japanese Hougaku instruments: Koto and Shamisen.
![INTERWOVEN at Colby College](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1694092056650-PYKM2FDSTUF2A1ZMLOIM/INTERWOVEN-046+mini.jpg)
INTERWOVEN at Colby College
INTERWOVEN ‘s mini residency at Colby College is to include workshops with the ethnomusicology and composition departments, as well as a recital. More details soon!
![Striking Objects: INTERWOVEN at the National Museum of Asian Art](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1725120376866-WS0BWOQPCZ0R3KEPK5KE/Interwoven-31.jpg)
Striking Objects: INTERWOVEN at the National Museum of Asian Art
“Giving permanence to invisible, ever-moving lines and shapes I perceive from the world”
Inspired by the words of Ōsumi Yukie, a master of contemporary Japanese metalwork, INTERWOVEN performs intercultural compositions that weave together musical and artistic threads that represent diverse aesthetics, traditions and history.
Works by Daron Hagen, Michael Ippolito, as well as a world premiere performance of Madoka Mori’s new composition.
![UCLA: Weaving the sounds together](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1716209455383-D899YWW1W8HH1Z5VCJV4/3-DSC08673.jpg)
UCLA: Weaving the sounds together
INTERWOVEN’s very own gamin presents “Weaving the Sounds Together”, a mini residency program that includes lectures, workshops and a performance of multicultural contemporary compositions that feature traditional Korean instruments: piri, saenghwang and taeppyongso.
![Worlds Apart: Music, Nostalgia, and Absence in Canada's Diasporic Communities since 1945](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1710182291792-3FRVMB3UOF4V8I1074OB/Worlds+Apart+-+Conference+Poster+%281%29.jpg)
Worlds Apart: Music, Nostalgia, and Absence in Canada's Diasporic Communities since 1945
A conference and concert series at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
Worlds Apart will be a two-day conference and recital series that explores how refugees and displaced peoples in Canada have used music to “fill” cultural absences, create diasporic communities, and build intercultural bridges since 1945. After the Allied victory at the end of the Second World War, the four largest waves of refugees entering Canada have been directly connected to East-West geopolitical tensions (e.g. the 250,000 Central and Eastern Europeans who fled Communism between 1947-1952; the 60,000 Vietnamese and Cambodians who fled communism between 1979-1980 [Molloy et al., 2016]; the 60,795 [and counting] Syrians who fled civil war since 2011 prior to the recent natural disaster; and the 137,797 [and counting] Ukrainian citizens who have arrived since 24 February 2022 as emergency three-year temporary residents [Government of Canada, 2023]). Consequently, this period in Canada’s migration history is distinguished by the profound impact of (post-)Cold War conflicts. These same events have informed Canada’s divergent approaches to nation-building at home and its exertion of “soft power” abroad.
INTERWOVEN’s co-artistic director, Dr. Sean Wang will appear as a lecturer/performer alongside Yoko Reikano Kimura and Hikaru Tamaki for an educational discussion on intercultural music.
![INTERWOVEN in Vancouver](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1710796993582-6E81L2FNEN2R6GIF7F0W/INTERWOVEN_Eventbrite+2160x1080+DRAFT1.jpg)
INTERWOVEN in Vancouver
This performance is made possible by: Canada Council for the Arts
Persented by: Musewest
Program TBD
![Soundcheck! Festival 2024](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1710182100687-EVSX42YZJYW59UZ20B0B/INTERWOVEN_FANTASIA_BECKY+YEE+3.jpg)
Soundcheck! Festival 2024
Sound Check! A Festival of Asian American Music, Sound and Scholarship is a celebration of Asian American music and dance.
The two concerts showcase everything from traditional Cambodian dance to ambient music and rap, and from reimagined Filipino kundiman songs to music that combines Western Classical and Korean traditional instruments.
INTERWOVEN’s co-artistic director, Dr. Sean Wang will appear as a lecturer/performer alongside gamin for an educational discussion on intercultural music.
![Women's Club Englewood presents INTERwOVEN](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1710797881536-M78MWP22K2HRHDELJ16C/Carriage+House+Concerts.jpg)
Women's Club Englewood presents INTERwOVEN
GRAMMY award-winning violinist Keiko Tokunaga and shamisen/koto player Yoko from Ensemble INTERWOVEN joining cellist Ani Kalayjian to perform in a program titled "Memoirs of the Earth", featuring works that have nature as an inspiration, the stunning music by Japanese composers.
![FantAsia!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1694092300933-YUHNRBB30JVTV9ZAVBGY/INTERWOVEN-photo-mini.jpeg)
FantAsia!
FantAsia!, by INTERWOVEN, is a concert program and event celebrating the composition of Asian folklore-inspired works on the night of the Lunar New Year 2024. Taking place in Washington Heights, this project will include three original composition commissions, three world premiere performances, include a live discussion held at intermission with our commissioned composers, Stephanie Chou, Vicente Hansen Atría, and Michael Ippolito, and finish with a post-concert reception of Asian delicacies curated by a neighborhood Asian restaurant.
![Hill & Hollow Music](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1671071003213-QEBMJ69T041NZWEAQ0IX/IMG_1807.jpg)
Hill & Hollow Music
INTERWOVEN will be performing a series of concerts at Hill & Hollow Music— Stay tuned for updates!
![Preview: Chinatown Arts Week](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/9a469e77-192c-49d1-b3f5-6a562a3ea1b8/image_50398465.jpg)
Preview: Chinatown Arts Week
INTERWOVEN returns to Elizabeth Street Garden for a preview event of Chinatown Arts Week 2023! It is a free performance— come by and enjoy the music in one of the most beloved parks in New York City.
![INTERWOVEN & NACMS at the Metropolitan Museum](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1694092056650-PYKM2FDSTUF2A1ZMLOIM/INTERWOVEN-046+mini.jpg)
INTERWOVEN & NACMS at the Metropolitan Museum
INTERWOVEN and New Asia Chamber Music Society join forces in presenting a program featuring Yoko Reikano Kimura.
This event is reserved for the Patrons of the MET.
![Inside The Met: Conversations and Concerts](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1683316155102-HH0UIMADBP84Q3HY1R48/unsplash-image-pRtWCtEZLCc.jpg)
Inside The Met: Conversations and Concerts
The New Asia Chamber Music Society x INTERWOVEN
Taiwanese-born violist and erhu player Wei-Yang Andy Lin is one of the most important performers specializing in both western and eastern instruments. In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Lin will be joined by members of the New Asia Chamber Music Society and the chamber ensemble INTERWOVEN.
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served from 5:30 to 6 pm and resume after the conversation or concert until 7:30 pm. Conversations and Concerts for Patrons are open to The Champion’s Circle and above. Please show your Patron card, which admits two, at the Patrons Lounge.
For more information, visit https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/members/insidethemet
![CRS Presents: interwoven at resobox](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1672600817592-8RG22UKFFJTHBF59B6KW/INTERWOVEN-046+mini.jpg)
CRS Presents: interwoven at resobox
Center for Remembering and Sharing presents: INTERWOVEN at Resobox
CROSSCURRENTS
Program:
JungYoon Wie: A Popular Tune for string quartet
Kin'ichi Nakanoshima: Sekiheki no Fu - Red Cliff for Koto, Erhu and Voice
Yang Yong: River Songs for Erhu and Cello
Takuma Itoh: Crosscurrents for Shamisen and Violin
Debussy: String Quartet
Yoko Reikano Kimura, Shamisen/Voice
Andy Lin, Erhu/Viola
Emilie-Anne Gendron & Keiko Tokunaga, Violins
Nan-Cheng Chen, Cello
![INTERWOVEN at Longy School of Music](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1671071003213-QEBMJ69T041NZWEAQ0IX/IMG_1807.jpg)
INTERWOVEN at Longy School of Music
Program:
Kin'ichi Nakanoshima: Sekiheki no Fu (Red Cliff), arranged for Koto and Erhu
Kin'ichi Nakanoshima: Banshiki-cho for Shamisen
Yang Yong: River Songs
Takuma Itoh: Crosscurrents
Tien-Hua Liu: Walking forwards the bright future
Daron Hagen: Selections from Heike Quinto
Thomas Osborne: Tumbling from the Ninth Height of Heaven
Yoko Reikano Kimura, Koto/Shamisen/Voice
Andy Lin, Erhu/Viola
Keiko Tokunaga, Violin
Hikaru Tamaki, Cello
![Chamber Music America: Ensemble Showcase](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1671070534605-JYCKPCXRZMBPZOMJT1MK/CMA-Logo-PNG.png)
Chamber Music America: Ensemble Showcase
INTERWOVEN is one of the 14 chosen ensembles to be featured at the Chamber Music America Conference 2023 in New York City.
Program
Thomas Osborne: Tumbling From the Ninth Height of Heaven for Koto, Violin and Cello
Chen YaoXin & Liu TianHua: Wildlife Suite for Erhu and String Trio
Daron Hagen: Genji (V. Vanished Into the Clouds) for Koto and String Quartet
![gamin: Nong](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1664285681053-669W5E1LBNMN8TH9S7UO/gamin-Nong.jpeg)
gamin: Nong
Nong is an ancient Korean term meaning “to play”—here, the joy of discovering new ways of playing when different cultures intersect. gamin, a Korean-born NYC-based multi-instrumentalist specializing in traditional Korean wind, along with her collaborators, places instruments and concepts from traditional Korean music alongside a variety of American musical elements.
On the program, Theodore Wiprud’s Mudang for Piri (a double-reed bamboo oboe) incorporates shamanic energy that ranges from meditation to ecstasy. Korean composer Yoon-Ji Lee dedicates her composition to ‘comfort women’ (victims of human trafficking throughout Japan-occupied East Asia, 1932-1945) in her work for taepyungso (a double-reed shawn) and strings. Works by William David Cooper weave Western string instruments with Korean winds, incorporating folk tunes and different tuning systems. Nathan Schram, Brooklyn-based composer and GRAMMY-winning violist, highlights the organic, almost guttural expressions with an immovable, spacious rhythmic underpinning of Korean traditional music. Mexico-born, France-based composer Alejandro Mata’s independent research into Korean heritage, music, and history has deeply influenced his innovative new composition for saenghwang(Korean mouth-organ) and string quartet, and gamin’s composition broadens the range of the new musical realm with her traditional improvisatory ideas of Korean folk music.
With Nong, gamin and her collaborators—NY-based multicultural ensemble INTERWOVEN and electronic sound artist Yoon-Ji Lee—hope to diversify American audiences’ aesthetic understanding of East Asia, which is all too often painted in broad strokes. The musicians from South Korea, Taiwan, China and Japan will weave their sounds together in hopes that their collaboration would inspire peaceful and harmonious relationships amongst the North Eastern Asian countries despite their tumultuous history, as well as to inspire new generations of American composers and musicians to embrace the inherent multiculturalism of American music by bringing their crafts with rich traditions from around the world, and approach music-making with the distinct goal of bridging cultural divides.
![AMI Concert Series Vol. 3 “Nostalgia”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1648309902082-NJP4FQ9TQ5URC9CXI0MR/INTERWOVEN-138.jpg)
AMI Concert Series Vol. 3 “Nostalgia”
CRS presents Vol. 3 of AMI, a new series of chamber concerts by the international ensemble INTERWOVEN in the award-winning White Room at CRS. The concert will take place on Saturday, October 29 at 7:30 pm and will feature Andy Weiyan Lin (erhu/viola) with Emilie-Anne Gendron (violin), Keiko Tokunaga (violin), Matthew Cohen (viola), and Nan-Cheng Chen (cello), performing Chen Yi's Fiddle Suite for String Quartet as well as shorter selections by Dvorak, Mozart, and others.
Preview: Chinatown Arts Festival
INTERWOVEN returns to the beautiful Elizabeth Street Garden at dusk on October 9th! Grab some food and drinks, have a picnic and soak up the amazing scenery of the beloved community garden as INTERWOVEN musicians serenade you with Chinese folk songs, Dvorak and Mozart.
Free admission
![AMI Concert Series Vol. 2 “War and Peace”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1647975339007-44914Y0JVA4RW8M7O5CI/INTERWOVEN+mailchimp+banner.jpg)
AMI Concert Series Vol. 2 “War and Peace”
CRS presents the second of three concerts of AMI, a new series of chamber concerts by the international ensemble INTERWOVEN in the award-winning White Room at CRS. The concert will take place on Saturday, October 8 at 7:30 pm and will feature gamin (piri/saenghwang) with Alex Fortes (violin), Keiko Tokunaga (violin), and Ana Kim (cello), performing compositions by Ki Young Kim and Theodore Wiprud as well as New York premieres by William Cooper and gamin.
![AMI Concert Series Vo.1 “Sky Gazing”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1648309848887-7HNFHUO0RA1INKN7EO3J/INTERWOVEN-046.jpg)
AMI Concert Series Vo.1 “Sky Gazing”
CRS is pleased to present the first of three concerts of AMI, a new series of chamber concerts by the international ensemble INTERWOVEN in the award-winning White Room at CRS. The first concert will take place on Saturday, September 24 at 7:30 pm and will feature Yoko Reikano Kimura (koto/shamisen) with Keiko Tokunaga (violin) and Hikaru Tamaki (cello) performing compositions by Japanese and western composers:
Daron Hagen: Cavatina
Elizabeth Brown: The Secret Life of Birds
Ken Ueno: Tsuki no Uta (Song of the Moon)
Michael Ippolito: Strange Loops: IV. The Stonecutter
Tsukino Utage (a contemporary Hôgaku, composer unknown)
Thomas Osborne: Tumbling From the Ninth Height of Heaven
![Closing Concert: Asian Classical Music Initiative](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1648309744817-61JO5BSRWXEQQ7K07L5R/INTERWOVEN-092.jpg)
Closing Concert: Asian Classical Music Initiative
Michio Miyagi (1894-1956): Haru no Umi (“The Sea in Spring”) for Koto and Violin (1929)
Tianhua Liu (1895-1932) and Yaoxing Chen (b. 1941): Wildlife Suite for Erhu and String Trio
James Ra (b. 1974): Four Dialogues for String Quartet (2007)
Allegretto con moto
Grave
Largo
Allegro vivace
Nathan Schram (b. 1987): Woljeongsa for String Quartet (2015)
Daron Hagen (b. 1961): Koto Concerto: Genji (2010)
Cicada Shell
Falling Flowers
Maiden on the Bridge
Floating Bridge of Dreams
Vanished into the Clouds
![Online Masterclass: Introducing Koto](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1648051691105-1Z3ZPSEETUEJKWHIRKES/YOKO%252BREIKANO%252BKIMURA%252B%2525281%252529.jpg)
Online Masterclass: Introducing Koto
Our koto player, Yoko Reikano Kimura will introduce the mechanics and soundscape of koto (Japanese zithar) to composition/performance majors at the Long School of Music in Massachusetts.
![INTERWOVEN INAUGURAL CONCERT](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1629301707128-4GVGA2JS6NSSX6WJ86U5/Save+the+Date+INTERWOVEN.jpg)
INTERWOVEN INAUGURAL CONCERT
Wildlife Suite for Erhu and String Trio
Alessandro Scarlatti: Sonate a Quattro No. 4
Caroline Shaw: “Punctum”
Eun Young Lee: Bagooni (New York Premiere)
Daron Hagen: Koto Concerto “Genji” (New York Premiere of 13-string Koto version)
*** INTERMISSION***
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
![Sneak Preview of INTERWOVEN](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61159ac5591cb241ccb60dd4/1633555385852-53874HBZFCXZD12I42N9/INTERWOVEN+Quartet+Ver.2.png)
Sneak Preview of INTERWOVEN
Program:
Traditional Chinese Folk Songs for Erhu and String Trio
Mozart: String Quartet in G major K387
Wildlife Suite for Erhu and String Trio
Andy Lin, Erhu & Viola
Alex Fortes, Violin
Keiko Tokunaga, Violin & Viola
Ana Kim, Violoncello