Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Japan Society's music season opens on Friday, September 14 (7:30 pm) with a ...

Hidejiro Honjoh has been trailblazing a new musical path for the shamisen, a three-stringed Japanese instrument, in Asia, Europe, and North America. At Bates, he will be presenting a program ...

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Celebrating 25 years since his solo debut, Hiromitsu Agatsuma, one of Japan’s leading Tsugaru shamisen artists, presents his ...

Sato Michiyoshi performs traditional and modern Japanese music on the shamisen. KALAMAZOO Mich.—On his second U.S. tour, Sato Michiyoshi will perform a unique blend of traditional and modern styles on ...

This article is part of a two-part series. To learn about a biwa master and her music lessons, see here. Traditional Japanese instruments, also known as wagakki, are an intrinsic part of Japan’s rich ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Dai Fujikura’s new work for shamisen, a three-stringed, fretless Japanese lute, premieres on Saturday. By Ryan Ebright In the late 1960s, not long ...

My Name is Norm and I am the apprentice of the Yoshida Brothers. And this is the story of me working with a Japanese craftsman who built a traditional Japanese Shamisen for me. Supreme Court blocks ...