Kohsetsu Imanishi
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Kohsetsu ImanishiBegan to study the koto (Japanese traditional 13-stringed zither) and piano at age four. Studied sound media at Inter Medium Institute Graduate Course (Osaka) and ethnomusicology at SOAS, the LondonUniversity Graduate Course (London). Her performing style has been developed for expanding the possibility of the koto, pursuing original playing methods by using electronics, performing with various musicians, artists and dancers etc. at various venues (from the Grand Shrine of Ise to the Sonar Sound Tokyo or Aqua Metropolis Osaka Festival), which has all come from a distinctive character of the 21st centuries' musical environments around her. Her serene sounds and the innovative style based on tradition has also been received high critical acclaims including The Wire and The Higher Frequency and so on.
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