Acclaimed shamisen player Hidejiro Honjo will present a concert program of traditional and modern Japanese music on Sunday, April 22 from 3:30 to 5 p.m., in the Cole Auditorium of Greenwich Library. His accompanists will play koto, drums, flute and/or western instruments such as the cello. This event is co-sponsored by the Japan Society of Fairfield County.
Honjo has recently collaborated with composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, Academy Award-winning composer for the film The Last Emperor, who produced Honjo’s most recent album.
This accomplished young musician began playing the piano in childhood and the shamisen at age 15. He studied under Hidetaro Honjo, the head of Honjo School, and was approved to use the name Hidejiro Honjo. He studied Tsugaru shamisen under Yusho Hasegawa and shamisen under the late Katsuyoshika Kineya, and then studied abroad in New York as an ACC Nakamura Kimpei Fellow. He has performed around the world.
This event is open to all at no charge. For more information contact Harry Sakamaki of the Japan Society of Fairfield County at sakamaki0624@gmail.com or call 203-912-3757.