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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Yoko Nishi</strong> (koto) started learning koto at the
  age of four and  formally studied koto under the modernist performer-comp
 osers Tadao  Sawai and Kazue Sawai. In 1980\, Ms. Nishi won a prize at the
  Sankyoku  competition at the age of sixteen. After graduating from Tokyo 
  University of the Arts\, she performed in front of the Japanese Emperor  
 and Empress at the Imperial Palace as a representative from the  Universit
 y at an event organized by the Imperial Household Agency. Her  repertory r
 anges from traditional pieces to contemporary works by John  Cage and Yuji
  Takahashi\, collaborations and improvisations with Western  instruments\,
  DJs\, poets\, and artists. She has also become one of the  lead performer
 s of ancient musical instruments at the National Theatre\,  Tokyo. She has
  performed for several international festivals and venues.&nbsp\; Miss Nis
 hi has  been a visiting professor of Kansai University (2008-2011) and is 
  currently artist-in-residence at Columbia University (2010-2012). She  de
 buts with Yasuka Nambu (flute) in the launching of the NINA Duo at  Weill 
 Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in December 2011.\n\n<strong></strong>\n<str
 ong>Yasuka Nambu</strong> (flute) moved to the U.S. at the age of  nine. A
 fter graduating from the Juilliard Pre-College\, she received her  Bachelo
 r of Music degree summa cum laude in only two years at the  Cincinnati Col
 lege-Conservatory of Music (CCM) on Baur Scholarship. She  went on to rece
 ive her Master of Music degree\, also at CCM on full  scholarship\, in orc
 hestral conducting. She then went back to her flute  studies at the Hochsc
 hule f&uuml\;r Musik und Theater Hannover\, Germany\, where  she studied w
 ith Prof. Erdmuthe Boehr to receive her performing arts  diploma with the 
 highest mark. Since returning to Japan five years ago\,  Miss Nambu has qu
 ickly established herself as one of the leading  flutists in Japan. She is
  a Visiting Associate Professor of Ashiya University  and an artist-in-res
 idence at Columbia University.\n\nThe artists debut in the launch of the N
 INA Duo at Weill Recital Hall at  Carnegie Hall in December 2011.\n\nFor t
 icketing information\, please visit http://www.carnegiehall.org/Event.aspx
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SUMMARY:Japan Rising - The NINA Duo: Celebrating Japanese Composers
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