Product Description
Kasumi Watanabe started learning koto aged four, majoring in Ikuta style koto at Tokyo University of the Arts. She studied 25 stringed koto under Souju Nosaka. From 2019 she lost three of her teachers in quick succession, and this album is a kind of tribute to them, with compostion for each teacher in a variety of styles, 17 stringed koto, 25 stringed and with shakuhachi. Beautifully recorded.
1. Song for 25 stringed koto (Ichiro Higo)
2. Moeharu - for shakuhachi and koto
Autumn song for shakuhachi
3. 1st Movement
4. 2nd Movement
5. 3rd Movement
6. I. Josho
7. II. Aki no Fantasy
8. Tsugaru (composed by Soju Nosaka)
