Experience live Japanese Shamisen music with Kiki from Tsugaru Shamisen Girls. Discover the art of playing the Shamisen, ...

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 ...

Pick your favourite, because these were just some of the adjectives used to describe the four-song set performed by Japanese musician Sumie Kaneko on Thursday at an event hosted by the Embassy of ...

How's this for Japanese fusion? The ancient shamisen instrument, in the hands of Masahiro Nitta, duelling with its Irish counterparts, writes Arminta Wallace Think of Japanese culture, and you think ...

HACHINOHE, Aomori -- A local university professor here has developed software to automatically record shamisen performances -- usually only passed down by word of mouth -- to sheet music. "This will ...

Tatsu Aoki, shamisen, with curator Kit Brooks Follow one of Japan’s signature musical instruments, a three-stringed lute called the shamisen, through the many worlds in which it has played a prominent ...

Hiromitsu Agatsuma started learning the shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese instrument) at the age of six, and has been lauded for breathing new life into traditional Japanese music, fusing it with ...

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 ...

In the hauntingly beautiful world of Ghost of Yotei, music is more than just a background element; it’s a powerful tool for exploration and a connection to Atsu’s past. The shamisen, a three-stringed ...