On Saturday, October 11th at 12:30pm, Velvet Einstein hosts Grammy Award winning Silkroad Ensemble artist, Haruka Fujii ahead of the upcoming Nippon Kobo Music Volume 2 event entitled “~ Ma (間): The Space Between All Things ~” on Sunday, November 2nd at the Gray Area Grand Theater.
Nippon Kobo is a celebration of music and culture from contemporary Japan. This season-opening event will showcase a chamber music program by Japanese composers, real-time calligraphy performance by Aoi Yamaguchi, and a special talk by Miryam Sas (Professor of Comparative Literature and Film & Media at the University of California, Berkeley). The program spotlights the world premiere performance of a new work by Hiroya Miura for chamber ensemble and calligrapher. Along with leading Japanese artists, local musicians, creators, and entrepreneurs, we look forward to sharing the Japanese aesthetic of Ma.
