"Weaving Japanese Sounds" - Music of Modern Japan, Contemporary Music Concert Series on June 3 and 10 at New York's Yamaha Concert Salon Yamaha Artist Services, Inc., "Weaving Japanese Sounds" Founder and Artistic Director Sachiko Kato and Jeffrey James Arts Consulting will present "Weaving Japanese Sounds" - Music of Modern Japan", a contemporary music concert Series on June 3 and 10 - 7:30 PM each evening at the Piano Salon at Yamaha Artist Services, 689 Fifth Avenue at 54th Street in Manhattan. Pre concert lectures will begin at 7 PM. The repertoire and artists for these concerts are: June 3 - pianists Chie Sato Roden and Sachiko Kato in various solo and piano duo works from Japan, including Rain, Calling Autumn (1994) for piano solo by Akemi Naito, Cosmos Haptic II - Transfiguration (1986) for piano solo by Joji Yuasa, Landscape (1981) by Toshiya Sukegawa, "Hi No Chi" (The Land of Sorrow) (1991) by Yoichi Togawa, Music to the Kabuki Play "Yaoya Oshichi" by Kohei Fujita, Scenes II for piano duo by Shigenobu Nakamura and Randombird Variations (1985) for piano duo by Takashi Yoshimatsu. June 10 - Yosuke Kawasaki, violin, Tanya Dusevik Witek, flute, Katherine Cherbas, cello, Tamara Hardesty, soprano, Makoto Nakura, marimba, and Sachiko Kato, piano perform chamber music from Japan, including Japanese Folk Songs for cello and piano (1972) by Michio Mamiya, Strata II for flute solo (1988) by Shin-ichiro Ikebe, Duo for violin and cello (1998) by Toshio Hosokawa, Paganini Personal for marimba and piano (1982) by Toshi Ichiyanagi, Songs for soprano and piano by Junko Mori, Courtyard of Apsaras for flute, violin, and piano (1971) by Teizo Matsumura (b.1929) and the World Premiere of the Weaving Japanese Sounds Commission Piano Trio (2005) by Moto Osada. For more about these programs and performers, visit http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/march05/JProgram_030905.htm. Tickets for these concerts are $15 each and are available through Yamaha Artist Services at 212-339-9995 ext. 227 or Weaving Japanese Sounds at 212-932-9582. Both programs show a wide spectrum of Japanese musical culture in the 21st Century and include light hearted music influenced by popular culture, music that represents the rapid economic growth and industrialization of the 60's and 70's, music that is deeply rooted in Japanese folk culture, music infused with the Japanese sense of tranquility and timing (typified by Noh), and finally, music that reveals a great confluence of other cultures in this rapidly shrinking world of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Not only do these programs reveal various musical trends, but they also show a wide range in composers' generations and gender. Some of the composers whose works will be represented are already very well established statesmen of music, while others are emerging young composers. Special attention was given to introduce young composers who are creating their own sounds in New York. More about these composers online at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/march05/JComposers_030905.htm. Since its establishment in April, 1987 in New York City, Yamaha Artist Services, Inc. (YASI) has gained widespread recognition for its professional service and devotion to the global performing arts community. YAS is dedicated to meeting the unique needs of artists, artists' managers, performing arts organizations and educational institutions worldwide. Visit them online at http://www.YamahaArtistServices.com. Sachiko Kato has enchanted audiences all over the United States with her beautiful sonorous sound in a wide range of repertoire. A winner of the Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Competition and the Pro-Piano Recital Series Audition, Ms. Kato made her Carnegie Weill Hall recital debut in 1994. Since then, she has been performing extensively throughout the United States and Japan. She has been heard at the Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall and Performing Arts Library, Steinway Hall in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum, Norris Theater of Performing Arts in Los Angeles, and Old First Church and Crocker Art Museum in San Francisco, LiveArts in Massachusetts, among others. Visit her online at http://www.sachikokato.com/. For more information about Weaving Japanese Sounds, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166o or [log in to unmask] Jeffrey James Arts Consulting Tel/Fax: 516-797-9166 Website: http://www.jamesarts.com