"Weaving Japanese Sounds" - Pianist Sachiko Kato Presents Takemitsu Birthday Bash on October 17 at New York's Klavierhaus "Weaving Japanese Sounds" and Klavierhaus will present "Weaving Japanese Sounds - Takemitsu Birthday Bash" - with pianist Sachiko Kato celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the birth of Toru Takemitsu on Monday, October 17, 2005 - 7:00 PM at Klavierhaus, 211 West 58th Street in Manhattan. This concert will showcase Ms. Kato performing all of Takemitsu's piano solo pieces from across his career and works by the composers that inspired and influenced him along with brief talks by the pianist about these influences. The program will feature Takemitsu's Litany (1950, Rewritten in 1989), Uninterrupted Rests (1952, 1959), Piano Distance (1961), For Away (1973), Les yeux Clos (1979) and Les yeux Clos II (1988), Rain Tree Sketch (1982) and Rain Tree Sketch II (In memory of Messiaen) (1992). Ms. Kato will also present works by Webern, John Cage, Debussy, Duke Ellington and Olivier Messiaen. Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) was a giant in 20th Century Japanese cultural life and in international contemporary music. He wrote hundreds of works for the concert platform, as well as 93 film scores, a detective novel and critical works on music, film and literature. You can find more about him at http://www.soundintermedia.co.uk/treeline-online/biog.html. Suggested donation for this concert is $15. Reservations (which are suggested) can be made through Klavierhaus at 212-245-4535. More about them at http://www.klavierhaus.com/. "Weaving Japanese Sounds" Founder and Artistic Director Sachiko Kato is a pianist known for her diverse repertoire and keen interest in Japanese new music. She was chosen to represent Juilliard alumni among 100 most successful artists Juilliard has produced in the recently published magazine "Dance, Drama, Music: 100 years of the Juilliard School." She 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 performed extensively throughout the United States and Japan. She has been heard at Lincoln Center's 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 516-797-9166 or [log in to unmask] Jeffrey James Arts Consulting Tel/Fax: 516-797-9166 Website: http://www.jamesarts.com