Yagi Michiyo

Koto participant Yagi Michiyo has performed in several ensembles — both traditional and experimental — because the past due 1980s. She began monitoring koto under Satomi Kurauchi at age group six, and later on, in 1985, signed up for the Sawai Koto College. While there, Michiyo analyzed classical and modern koto, furthermore to shamisen and traditional jiuta-style performing. Two years later on, she toured Britain, Italy, Germany and Southeast Asia on the Japan Foundation Give. 1988 discovered Michiyo carrying out in the Tadao Sawai Koto Outfit, which documented a Compact disc, Koto, that 12 months. The following 12 months she was going to teacher of koto and Japanese traditional music at Wesleyan University or college. As the ’90s advanced, Michiyo performed in an increasing number of line-ups like the Kazue Sawai Koto Outfit, the Min-on Outfit, as well as the shakuhachi-led trio, Cocoo (later on known as Kokoo), with whom she’s toured THE UNITED STATES, the previous USSR and India. In 1993, Michiyo founded her 1st project, Mika, that was a duo with flutist Rie Shimizu. She also founded Koto Vortex, a koto quartet, and it is a founding person in an experimental trio with Sachiko M and Haco known as Hoahio. In these numerous groups, Michiyo offers performed at main creative music celebrations around the world, such as for example Canada’s FIMAV, the Vienna Celebration, Sapporo’s Today Music Celebration, Tokyo’s Music Merge Celebration and several performances at NY’s Bang on the Can celebration. Her first single recording, Shizuku, premiered for the NY label, Tzadik, in 1999.