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"She wowed everyone!! It was pretty amazing indeed. Hiraoka-san is such a thoughtful, gracious person and an unbelievable performer."
Lynne Miyake
Professor of Asian Studies
Pomona College

"We thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated Ms. Hiraoka's superb lecture/performance and class visits. My students told me how impressed and touched they were by her music."
Dr. Shusuke Yagi
Professor of Japanese & Asian Studies
Furman University

"Ms.Yoko Hiraoka performed beautifully and brought the stories from the Tales of Heike that we were reading in class to life with excitement and elegance. She held the audience in suspense at one moment, and charmed them in the next. She brought us real insight into the pleasures of biwa music."
Tom Hare
Department of Comparative Literature
Princeton University

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March 2

San Antonio Texas

San Antonio Museum

March 4

San Antonio Texas

Our Lady of the Lakes University

June 28

Loveland, Colorado

Concert

September 27

Kansas University, Lawrence

Concert with David Wheeler, shakuhachi

September 29

Kansas City Japan Festival

Concert with David Wheeler, shakuhachi

October 11

Colorado State University

Biwa lecture/recital

October 26

Pomona College, CA

Biwa lecture/recital

October 29

UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, Los Angeles, CA

Biwa lecture/recital

November 6

Dickinson College, PA

Biwa lecture/recital

November 7

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Biwa lecture/recital

November 8

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Biwa lecture/recital

November 30

University of Virginia

Biwa lecture/recital

2007

February 7-8

Texas A & M

Sankyoku Residency and concert

February 20

Yale University, Newhaven

Biwa lecture/recital

March 5

University of Florida, Gainesville

Biwa lecture/recital

March 14-16

Louisville, CO

Sankyoku teaching Intensive

March 19

Consulate General of Japan

Concert with David Wheeler (shakuhachi)

March 22-April 8

Kyoto, Japan

Biwa concert with Kõka Suga

April 22-April 24

Bowling Green State University

Biwa lecture/recital/residency

April 30

Furman University, SC

Biwa lecture/recital

September 27

Kansas City Japan Festival

with David Wheeler, shakuhachi

Otober 9-13

Loveland Colorado

Shakuhachi Autumn Camp of the Rockies

Otober 21-22

Duke University, NC

Biwa residency-concerts and lectures

2008

In a formal concert setting Yoko Hiraoka presents the very finest Japanese traditional and modern music. Her stage presence is elegant and powerful. The music, colorful and evocative. The full range of the instruments -- Biwa, Koto, Shamisen and Jiuta Voice is demonstrated in music ranging from Edo-period classical pieces to recent Japanese compositions. Ms. Hiraoka also offers ensemble music with one of the world's great Shakuhachi players. For more information about Yoko Hiraoka's performances please contact David Sawyer at: david@japanshakuhachi.com

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