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Posted on: Saturday, January 20, 2007

Master-teacher of koto music ready for Hawai'i debut

Koto player Monami Shishikura has a recital at UH tomorrow.

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Koto, one of the main instruments of Japanese traditional music, is a kind of zither, played in ensemble and solo. Monami Shishikura, a shihan (master-teacher) of Japanese soukyoku (koto music) and a graduate of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, will make her Hawai'i debut recital with music for koto and shamisen at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Orvis Auditorium, University of Hawai'i-Manoa.

Admission is $12 general, $8 students and seniors. 956-7756.