Japan Twang:  An Evening of Tsugaru-jamisen with Sato Michiyoshi

Live concert with shamisen virtuoso Sato Michiyoshi from Japan. Sato is an award-winning performer of Tsugarujamisen, a dynamic style of music played on a three-stringed Japanese banjo called a shamisen. Sato’s performance glides between traditional and modern, classic and popular.

The one-hour performance will be followed by Q/A.

Introduced by Joshua Solomon, Hirosaki University.

Part of the Dissolve Music conference and music/sound festival, Mar. 7-9.