Lost Harp of the Silk Road: Tomoko Sugawara

World Music Institute presents Lost Harp of the Silk Road Tomoko Sugawara Wednesday, March 28, 2012 7:30 PM Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space 2537 Broadway @ 95th Street

This fascinating program offers a rare opportunity to hear the kugo angular harp that disappeared from the world stage some 300 years ago. Harpist Tomoko Sugawara performs on a modern rendition that honors the essence of this ancient instrument that was popular along the Silk Road and revered for centuries in Near and Far Eastern religions. Sugawara’s music is deeply emotional and expressive, interweaving compositions from the Tang Dynasty China and 13th century Iran and Spain with modern commissioned works. She is joined on percussion, baglama saz, shakuhachi and ‘ud in this program of acoustic music and informal talk.

For more info: http://wminyc.org/event.php?id=1230 or 212-545-7536