Violin and Harp
The Watanabe Duo consists of violin and harp featuring Haruka and Ayoko Watanabe, both long-time members of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. This program will include compositions by Japanese composers, and works by Haruka Watanabe which blend elements of European functional harmony with Japanese folk music based on pentatonic scales.
Japanese musicians Kaoru Watanabe and Kenny Endo will entertain crowds with a unique blended performance. Watanabe, a former member of the Japanese taiko ensemble Kodo, is a practitioner of various Japanese traverse bamboo flutes and the Western flute, along with the taiko drum. His blend of Japanese folk and classical traditions with contemporary improvisational and experimental music will be paired with the contemporary percussion and rhythm of Endo, a vanguard of the taiko genre during his 35-year career.
This program is presented as part of the Community Partnership Program of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Monday
12 p.m.
Shoenberg Theater