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Shoko HikageLink to home page : Shoko Hikage  Biography: Shoko Hikage studied the koto with Chizuga Kimura, Seiga Adachi and Shizuga Adachi of the Ikuta Ryu Sokyoku Seigen Kai. In 1988, She graduated from Takasaki College with a major in koto music, and was immediately accepted as a special research student in Sawai Sokyoku In under Tadao Sawai and Kazue Sawai, where she subsequently received her master's certificate. In 1992, she moved to Honolulu to teach at the Sawai Koto Kai Hawaii. Currently she is an artist in residence at the JCCCNC where she teaches koto and furthers her interest in improvisational dance and music. First solo original compositions & improvisations CD released on 1997.Work-In-Progress: koto trio LANTANA: Shoko Hikage, Noriko Tusboi & Ryuko MizutaniLive recording CD "Tanka" released from Sparkling Beatnik Records Koto Duo: Shoko & Noriko New CD will be released Address: P.O. Box 15468 San francisco, CA 94115 Email: shokohikage@yahoo.com CDs on which Shoko Hikage appears:
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