Taka Kigawa

On Friday, June 16, 2023 at 7:30pm, a portrait show of works by composer Scott Wollschleger will be performed as part of Sono Fest - a series of programs curated by Ethan Iverson at Soapbox Gallery in Brooklyn.

On Thursday, June 9th at 7pm at Greenwich House, Composers Concordance presents a piano-based concert entitled 'Variations,' focusing on Variation Form, including the myriad ways it remains central to music composition in the 21st century.

Chiron Performing Arts will present Music of Eugene O'Brien and Christopher Kaufman, a multimedia concert on Sunday, March 1 @ 4:00 PM at The National Opera Center's Marc A. Scorca Hall, 330 7th Avenue in New York, NY.

Cuba's premier early music group, Ars Longa de la Habana, appears in a special co-presentation by Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF), Gotham Early Music Scene/Americas Society (GEMAS), and Baryshnikov Arts Center on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. at Baryshnikov Arts Center. The 12 musicians of Ars Longa perform Tesoros de América, a program of villancicos and dances from the 17th and 18th century colonial Americas. The concert is part of the group's third US tour.

WQXR announces the Beginner's Ear series at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space starting Friday, January 17a?"one hour of lunchtime bliss with guided meditation and a live performance by world-class musicians every Friday through March 6.

Thomas Piercy, playing clarinet and hichiriki, is joined by pianist Taka Kigawa in a 'Tokyo to New York' concert as part Spectrum's 'Female Composers Festival'.

This August, New York City will host the first ever Classical Bridge, an international music festival, academy and conference designed to build bridges through the music. Presented by New York Concert Artists & Associates (NYCA), the inaugural event runs August 4 - 11 at Merkin Concert Hall atKaufman Music Center (129 West 67th Street, between Broadway & Amsterdam Ave), Symphony Space (2537 Broadway, at 96th Street), and Steinway Hall (1133 Avenue of the Americas at 44th Street). For tickets. reservations and more information visit www.ClassicalBridge.org.

This August, New York City will host the first ever Classical Bridge, an international music festival, academy and conference designed to build bridges through the music. Presented by New York Concert Artists & Associates (NYCA), the inaugural event runs August 4 - 11 at Merkin Concert Hall atKaufman Music Center (129 West 67th Street, between Broadway & Amsterdam Ave), Symphony Space (2537 Broadway, at 96th Street), and Steinway Hall (1133 Avenue of the Americas at 44th Street). For tickets. reservations and more information visit www.ClassicalBridge.org.

Third Annual Onassis Festival, Produced by Onassis Cultural Center New York, Surrounds the American Premiere of Greek Director Nikos Karathanos's Vibrant Restaging of The Birds, Presented by St. Ann's Warehouse and Onassis Cultural Centre-Athens, May 2-13

Kyo-Shin-An Arts' award-winning concert series, presented in collaboration with Arts at Tenri Cultural Institute in Manhattan, features a blend of KSA commissions with World, American and NY premieres, traditional and contemporary music for Japanese instruments and Western repertoire.

Grammy-nominated Metropolis Ensemble looks forward to a prototypical season in 2017-18. This fall, Metropolis presents a five-concert piano mini-series at its loft (a former art gallery) in lower Manhattan in collaboration with long-time Metropolis associate, pianist David Kaplan. In December, the ensemble accompanies the film Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia as part of BAM's Next Wave Festival. And early in 2018, Metropolis performs major new works by Timo Andres and Caroline Shaw (at the Met Museum) and William Brittelle (at Symphony Space). This formula of collaborative involvement from the earliest stages, when just the bare root of the ideas are being planted, to final culmination of the project (in collaboration with some of country's most prestigious presenters) has become a trademark of the organization.

On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 7:30pm, composer Lisa Bielawa's The Trojan Women will be performed by the conductor-less chamber orchestra String Orchestra of New York City (SONYC) as part of Victoria Bond's Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival at Symphony Space in Leonard Nimoy Thalia hall. In addition to Bielawa's piece, the concert will also include SONYC performing Victoria Bond's Frescoes and Ash, plus Taka Kigawa performing works by Richard Carrick, Sean Sheppard, and Zosha Di Castri.

The November 12th "Tokyo to New York" concert at Tenri Cultural Institute features new music composed for Western classical instruments as well as traditional Japanese instruments by NYC- and Tokyo-based composers.

The November 12th "Tokyo to New York" concert at Tenri Cultural Institute features new music composed for Western classical instruments as well as traditional Japanese instruments by NYC- and Tokyo-based composers.

'KANREKI SURPRISE', a concert celebrating the 60th Birthday of KSA's Artistic Director, Shakuhachi Grand Master James Nyoraku Schlefer, will be held on Today, September 17, 2016, 7:30 PM at the Tenri Cultural Institute.

'KANREKI SURPRISE', a concert celebrating the 60th Birthday of KSA's Artistic Director, Shakuhachi Grand Master James Nyoraku Schlefer, will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2016, 7:30 PM at the Tenri Cultural Institute.

Le Poisson Rouge presents Taka Kigawa: The Complete Ligeti Piano Etudes, Mon., May 16, 2016 at 7:00 PM.

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts announces its spring 2016 season of Pop-Up Concerts. Bring a friend, grab a drink, and join some of today's most interesting performers onstage at Miller Theatre on select Today evenings.

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts announces its spring 2016 season of Pop-Up Concerts. Bring a friend, grab a drink, and join some of today's most interesting performers onstage at Miller Theatre on select Tuesday evenings.

Miro Magloire presents his New Chamber Ballet in an evening of works by Magloire, including the world premiere of a Magloire work to music by Beat Furrer, and the company's resident choreographer Constantine Baecher.    Music goes hand in hand with the dance in concerts by Magloire, who is also a composer/pianist, and the November program features ballets to music by Bach, Mozart, Richard Carrick, Friedrich Cerha, and a new score by Furrer.