The Eurasia Consort http://www.eurasiaconsort.com

Eurasia Consort would like to introduce some ancient and fascinating East Asian music. This Eastern repertoire is poorly known, both East and West. We now hope it may find its rightful place in the Early Far Eastern canon of music. We like to revive ancient music using manuscripts with instruments that survive in the Emperor's Treasury House, Shosoin, Japan.

Tomoko Sugawara, kugo (ancient Angular harp) |
August Denhard, lute |
Rex Benincasa, hokyo (metallophone), drum |
gamin, piri (bamboo oboe), seanghwang (mouth-organ) |
James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi (bamboo vertical flute)

Midtown Concerts: Eurasia Consort – Silk Road Journey to the East

Thursday, March 23, 2023 @ 1:15pm – 2:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person

Eurasia Consort presents music found on the Silk Road in East Asia. During the 6th Century, as Buddhist music filled the region between Ind…

Free

The Eurasia Consort: A Concert for Unity

Friday, November 18, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Eurasia Consort performs music of Japan, China, Turkey, and Western Europe, imagining the sounds that could have been heard along the ancient trade route.

Free (Free)