Yumi Kurosawa at ArtPower

ArtPower at UC San Diego presents performing arts that engage, energize, and transform the diverse cultural life of the university and San Diego.

Through vibrant, challenging, multi-disciplinary performances, ArtPower seeks to develop more empathetic students and community members who are better prepared to engage in the world around them through their participation in highquality artistic, educational, and engagement programs that broaden thinking and awareness, deepen understanding, and encourage new dialogues across UC San Diego and the community.

OUR IMPACT • ArtPower brings artists from around the world into UC San Diego classrooms • ArtPower provides students with free artist master classes • ArtPower integrates artist-led discussions into on-campus curricula.

Global Music / Japan ArtPower presents

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Yumi Kurosawa with Eric Phinney

Journey composed by Yumi Kurosawa

April 26, 2022 at 8 pm The Loft

Sakura arranged by Yumi Kurosawa

Yumi Kurosawa, Koto & composition Eric Phinney, tabla & percussion

Fairytale composed by Yumi Kurosawa

GreenPt composed by Yumi Kurosawa Vivaldi Four Seasons arranged by Yumi Kurosawa Mandala composed by Yumi Kurosawa Autumn Festa composed by Yumi Kurosawa Summertime arranged by Yumi Kurosawa Rapture composed by Yumi Kurosawa Takeda Lullaby arranged by Yumi Kurosawa Inner Space composed by Yumi Kurosawa Enchantmentica composed by Yumi Kurosawa Zealla composed by Yumi Kurosawa Oneday Monday composed by Yumi Kurosawa

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About the Artists Yumi Kurosawa, Koto, Composer An award-winning Koto star from a young age, Yumi Kurosawa is one of today's most exciting soloists on Japan's national instrument. Born and raised in Japan, Yumi Kurosawa started study of the Koto when she was three. She received first prize at the National Japanese Koto Competition for students in 1989 and 1992, and a scholarship from The Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan in 1998. Kurosawa has been based in New York since 2002. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2006. In 2011 she was principal soloist in the premiere of Daron Hagen's Koto concerto Genji with Orchestra of the Swan, UK. The concerto went on to be performed with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra. In 2013 Kurosawa was principal soloist for the premier of The Memory Stone at the Houston Grand Opera. In 2015 she premiered the ballet, Tsuru, for which she was commissioned

by Houston Ballet and Asia Society Texas, both as a soloist and composer. That same year Kurosawa collaborated with the Beyonce dancers Les Twins for a performance at the world heritage site Kiyomizu-dera and was a soloist with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra at Suntory Hall’s opening gala. Kurosawa was guest artist for the reopening of the Terrace Theatre at the Kennedy Center, which had been a gift of Japan. Recent performances also include the National Gallery of Art and the Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian. She was awarded a music residency at Pioneer Works in 2019 and has been invited to the 30th anniversary of the Australia Chamber Music Festival. Her performances have been lauded by the New York Times and Washington Post. Currently she is teaching at Columbia University.

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Eric Phinney, Percussion Eric Phinney is an accomplished percussionist with performance experience in many diverse musical traditions. As a member of Ethos Percussion Group, he has performed at major venues around the world including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, London's Wigmore Hall, the Library of Congress and the Kennedy Center. Festival appearances with Ethos include the Bermuda Festival, the Greenwich (UK) Festival, and the Docklands Festival in London. Orchestral highlights include performances with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Albany Symphony, St. Cecilia Orchestra, Berkshire Opera Orchestra at Tanglewood, and the New World Symphony, including US tours with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. He is a major advocate of contemporary music and has worked with composers of various music styles resulting in 30 new commissions with Ethos. Eric has performed with New York’s New Music Consort at festivals in Tokyo and Moscow. He has performed chamber music with Yo-Yo Ma and the Music from China ensemble at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, including a recording of the music of Zhou Long with Music from China, as part of the Silk Road Project.

Eric’s interest in North Indian tabla drumming led him to study with two major artists of Hindustani classical music, Pandit Sharda Saha of the Benares tradition, and Pandit Samir Chatterjee representing the Farrukhabad tradition. After studies with his gurus in India, London and New York, he was initiated as a disciple by both masters continuing a teacher-student lineage that dates to the 18th century. Eric has pursued his interest in the music of Ghana, West Africa, studying Ewe drumming at the Dagbe Center in Kopeyia,, Ghana with Emmanuel Agbeli, in New York with Robert Levin, as well as traditional xylophone (gyil) studies with master percussionist, Bernard Woma.

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ARTPOWER DONORS 2021–22 CATALYST ($20,000+)

Judith Bachner and Eric Lasley Bobbie and Jon Gilbert Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation Patricia and Christopher Weil of The Weil Family Foundation

CREATOR ($10,000–19,999)

Bjorn Bjerede and Josephine Kiernan Phyllis and Daniel Epstein George Clement Perkins Endowment Marilyn and Charles Perrin

ADVOCATE ($2,500–9,999)

Joan J. Bernstein ArtPower Student Engagement Endowment Fund Maureen and C. Peter Brown Anne Marie Pleska and Luc Cayet In Memory of Jennifer A. Dennis Martha and Edward Dennis Ronald and Wynonna Goldman Hamburger Chamber Music Series Endowment Fund Jack Lampl Eva and Doug Richman Ruth S. Stern ArtPower Student Engagement Fund

GUARDIAN ($1,000–2,499)

Marilyn J. Colby Renita Greenberg and Jim Allison Edward and Arlene Pelavin Sharon Perkowski Robert and Lauren Resnik Edith and Paul Sanchez Kim Signoret-Paar Barbara and Sam Takahashi

CONTRIBUTOR ($500–999) Janice P. Alper Constance Beardsley Teresa and Sam Buss Janice and Nelson Byrne Natalee C. Ellars Turea Erwin Nora Jaffe Harry M. Mattheny Phyllis and Edward Mirsky Marilies Schoepflin

SPARK ($250–499)

Linda C. Allen K. Andrew Achterkirchen Mary L. Beebe Paulyne Becerra Jennifer and Barry Greenberg Barbara and Rodney Orth Carol Plantamura James and Kathleen Stiven

YORK SOCIETY

Donors who make provisions for ArtPower in their estate Joyce Axelrod and Joseph Fisch Judith Bachner and Eric Lasley Ruth Stern Kathryn Sturch

FOUNDATION/CORPORATE SPONSORS CORPORATE SPONSORS

The Parker Foundation National Performance Network New England Foundation for the Arts

ARTPOWER STAFF DONORS Carolena Deutsch-Garcia Jordan Peimer Kathryn Sturch

POWERPLAYERS

PowerPlayers are an exceptional group of donors that have made a three year commitment to support ArtPower.

Joyce Axelrod and Joseph Fisch Joan Bernstein Marilyn Colby Martha and Ed Dennis Phyllis and Daniel Epstein Elaine Galinson Bobbie and Jon Gilbert Renita Greenberg and Jim Alison Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner Sharon Perkowski Kim Signoret-Paar Paul and Edith H. Sanchez Pat Weil and Christopher Weil A portion of funding for ArtPower is provided by the UC San Diego Student Services Fee Committee.

Donor list and PowerPlayer list reflecting gifts and pledges allocated for February 1, 2021 through March 27, 2022.

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ARTPOWER STAFF

Joanna Christian, Associate Director of Marketing & Communications Carolena Deutsch-Garcia, Associate Director of Development Jennifer Mancano, Events & Performing Arts Business Manager Jordan Peimer, Executive Director Kathryn Sturch, Production Manager

STUDENT STAFF

Ashley Asadi '23, Junior Arts Org Assistant Karen Avila '24, Usher Olivia Bryan '22, Senior Marketing & Graphic Design Assistant Valen Chang '22, Usher Cameron Chen '22, Junior Arts Org Assistant Caleb Foley '23, Usher Katrina Graziano '25, Usher Julie Han '22, Junior Arts Org Assistant Avery Hom '22, Senior Marketing & Graphic Design Assistant Issac Ing '24, Usher Mandy Lai '25, Junior Arts Org Assistant Kaitlin Lee '24, Usher Julie Li '25, Junior Arts Org Assistant Emmalias '24, Production Assistant Jocelyn Obregon-Padilla '23, Usher Ashley Moon '22, Junior Marketing & Graphic Design Assistant Calvin Naraghi '22, Production Assistant Tracy Nguyen '23, Junior Arts Org Assistant Rachel Paner '24, Junior Arts Org Assistant Sierra Plys '23, Usher Yeji Shin '22, Junior Marketing & Graphic Design Assistant Musa Turner '24, Usher Hasmineh Sinani '22, Production Assistant Hao Wang '24, Junior Arts Org Assistant Xiaoxuan (Andrina) Zhang '24, Usher

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V I EUX FAR K A T O UR É

“The Hendrix of the Sahara” Wednesday, May  at 8 pm The Loft at UC San Diego General Admission:  UCSD Students: $ Info & Tickets: artpower.ucsd.edu