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 presents Eurasia Consort: Music of the Buddhist Paradise

Thursday, March 27, 2025 @ 1:15pm – 2:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person

In 1900, manuscripts were discovered in the caves of Dunhuang, northwest China. The manuscripts include religious, historical, mathematical…

Free