Naoko Kikuchi
Naoko Kikuchi is a koto player, born in Sendai, Japan. Her repertoire includes both classic and contemporary koto music; she is a versatile artist who participates in a variety of projects, such as in “Move the international Berlin” (a project of the Berlin Philharmonic) or even at the new edition of “Barcelona” by Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe, but also in the “Page of Madness” for which Gene Coleman composed music for silent films. Kikuchi is the vice president of Seigen Koto School in Akita, Japan and also a member of Asian Art Ensemble (Berlin) and IEMA (International Ensemble Modern Academy) in Frankfurt.