Koto Coloring Book : White Hot - Reiko Kimura

Reiko Kimura 木村玲子 was born in Nagano prefecture to a koto-playing mother, and started koto lessons at the age of six. Lessons in piano and solfege followed soon after. In 1971 she entered the Seiha Academy of Music in Tokyo, where she studied classical koto of the Ikuta school and jiuta shamisen. On graduation she continued her studies at the training course for performers of Japanese music established by NHK (Japan's public broadcasting network).

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