Yagi Michiyo

Koto player Yagi Michiyo has performed in a number of ensembles -- both traditional and experimental -- since the late 1980s. She began studying koto under Satomi Kurauchi at age six, and later, in 1985, enrolled in the Sawai Koto School. While there, Michiyo studied classical and contemporary koto, in addition to shamisen and traditional jiuta-style singing. Two years later, she toured England, Italy, Germany and Southeast Asia on a Japan Foundation Grant. 1988 found Michiyo performing in the Tadao Sawai Koto Ensemble, which recorded a CD, Koto, that year. The following year ...