Taking the Japanese koto to the rest of the world

The Japanese stringed instrument known as the koto provides a quintessential sound for the country it comes from. The World’s Marco Werman speaks to koto virtuoso Yumi Kurosawa about her newest recording “Metamorphosis,” which fuses the koto to an international array of styles.

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