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...program, had originally contacted the Institute to publicize their concert at MIT and was then invited to perform at Harvard. Clark’s ensemble has existed for a decade in various incarnations, and its current lineup has been a long time coming.“I started playing koto [a Japanese 13-stringed zither] when I was a student at Wesleyan,” says Clark. “I had been an exchange student in Japan and began playing when they started the koto program at the college.”Her idea for the ensemble was fully...
...barrage of allusions and puns that ranged from the politically incorrect (“Ryan Seacrest Hair: Shellacked spikes, just like that crazy cool Americaaaaaaaan!”) to the tasteless (“Ladyboy fingers: Soft and long. Perfect for both waxing on and waxing off, plucking the koto, or gripping the kendo stick”) to the downright obscene (“Delicate features: refreshed by a cup of hot tea or a hot night of teabagging...
...recent tryout in a cramped storefront locale about two stops from the Bastille, Naso, wearing a black tie matching his shoes and slacks, sat with two RATP jurors, listening to a group of twentysomething French rappers and a musician playing koto, a traditional Japanese string instrument. Also auditioning were a duet of classical singers and a Roma singer and her accordion player. Around 1,000 musicians audition every six months, vying for one of the 350 licenses granted every year to play for tips in authorized spaces underground...
...Nobuko Matsumiya, a koto player, says her performances in the Metro have helped her book dates above ground, at concert halls in France and across Europe. "It's a good way to meet people," she says. Adds L?onor Lepr?tre, a Parisian soprano trying to make a name for herself: "It's a great public: if they like your music they stay; if they don't, they just walk away." Last year the RATP released Correspondances, an album featuring the Metro's best performers. Like any good showbiz impresario, Naso makes space in his otherwise cramped office for a couple...
...Ladyboy Fingers: Soft and long. Perfect for both waxing on and waxing off, plucking the koto, or gripping the Kendo stick,” read the commentary on the depicted man’s hands...