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Hikage Shoko

Hikage Shoko
Koto
shokohikage@yahoo.com

Shoko Hikage began her koto playing at the age of three while growing up in Japan. She studied koto under Chizuga Kimura of the Ikuta-ryu Sokyoku Seigenkai in Akita Prefecture, Japan. In 1988, Shoko graduated from Takasaki College with a major in koto music. She was accepted as a special research student in Sawai Sokyoku In under Tadao and Kazue Sawai where she subsuquently received her master's certification. In 1992, she moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, to teach koto at the Sawai Koto Kai Hawaii and the University of Hawaii. Since 1997, Shoko has made her home in San Francisco, where she continues her pursuits in improvisational dance and music.

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Albums

Shoko Hikage - Koto Shoko Hikage - Koto

Original compositions and improvisations

Tracks Recorded

Pieces KanjiLengthAlbumInstrument
Play Button Chi - Part 1 04'14 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Chi - Part 2 02'48 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Chi - Part 3 03'48 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Dance of Halla Trees - Fairy Dance 01'27 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Dance of Halla Trees - Let's Dance 02'48 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Dance of Halla Trees - March of Insects 00'49 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Dance of Halla Trees - Strolling of an Elephant 02'29 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Dance of Halla Trees - The Sun 02'44 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Dance of Halla Trees - Voice of Earth 02'20 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Dance of Halla Trees - Whispering in the Woods 03'54 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Hana - Introduction 01'13 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Hana - Koto 06'45 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Isana 06'23 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Kikicha 10'07 Natto Quartet - Headlands Koto
Play Button Miso 03'15 Natto Quartet - Headlands Koto
Play Button Mochi 09'19 Natto Quartet - Headlands Koto
Play Button Nuka 06'57 Natto Quartet - Headlands Koto
Play Button Omake 02'58 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Sake (Gelb) 06'24 Natto Quartet - Headlands Koto
Play Button Soba 04'22 Natto Quartet - Headlands Koto
Play Button Untitled (zukkoke) 07'07 Shoko Hikage - Koto Koto
Play Button Yuba 06'49 Natto Quartet - Headlands Koto

Composed or Arranged

Koto Compositions
Title Kanji Year Alternate Title
Isana
1993

Hana - Introduction
1995

Hana - Koto
1995

Dance of Halla Trees - Fairy Dance
1996

Dance of Halla Trees - Let's Dance
1996

Dance of Halla Trees - March of Insects
1996

Dance of Halla Trees - Strolling of an Elephant
1996

Dance of Halla Trees - The Sun
1996

Dance of Halla Trees - Voice of Earth
1996

Dance of Halla Trees - Whispering in the Woods
1996

Chi - Part 1
1997

Chi - Part 2
1997

Chi - Part 3
1997

Omake
1997

Untitled (zukkoke)
1997

Kikicha
2002

Miso
2002

Mochi
2002

Nuka
2002

Sake (Gelb)
2002

Soba
2002

Yuba
2002