Nippon Kobo
Music + Culture from Contemporary Japan
From Grammy Award winning Silkroad Ensemble artist Haruka Fujii, an immersive experience of music and culture that takes us to the heart of contemporary Japan.
“Tech entrepreneurs aren’t the only self-starters drawn to the San Francisco Bay Area. …More than just presenting a showcase of Japanese culture, Fujii aims to create a community art space - a creative gathering for arts and culture where people go to experience these things, to hang, to interact with others and learn something new. …Fujii’s vision entails bringing food, libations, visual arts, and music together for an immersive experience.”
“The cross-cultural exchange at the heart of Silkroad also shapes Fujii’s work offstage. She moved to Albany about a decade ago, after 15 years in New York City, and when she’s not on the road or teaching at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Fujii tends to Nippon Kobo, a series she launched in the summer of 2024 to bring contemporary Japanese culture to the Bay Area… Through Nippon Kobo and the Silkroad Ensemble, Fujii continues the exchange that inspired both groups – connecting cultures not along a single route but through many paths.”
