Jo-ha-kyu: Refinement and Abandon (Concert 2)

Tosiya Suzuki – Recorder Nanae Yoshimura – Koto Dylan Lardelli – Guitar Peter Dykes – Oboe Hayden Sinclair – Clarinet Inbal Meggido – Cello Hamish McKeich – Conductor

Programme includes music by Samuel Holloway, Chris Gendall, Dylan Lardelli, Chikako Morishita, Joji Yuasa and Akihito Tokunaga

Adam Auditorium, Wellington City Gallery $25/$15

Jo-ha-kyu brings to New Zealand two of Japan's finest musicians for three unique concerts in Auckland and Wellington.

Tosiya Suzuki is perhaps the world's foremost contemporary recorder player, taking the often-delicate instrument to acrobatic levels of virtuosity and dynamism.

Koto player Nanae Yoshimura also plays with breathtaking facility, at once explosive and elegant. She also leads the charge in developing new sounds and repertoire for the koto.

Suzuki and Yoshimura perform a recital on Friday, 23 November in the Wellington City Gallery’s Adam Auditorium, and they’re joined the following evening by a host of local chamber music talent. In their final concert in The Loft at Auckland’s Q Theatre, the duo performs alongside guitarist Dylan Lardelli.