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Winter Concert on Dec. 6th
On Saturday, December 6th, 2025, Oregon Koto-Kai will hold a family friendly Winter Concert. This concert will feature a Japanese story reading that is accompanied throughout by koto music. The group will also play a selection of seasonal pieces full of holiday spirit.
Bring your family and friends, and make this special experience a new winter tradition!
Fall Concert Wrap-Up
Another successful fall concert in the bag. It was so much fun to play a program of all never-before-heard (in Oregon) koto arrangements and compositions. We have so many people to thank, including all our volunteers, the collaborating artists Trifon Markov and Myra Clark, and everyone who came out to support and listen to us.
The full concert video is now on youtube and will be available through the end of the year. If you missed it live or just want to experience it again, please enjoy!
About Oregon Koto-Kai
Oregon Koto-Kai is a group of musicians passionate about playing the Japanese koto. Founded by Mitsuki Dazai in February 2012 with only six members, the ensemble held its first concert that fall at Epworth United Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon. Since that time, the group has grown to 20 members, and they are featured artists at many festivals and venues throughout the Pacific Northwest each year.
Debut Album Kin Out Now
We're proud to announce that on June 9th we released our first album, Kin, both digitally and on CD! This project started over two years ago and we’re happy to finally share it with the world.
The incredible album art was created by Kayo Kondo-Cox and the beautiful 'Kin' calligraphy was done by Nobuko Chalfen. Kin is the 13th and highest string on a standard koto and because we're releasing this album during our 13th year as an organization, it also symbolizes our progress up to this point. We look forward to sharing koto music and Japanese culture with our community for many more years to come.
Digital and physical copies are now available on Bandcamp, or you can pick up your CD in person at select OKK performances.
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