Japanese music/concert YOKO WENDE & BART CORVER

Music: Japanese, Folk, Cinema

YOKO WENDE & BART CORVER

An intimate evening of Japanese songs in original contemporary arrangements for voice and classical guitar.

Entrance fee: donation based

More over the concert:

Japanese vocalist Yoko Wende and Dutch classical guitarist Bart Corver present an evening of Japanese music in
original contemporary arrangements.

Their program features selections from Yoko’s debut album The Path of the Wind
(2018), a tribute to Japanese composers such as Ryuichi Sakamoto and Joe Hisaishi, alongside new work that
reinterprets folk songs and contemporary compositions. Together, they create a poetic sound world where tradition and
modern expression meet.

About Yoko Wende
Yoko’s voice conveys powerful stories with intimacy and depth, rooted in her theatre training at The Lee Strasberg
Theatre Institute in New York, where she also appeared on stages including Carnegie Hall and La MaMa Theatre. After
rising to prominence as a jazz singer in Hong Kong—where Time Out magazine hailed her as a “first-rate jazz
singer”—she returned to her cultural roots with her debut album The Path of the Wind. The album was released at the
international jazz festival Au Grès du Jazz in France, where the newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace praised
her as “the Japanese artist who turned a garden of France into a Zen garden.” Now based in Amsterdam, Yoko seeks to
bring the beauty of Japanese tradition and philosophy into the present through contemporary musical interpretation.

About Bart Corver
Bart Corver is a distinctive Dutch guitarist who is not only classically trained but also skilled in improvisation,
arrangement, and capturing the spirit of Japanese music and philosophy. He studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam
with Lex Eisenhardt (Early Music) and Johannes Möller (Technique), developing a strong focus on contemporary
repertoire. Inspired by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, he spent time in Japan to deepen his understanding of
modern works. In collaboration with Yoko, he explores both traditional songs and contemporary compositions, creating
new music where Japanese music and philosophy meet Western interpretation.

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