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Tenko, Kamura, & Zeena Parkins

Sunday, October 5, 19868:00 pm

Tenko, Kamura (voices) & Zeena Parkins (harp, piano, processing)


Tenko is a Japanese musician who has been performing improvised music for the past thirty years.Touring Europe, America and Japan, she has performed in many festivals since 1985 to now with OTOMO YOSHIHIDE, IKUE MORI, FRED FRITH and others. A specialist of the voice art. —Bio as of 2010

Zeena Parkins is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, improviser and pioneer of contemporary harp practice and performance. She has mastered and extended the language of the acoustic harp and, through a series of innovative electric models, exploded the instrument through playing techniques, preparations, and custom designed electronic processing. Her performances, recordings, and collaborations include: Bjork, Ikue Mori, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Christian Marclay, Elliott Sharp, Maja Ratkje, Nate Wooley, Okkyung Lee, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Matmos, Yoko Ono and Yasunao Tone. —Bio as of 2015

Tenko, Kamura, & Zeena Parkins

Sunday, October 5, 19868:00 pm

Tenko, Kamura (voices) & Zeena Parkins (harp, piano, processing)


Tenko is a Japanese musician who has been performing improvised music for the past thirty years.Touring Europe, America and Japan, she has performed in many festivals since 1985 to now with OTOMO YOSHIHIDE, IKUE MORI, FRED FRITH and others. A specialist of the voice art. —Bio as of 2010

Zeena Parkins is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, improviser and pioneer of contemporary harp practice and performance. She has mastered and extended the language of the acoustic harp and, through a series of innovative electric models, exploded the instrument through playing techniques, preparations, and custom designed electronic processing. Her performances, recordings, and collaborations include: Bjork, Ikue Mori, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Christian Marclay, Elliott Sharp, Maja Ratkje, Nate Wooley, Okkyung Lee, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Matmos, Yoko Ono and Yasunao Tone. —Bio as of 2015