Since her debut, Akiko Yano has continued to thrive in a free, genre-defying style that isn’t bound by conventions. And as one of Japan’s leading shamisen players, Hiromitsu Agatsuma—who preserves tradition while crossing genres and borders to challenge himself and continually spread “Tradition and Innovation” both domestically and internationally. The music produced by their collaboration unit Yano to Agatsuma radiates a unique, one-of-a-kind worldview. At the end of last year, NPR, the American public broadcaster, expanded online, and they appeared on NHK’s “Tiny Desk Concerts JAPAN,” the Japanese version of the globally popular Tiny Desk Concerts; their electrifying performance drew even more attention. We invite you to fully savor in an intimate club setting the “new Japanese music” played by a three-person lineup unlike any other in the world—Akiko Yano, Hiromitsu Agatsuma, and synthesizer player Hideyuki Fukazawa.