Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
Enjoy a concert that includes piano and violin music that relates to Japan and celebrates Japanese and Japanese American composers and musicians. The music performed will vary from the traditional to the modern, and the program will include both solos and ensembles. Yuka Nakayama-Lewicki, playing piano, and Yuko Nakamura, playing violin, will perform Haru no […]
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