but they never complained about being there.

More than 100 guests joined the Chado Urasenke Tankokai Los Angeles Association for its annual Hatsudate-shiki (first tea ceremony of the year) and New Years luncheon at the Doubletree Hotel in Little Tokyo on Jan.I felt a great deal of responsibility because I was not sure I was completely ready.

Photos by JUN NAGATA / Rafu Shimpo Articles for you@media ( min-width: 300px ){and I will greatly miss his humanity and serene grace.and the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival.

but also as a passionate mentor for future generations of musicians.Ray and Maria Stata BSO music director and head of conducting at Tanglewood: I am greatly saddened to hear the news of Seijis passing.

and was invited the next summer to Tanglewood by then BSO Music Director Charles Munch.

the Boston Symphony Orchestra announces the death of its beloved music director laureate.PASADENA —The Shumei Hall Gallery will open the new year with the first solo exhibition of the extraordinary work of Kimiko Muraoka Koyanagi.

The Shumei Hall Gallery is operated by the Shumei Arts Council.2012The exhibition will be held at the Shumei Hall Gallery.

They are traditional and contemporary at the same time.to make dolls for over 70 years.