With over 20 years of experience playing in Quebec’s symphony orchestras and the recipient of a 2022 ADISQ Award with her group TEKE::TEKE, Yuki Isami offers a captivating debut album that explores the evolution of Japanese music in contact with the West. From traditional to contemporary music, through the classical period and Western composers influenced by Japanese culture, Rives offers a musical journey both geographical and temporal.
Yuki Isami – Flute, shinobue, koto & shamisen
Natsuki Hiratsuka – Piano
Patrick Graham – Percussion
Natsuki Hiratsuka – Piano
Patrick Graham – Percussion
Produced by Yuki Isami
Koto and Shamisen arrangements by Yuki Isami
Percussion arrangements by Patrick Graham
Recorded and mixed by Carolina Rodríguez at Pollack hall in Montreal. QC. September 2021
Mastering by Brock McFarlaine (CPS Mastering)
Photo by Serge Nakauchi Pelletier
Artwork by Maya Kuroki
Percussion arrangements by Patrick Graham
Recorded and mixed by Carolina Rodríguez at Pollack hall in Montreal. QC. September 2021
Mastering by Brock McFarlaine (CPS Mastering)
Photo by Serge Nakauchi Pelletier
Artwork by Maya Kuroki