Kanoko Nishi-Smith

piano, koto

Kanoko Nishi-Smith is a performer currently based in SF/Bay Area. Though classically trained on piano, receiving a BA in Classical Music Performance from Mills College, her recent interest has primarily been in performing 20th century and contemporary musical compositions for piano as well as for koto (Japanese 13-string zither), and free-improvisation in various different contexts, with musicians, as well as dancers, poets,
and visual artists.

Upcoming Events:

1May

Thursday, May 1 2025 7:00 PM

Shapeshifters Cinema [2021 San Jose Avenue Apartment 6]
Do-Over Music Series @ Shapeshifters Cinema

Set 1: 7pm
Lenny Gonzalez - guitar and electronics
Erik Ellestad - sax and electronics

Set 2: 8pm
Improvised music and film with:
the above plus
Kanoko Nishi-Smith - koto, Ava Lynch - drums/percussion, Jordan Glenn - drums/percussion.
with films screened and manipulated by our Shapeshifters hosts. More...

13May

Tuesday, May 13 2025 8:00 PM

Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
T.J. Borden (cello) + Jacob Felix Heule (percussion) + Matt Ingalls (clarinet) + Kanoko Nishi-Smith (koto) quartet

Matt Robidoux More...

CDs on which Kanoko Nishi-Smith appears:

Artist

Title

Label

Number

Bruckmann/Heule/Nishi-Smith/Rivero

negligiblism

Full Spectrum Records

FS158

Bruckmann/Djll/Heule/Nishi-Smith

Brittle Feebling

Bandcamp

The Emergency String (X)tet meet Rent Romus

Emergency Rental

Edgetone Records

EDT4100

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