Minimalist Icons Festival
Hiroshi Yoshimura: Flora / Green
Performance at REDCAT
Hear Wild Up perform the music of a legendary Japanese minimalist composer
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Hiroshi Yoshimura: Flora / Green
Wild Up brings Hiroshi Yoshimura’s (1940-2003) landmark albums Flora and Green into live performance through new acoustic arrangements by Patrick Shiroishi and Christopher Rountree, accompanied by a new video work. A pioneer of Japanese ambient and environmental music, Yoshimura created works of extraordinary delicacy and clarity, shaped by timbral sensitivity, spaciousness, and a profound attentiveness to the natural world. In these performances, Wild Up translates that sonic world into an intimate live setting, honoring the architecture and spirit of the original recordings while deepening their resonance through breath, touch, and shared presence.
In addition to these concerts JACCC, LA Phil Insight, REDCAT, Temporal Drift, and Wild Up are collaborating to produce and co-present the exhibition Hiroshi Yoshimura: Sound of Place, Place of Sound at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) in Little Tokyo running from February 24 through April 30, 2027.
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Approx. 2-2.5 hours,
including 20-minute intermission
LA Phil Insight is generously supported by Linda and David Shaheen.
Presenting support for Hiroshi Yoshimura: Flora / Green is made possible through the remarkable generosity of the Hillenburg Family.
This project is supported in part by The Japan Foundation and The Kresge Foundation.
Wild Up is supported in part by Perenchio Foundation; Anonymous; The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation; the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; the California Arts Council, a state agency; and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture.
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Program
Hiroshi YOSHIMURA
Hiroshi YOSHIMURA
REDCAT
631 W 2nd Street Los Angeles, California 90012
Visit the exhibition
Attend the performances, then visit the exhibition on view from February 24 through April 30, 2027.
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Hiroshi Yoshimura: Sound of Place, Place of Sound
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