Harukaze Concert 2025: Solo, Songs and Duets by Leyna Marika Papach (in-person)

Please join us for our Harukaze Concert 2025 - a cultural and musical experience!

Harukaze 2025 concert: Solo, songs and duets by Leyna Marika Papach

Leyna Marika Papach will be presenting her smaller chamber compositions consisting of a solo piece written for violin, viola and electronics, as well as duets and songs performed by guest artists: Maiya Papachーsister and principal violist of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Isabella Dawis (voice), and Asako Hirabayashi (piano).

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Saturday, June 7th | 3:00 PM
Doors open at 2:30 PM

Tickets:

• At the Door: $20 (Non-Member), $15 (Member)

• Online Pre-Sale: $15 (Non-Member), $10 (Member)

Tickets are non-refundable but transferable. For questions, contact us at jasm@mn-japan.org.

Location:
Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University
1531 Hewitt Ave, St. Paul, MN 55104

** Sundin Music Hall is Accessible for All  

Leyna Marika Papach is a composer, interdisciplinary artist and violinist from Japan and the United States. With music being her central lens, she has created a body of work that spans across theater, dance, poetry and the visual arts.  Her many works have been presented in Europe, Japan, West Africa, US, and her projects and creative explorations have been supported by programs such as the MAP Fund, NEA, HERE Arts Center, Minnesota Opera, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, and ACF and others.  In 2024, she received the McKnight Composer Fellowship.   As a collaborator and performer, she has worked with inspiring artists across a wide range of disciplines and continues to be inspired to make interdisciplinary work.  Leyna studied violin at the Prague Academy of Music and received an MA in Theater-Dance studies form DAS Theater (Amsterdam), and an MFA in sound/music/interdisciplinary studies from Bard College. www.leynamarikapapach.com

Maiya Papach is the principal violist of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. She has made frequent national and international appearances as a chamber musician, with a versatile profile in her performances of both traditional and contemporary repertoire. She is a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), and has toured extensively with groups such as the Da Capo Chamber Players, Musicians from Marlboro, and has made appearances at Prussia Cove (UK), the Boston Chamber Music Society amongst many others.  She is also a member of Accordo, a Twin Cities-based chamber music group.  Papach is a 2013 recipient of the McKnight Fellowship and is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory and the Juilliard School of Music.

Isabella Dawis is a Filipina-American singer who both performs and writes music and theater of all kinds. She currently holds a 2023-25 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship with the Jerome Foundation and is a 2026 Loghaven Artist-in-Residence. As a soprano, Isabella has been featured with the Minnesota Opera, the Minnesota Chorale, the Schubert Club, the Center for Contemporary Opera, the New York Philharmonic Biennial, Skylark Opera, and more. She has performed as an actor with Ten Thousand Things, the Guthrie Theater, Theater Mu, the Jungle Theatre, Trademark Theater, New Ohio Theatre, the Children's Theatre Company, and many more. Also a playwright and composer, Isabella is the recipient of the Kleban Prize in Musical Theatre, the Fred Ebb Award for musical theater songwriting, the Weston-Ghostlight New Musical Award, and the American Opera Project's Composers and the Voice Fellowship. She is also a member of the rock band Kiss the Tiger (keys and vocals). www.isabelladawis.com

A harpsichordist and composer, Asako Hirabayashi's first recording on Albany Label, whose program is entirely composed and played by herself, was selected as one of the top ten albums of the year 2018 by the Global Music Awards and received 7 favorable reviews internationally. She won two McKnight Fellowships, Jerome Fund for New Music by American Composers Forum, Schubert Club Composer Award, Opera America’s Discovery Grant, MNiatures award by MN Opera and several first prizes in Alienor International Harpsichord Composition Competition. Her live performance of own composition was featured in Performance Today. She holds a DMA from the Juilliard School.

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