contemporary Asian / Asian American music calendar for January 2025
Date Artist(s)/Event Place Time Info./Tix
Jan 5 Hiroya Tsukamoto Milford, CT - MAC downtown 4pm-6 (1 - gtr. wkshop) (203) 878-6647
Jan 7 Kevin Sun trio Brooklyn, NY - Lowlands bar 8pm & 9:30 lowlandsbar.com
Jan 10 "Winter Jazz Fest": Kaoru Watanabe's Bloodlines, Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, and Linda May Han Oh NY, NY - Performance Space, Haring theater 6pm/KWB; 8:30/VI; 11/LMHO winterjazzfest.com
Jan 10 "Winter Jazz Fest": Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble NY, NY - Nublu 7pm winterjazzfest.com
Jan 10 "Winter Jazz Fest": Ganavya NY, NY - Le Poisson Rouge 10pm winterjazzfest.com
Jan 10 "Winter Jazz Fest": Nao Yoshioka NY, NY - City Winery 10:45pm winterjazzfest.com
Jan 10 Hiroya Tsukamoto Scotch Plains, NJ - All Saints Epis., sanctuary 7:30pm (908) 322-8047
Jan 11 "Winter Jazz Fest": John Chin trio BrooklynY, NY - Loove Labs 6:45pm winterjazzfest.com
Jan 11 "Winter Jazz Fest": Vijay Iyer trio + Adam O'Farrill BrooklynY, NY - Nat'l. Sawdust 7:30pm winterjazzfest.com
Jan 11 "Winter Jazz Fest": Arooj Aftab BrooklynY, NY - Wmsburg music hall 9pm winterjazzfest.com
Jan 11 "Winter Jazz Fest": Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero trio BrooklynY, NY - Loove Labs annex 9pm winterjazzfest.com
Jan 12 Nao Yoshioka Philadelphia, PA - City Winery, The Loft 7:30pm (267) 479-7373
Jan 12 BettySoo Oklahoma City, OK - The Blue Door 8pm (405) 524-0738
Jan 14 Dabin Ryu Brooklyn, NY - Bar LunAtico 9pm & 10:15 (718) 513-0339
Jan 14 BettySoo Austin, TX - Continental club midnight (512) 441-2444

Date Artist(s)/Event Place Time Info./Tix
Jan 17 Nao Yoshioka Annapolis, MD - Rams Head 8pm (410) 268-4545
Jan 18 Emm Gryner and friends St. Marys , ON - Riverwalk commons 7pm-10 (647) 992-9620
Jan 21 Purple Kiss Phoenix, AZ - Stage West, Herberger theater ctr. 7pm (602) 252-8497
Jan 21 Arooj Aftab Seattle, WA - The Crocodile ?pm (206) 420-6351
Jan 22 Kino Alston, MA - Brighton music hall 7pm (617) 208-8786
Jan 22 Kevin Sun quartet jam session NY, NY - Close Up 10pm (646) 410-2307
Jan 22 Balt. Sym. Orch. (Naomi Woo, cond.) plays works by Huang He / Wang Se, Viet Cuong, Zhou Tian, and others Baltimore, MD - Meyerhoff hall 7pm bsomusic.org
Jan 22 Hiroya Tsukamoto Purcellville, VA - Franklin pk. arts ctr. (+ live-streamed) 7pm (540) 338-7973
Jan 22 Writers Round: includes Cody Hibbard Nashville, TN - The Listening Rm. 6pm (615) 259-3600
Jan 22 (((o))) Vancouver, BC - Hollywood Theatre ?pm (778) 819-3065
Jan 23 Victor Lin's Ghilbli trio plays works from Studio Ghilbli and other anime' themes Brooklyn, NY - Red Pavilion 7pm theredpavilion.com
Jan 23 Azim Azhar & AUR Toronto, ON - Danforth music hall 8pm (416) 778-8163
Jan 23 Ex-travaganza: includes Wendy Woo Boulder, CO - Fox theatre 7pm (303) 447-0095
Jan 24 (((o))) Denver, CO - Convergence Station, Perplexiplex ?pm (866) 636-9969
Jan 24 Oregon Jazz Fest.: Helen Sung Eugene, OR - Lane CC, Ragozzino hall 7:30pm blogs.uoregon.edu/jazzfestival
Jan 25 Stephanie Chou Wash., DC - Kennedy Ctr., Millennium stage 6pm (202) 416-8000
Jan 25 Silkroad Ensemble - Percussion Fairfax, VA - GMU, arts ctr. pm (703) 993-2787
Jan 25 Oregon Jazz Fest.: Helen Sung with the Lane CC big band and Oregon jazz ensemble Eugene, OR - U Oregon, Beall hall 5:30pm blogs.uoregon.edu/jazzfestival
Jan 25 Gloria Cheng plays works by Jon Jang, Linda May Han Oh, A. O'Farrill, A. Davis, & J. Newton SF, CA - SFJazz, Henderson lab 7pm & 8:30 (866) 920-5299
Jan 26 Silkroad Ensemble - Percussion Harrisonburg, VA - JMU, Forbes ctr., concert hall 7pm (540) 568-7000
Jan 26 Azim Azhar & AUR Vancouver, BC - Hollywood Theatre 8pm (778) 819-3065
Jan 27 Silkroad Ensemble - Percussion Pittsburg, PA - Byham theater 7:30pm (412) 456-6666
Jan 27 BettySoo (o/f James McMurtry) Tallahassee, FL - The Moon 7:30pm moonevents.com
Jan 28-31 Vijay Iyer trio NY, NY - Village Vanguard pm (
Jan 28 Balt. Sym. Orch. (Naomi Woo, cond.) plays works by Huang He / Wang Se, Viet Cuong, Zhou Tian, and others Bethesda, MD - Strathmore music ctr. 8pm bsomusic.org
Jan 28 BettySoo (o/f James McMurtry) Charleston, SC - Charleston Pour House 8pm (8571-4343
Jan 28 Stephanie Chou quintet Midland, MI - Midland Car 7:30pm (989) 631-8250
Jan 28 Jeremiah Chiu and Yuka Honda LA, CA - Zebulon cafe ?pm (323) 663-6875
Jan 29 BettySoo (o/f James McMurtry) Atlanta, GA - Variety playhouse 8pm (404) 524-7354
Jan 30 (((O))) Wash., DC - The Atlantis 8pm (202) 579-9950
Jan 30 BettySoo (o/f James McMurtry) Nashville, TN - Cannery hall 7:30pm (615) 649-9555

Date Artist(s)/Event Place Time Info./Tix
Jan Patrick Shiroishi & Dustin Wong LA, CA - Zebulon cafe ?pm (323) 663-6875
Jan "In the Green Room" (Jen Shyu -vocals/moonlute/biwa/kayageum; Sumi Tonooka -piano; Terri Lyne Carrington -drums; Linda May Han Oh -bass) NY, NY - Asia Society 7pm (212) 517-2742
Jan ONEUS NY, NY - Apollo theater 7:30pm (212) 531-5300
Jan Haruna Fukazawa (flute) & Shu Odamura (gtr.) Queens, NY - Espresso 77 8:30pm (718) 424-1077
Jan "Songs from Native Sounds": Sooah Ellen Park (soprano) & C. Ketter (piano) sings works by Hyogeun Kim, Wonju Lee, Un-young Na, Youngjo Lee, Duname Cho, Cadman, Puccini, and Rodrigo NY, NY - Carnegie hall, Weill hall 7pm (212) 247-7800
Jan "Lunar New Year" concert: Baltimore Symphony Orch. (Yue Bao, cond.), Stella Chen (vln.), and Hyesang Park (sopr.) plays works by Joowon Kim, Zhou Tian, Dvorak, Mozart, and traditional Asian Baltimore, MD - Meyerhoff hall 8pm (410) 783-8000
Jan Sunny Jain's Love Force NY, NY - Joe's Pub 9:30pm (212) 967-7555
Jan Grace Kelly Pinecrest, FL - Pinecrest Gardens, Banyan Bowl 8pm (305) 350-0765
Jan "Lunar New Year" concert: Winnipeg Sym. Orch. (Naomi Woo, Cond.), Angela Suet Kee Ng (pno.), Mark "Dashan" Rowswell (narr.), and others performs works by Chan Ka Nin and others Winnipeg, MB - Centennial hall 7:30pm (204) 949-3999
Jan Wendy Woo Windsor, CO - Betta Gumbo 6pm (970) 685-4842
Jan "Year of the Rabbit": Qilin Sun (piano) plays works by Huang Hu-Wei, Wang Jian-Zhong, Chen Qi-Gang, Zhang Zhao, Wen Zi-Yang, and Prokoviev NY, NY - Carnegie hall, Weill hall 8pm (212) 247-7800
Jan "Stuck Elevator" (rap/metal opera) - music by Byron Au Yong, libretto by Aaron Jafferis Nashville, TN - TPAC, NL opera ctr. 8pm/Fri,Sat; 3/Sun (615) 782-4040
Jan "Lunar New Year" concert: NJ Sym., Nancy Zhou (v), Chelsea Guo (p), Min Kwon (p), Peking U. alum chorus, and others perform works by Li Huanzhi, Zhao Jiping, James Ra, Chen Qigang, and others Newark, NJ - NJPAC 7:30pm njsymphony.org
Jan Inbal Segev & Boise Phil. play work by Vijay Iyer (+ works by V. Coleman and Brahms) Boise, ID - Morrison ctr. 7:30pm (208) 344-7849
Jan Miles Okazaki (gtr.) & Dan Weiss (drums) NY, NY - New School, Glass Box Theater 8:30pm thestonenyc.com
Jan Miles Okazaki (gtr.), Caroline Davis (sax) & Michael Formanek (bass) NY, NY - New School, Glass Box Theater 8:30pm thestonenyc.com
Jan Erika Matsuo NY, NY - Rockwood 7pm rockwoodmusichall.com
Jan Miles Okazaki (gtr.), Jon Irabagon (sax), Chris Tordini (bass) & Nasheet Waits (drums) NY, NY - New School, Glass Box Theater 8:30pm thestonenyc.com
Jan Vagabonds (Rajna Swaminathan -mrudangam/voice; Ganavya -vocals; Utsav Lal -piano; others) NY, NY - Jazz Gallery (+ livestream) 7:30pm & 9:30 (646) 494-3625
Jan Trickster (Miles Okazaki -gtr.; Matt Mitchell -piano; Anthony Tidd -bass; Sean Rickman -drums) NY, NY - New School, Glass Box Theater 8:30pm thestonenyc.com
Jan "Lunar New Year": Pacific Sym. & various instrumentalists, singers, & dancers perform works by Huanzhi Li, Guanyue Liu, Yeong-Seob Choe, Viet Cuong, Xiang Hou, John Wms., Beethoven, and others Costa Mesa, CA - Segerstrom ctr. 8pm (714) 556-2787

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