Contemporary Asian / Asian American music calendar for February 2025
Date Artist(s)/Event Place Time Info./Tix
Feb 1 BettySoo (o/f James McMurtry) Jackson, MS - Duling hall 8pm (601) 292-7121
Feb Oneus Tempe, AZ - Marquee theatre 7pm (480) 829-0607
Feb Ken Kobayashi quartet NY, NY - Shrine 8pm (212) 690-7807
Feb Hiroya Tsukamoto Mentone, AL - Mentone arts ctr. ?pm R. Gulley: (256) 845-0203
Feb Kinetic chamber ensemble plays works by Jungyoon Wie, Nicky Sohn, Earl Kim, and Ravel Houston, TX - Asia Society 7:30pm (713) 496-9901
Feb Miwa Gemini NY, NY - Rockwood 7pm rockwoodmusichall.com
Feb Sunny Jain's American Lullabies (S. Jain -drums; Ganavya -vocals; G. McMurray -gtr.; S. Ismaily -bass) NY, NY - Symph. Space, Thalia 7:30pm (212) 864-5400
Feb Julie Jungwha Park sings works by Dong-Jin Kim, Hong Kim, Vivaldi, Mozart, R. Strauss, Massenet, Puccini, Cilea, Previn, and others NY, NY - Carnegie Hall, Weill hall 8pm (212) 247-7800
Feb Melodic Intersect Baltimore, MD - An die Musik (+ livestream) 7pm andiemusiklive.com
Feb Orchid Ensemble Waterloo, ON - KW Little Theatre 8pm (519) 886-0660
Feb Hiroya Tsukamoto Opelika, AL - The Sound Wall 7:30pm (334) 575-3477
Feb Cambodian Rock Band play (music by Dengue Fever) Houston, TX - Alley theatre 2:30pm & 8/Sat., 7:30/Sun. (713) 220-5700
Feb BettySoo & Pat Byrne New Braunfels, TX - Redbird Listening Rm. 4pm (830) 606-7886
Feb Yuto Mitomi trio NY, NY - Tomi jazz 6pm (646) 497-1254
Feb Hui-Kuan Lin (pipa), Lung-Yi Huan (sheng), Houston sym. musicians, & Shepherd school (Rice) musicians play works by Shih-Hui Chen, Chen Yi, Hwang-Long Pan, and Xu Shuya Houston, TX - Asia Society 7:30pm (713) 496-9901
Feb Cambodian Rock Band play (music by Dengue Fever) Houston, TX - Alley theatre 7:30pm/T-Th; 8/Fri. (713) 220-5700
Feb Anju Sommerville, MA - The Burren 7m (617) 776-6896
Feb 9 Sunny Jain's Dholusion (S. Jain -drums; Y. Kalluri -dance; A. O'Farrill -trmp.; E. Lawitts -bass) NY, NY - Symph. Space, Thalia 7:30pm (212) 864-5400
Feb 9 Vijay Iyer [sold out] Asheville, NC - BMC museum & arts ctr. 7pm & 9 (828) 350-8484
Feb 9 Oort Smog and Paul Lai LA, CA - The Smell 8pm thesmell.org
Feb 10 Hard Nips NY, NY - Heaven Can Wait ?pm (212) 420-8392
Feb 10 Akiko Tsuruga Baltimore, MD - An die Musik (+ livestream) 7pm andiemusiklive.com
Feb 10 Atash Austin, TX - Sahara Lounge 8:30pm (512) 927-0700
Feb 11 M2duO NY, NY - Rockwood 7pm rockwoodmusichall.com
Feb 11, 12 Cambodian Rock Band play (music by Dengue Fever) Houston, TX - Alley theatre 2:30pm; 8/Sat. (713) 220-5700
Feb 11 Nagavalli (with BettySoo, Carrie Rodriguez, Oliver Rajamani, Patrice Pike, and Indrajit Banerjee) Austin, TX - Paramount, Stateside 8pm (512) 474-1221
Feb 11 Silkroad Ensemble musicians (Gotoh -vln.; Perez - bass; Shanahan -perc.) play music of the Transcontinental railroad workers origins (particularly Irish, Chnz., African Amer., Indigenous) Sacramento, CA - Calif. St. Rail museum 2pm (916) 758-6975
Feb 12 Anju NY, NY - Rockwood 6pm rockwoodmusichall.com
Feb 12 Oort Smog Oakland, CA - Beauty Supply arts ?pm beautysupplyarts{at]gmail[dot}com
Feb 12 Tatsuya Nakatani SF, CA - Musician's union hall 8:30pm (415) 575-0777
Feb 13 Miki Yamanaka trio NY, NY - Smalls 10:30pm & 12 (jam) smallslive.com
Feb 13 AppalAsia (banjo/erhu/dulcimer) accompanies silent film "Broken Blossoms" (DW Griffith, 1919) Pittsburgh, PA - Alphabet City (+ livestream) 7pm cityofasylum.org
Feb 14 Akiko Tsuruga quartet NY, NY - Cellar Dog 7pm-11 (212) 675-6056
Feb UPS jazz orch. featuring Grace Kelly Tacoma, WA - Univ. of Puget Sound, Schneebeck concert hall 7:30pm pugetsound.edu
Feb Oort Smog and Chris Icasiano Portland, OR - No Fun bar ?pm (503) 236-8067
Feb Jen Shyu (voice/gayageum), Kenny Barron (piano), Lesley Mok (perc.), & Kalia Vandever (trbn.) NY, NY - New School, Glass Box theater 8:30pm events.newschool.edu
Feb Tatsuya Nakatani San Luis Obispo, CA - A satellite of love ?pm (805) 4399-1604
Feb Tomas Fujiwara's 7 poets group (TH Bynum / T Reid / P Brennan) and Coast Jazz Orch. Hanover, NH - Dartmouth, Collis common grounds 7:30pm (603) 646-2422
Feb Kevin Sun quartet Brooklyn, NY - Lowlands bar 8pm & 9:30 (347) 463-9458
Feb Jen Shyu (voice), Ben Monder (guitar), & Reggie Workman (bass) NY, NY - New School, Glass Box theater 8:30pm events.newschool.edu
Feb New Voices II (sound movement, texture, and spatialization) : Sharmi Basu and Alex Abalos SF, CA - Audium theater 7:30pm (415) 771-1616
Feb GabbyWen (eltrnx./guqin) Stanford,, CA - Stanford U., CCRMA (+ livestream) 7:30pm (650) 723-4971
Feb Nakatani Gong Orch. Ojai, CA - Ojai Valley Woman's club 8pm weirdcryrecords{at]gmail[dot}com
Feb Kei Akagi trio LA, CA - Sam First 7:30pm & 9 (424) 800-2006
Feb Hiroya Tsukamoto Andover, NH - Highland Lake Grange hall 7pm andovercoffeehouse.org
Feb Asian American Jazz symposium: "Past, Present, Future" NY, NY - Columbia U. faculty house 9am-6pm jazz.columbia.edu
Feb Miki Yamanaka trio + Jamile (vocals) NY, NY - Birdland theater 7pm & 9:30 (212) 581-3080
Feb Sumi Tonooka NY, NY - Columbia U. , Miller theater 8pm jazz.columbia.edu
Feb Jen Shyu (voice, Twnz. moon lute, piano, Jpnz. biwa) NY, NY - New School, Glass Box theater 8:30pm events.newschool.edu
Feb RAW (Raging Asian Womxn) taiko Swarthmore, PA - Swarthmore, Lang PAC, P-H hall 7pm jmurphy2[at}swarthmore{dot]edu
Feb Yayoi Ikawa trio Baltimore, MD - An die Musik (+ livestream) 7pm andiemusiklive.com
Feb Hiroya Tsukamoto Lyndon, VT - York St. mtg. house 7pm (gtr. workshop - 4) Catamount: (888) 757-5559
Feb Miki Yamanaka trio + S. Wilson (sax.) & S. Moullier (vibe.) NY, NY - Birdland theater 7pm & 9:30 (212) 581-3080
Feb Tsutomu Nakai quartet NY, NY - The Django 7:30pm-10 (212) 519-6649
Feb Jen Shyu (vocals), Val Jeanty (eltrnx./beats), & Sumi Tonooka (piano) NY, NY - New School, Glass Box theater 8:30pm events.newschool.edu
Feb RAW taiko Philadelphia, PA - Asian Arts Initiative 2pm (215) 557-0455
Feb Gamin (Korean winds), Mat Muntz (Croatian & Bulgarian bagpipes / bowed Korean zither), & gamelan (Nataraja/Midyanto/Parris/Liddell) Berkeley, CA - CNMAT 8pm (510) 643-9990
Feb Oort Smog SF, CA - Ctr. f New Music ?pm (415) 275-2466
Feb Anju Philadelphia, PA - Twelve Gates Arts 3pm (215) 253-8578
Feb Tatsuya Nakatani LA, CA - Inst. of Contemp. Art 5pm (213) 928-0833
Feb David Yee quartet NY, NY - The Django 7:30pm-10 (212) 519-6649
Feb Noise Pop: No Vacation and Wabie SF, CA - The Chapel ?pm (415) 551-5157
Feb Jihee Heo (piano), L. Plaxico (bass), & M. Whitfield (drums) NY, NY - Mezzrow 10:30pm & 12 (jam) smallslive.com
Feb Noise Pop: Noso SF, CA - Rickshaw Stop ?pm (415) 861-2011
Feb Noise Pop fest.: Covet Berkeley, CA - UC Theatre ?pm (510) 356-4000
Feb Kevin Sun quartet Brooklyn, NY - Lowlands bar 8pm & 9:30 (347) 463-9458
Feb Miki Yamanaka quartet NY, NY - Cellar Dog 11:45pm-2 (212) 675-6056
Feb Kodo Santa Fe, NY - Lensic 7:30pm (505) 988-1234
Feb New Voices II (sound movement, texture, and spatialization) : Sharmi Basu and Alex Abalos SF, CA - Audium theater 7:30pm (415) 771-1616
Feb San Jose Jazz Winter Fest: Vân-Ánh Vő & Olesya Zdorovetska with Alina Sokulska "Magura" San Jose, CA - Tabard theatre 7:30pm (408) 679-2330
Feb Harish Raghavan quartet LA, CA - Sam First 7:30pm & 9 (424) 800-2006
Feb Akiko Tsuruga quartet NY, NY - The Django 10:30pm-1 (212) 519-6649
Feb Mandy Moon Nashville, TN - Aiyara Thai & Sushi 7pm-10 (615) 942-6208
Feb Jinjoo Yoo quartet NY, NY - Cellar Dog 11:45pm-2 (212) 675-6056
Feb Arun Luthra's Konnakol Jazz Project Brooklyn, NY - Ibeam. 8pm ibeambrooklyn.com
Feb Wu Man & Verona quartet play works by Zhao Jiping, Wu Man, Tsintsadze, Dowland, and Dvorak Oberlin, OH - Oberlin, Warner concert hall 7:30pm CPO: (440) 775-8610
Feb Kodo Kansas City, MO - Kaufman ctr., Helzberg hall 7pm (816) 994-7222
Feb Junny Austin, TX - Sunset Rm. ?pm ticketweb.com
Feb Wynston Minckler trio plays Yellow Magic Orch. Vancouver, BC - Frankies jazz club 11pm (604) 688-6368
Feb Stephen Hung Arbutus, MD - OCA Mocha noon (410) 501-3138
Feb San Jose Jazz Winter Fest: Ambrose Akinmusire (trpt.) & Rafiq Bhatia (gtr.) San Jose, CA - Tabard theatre 5:30pm (408) 679-2330
Feb Sean Hong Wei quartet NY, NY - The Django 7:30pm-10 (212) 519-6649
Feb Miki Yamanaka trio NY, NY - Smalls 10:30pm & 12 (jam) smallslive.com
Feb Kodo Nashville, TN - Symph. ctr. 7:30pm (615) 687-6400
Feb Junny San Diego, CA - Brick by Brick ?pm (619) 276-3990
Feb Kevin Sun trio Brooklyn, NY - Lowlands bar 8pm & 9:30 (347) 463-9458
Feb Kenji Tokunaga band NY, NY - Silvana 10pm-12 (646) 692-4935
Feb Dreamcatcher Atlanta, GA - The Battery, Coca Cola Roxy 7:30pm (470) 351-3866

Date Artist(s)/Event Place Time Info./Tix
Feb Richard Thai duo NY, NY - Tomi jazz 11pm-12:30 (646) 497-1254
Feb Sharon Minemoto hosts jazz jam Vancouver, BC - Patricia hotel, Hastings MIll pub 7:30pm-11 (604) 255-4301
Feb Miho Hazama and m_unit NY, NY - Jazz Standard 7:30pm & 9:30 (212) 576-2232
Feb Junko Sakai duo NY, NY - Tomi jazz 11pm-12:30 (646) 497-1254
Feb Sounds Global ensemble Vancouver, BC - UBC music school , Barnett hall noon music.ubc.ca
Feb Jared Redmond (piano) plays works by Park Jung-eun, Noh Ji-ye, M. Finnissy, K. Rohde, W. Rihm, and himself SF, CA - Ctr. for New Music 7pm (415) 275-2466
Feb ”The Revolution” Vol. 47: includes The Either Brooklyn, NY - Nat'l. Sawdust ?pm (646) 779-8455
Feb Yoshiki Miura trio and Shu Odamura trio NY, NY - Tomi jazz 7:30pm-10/YM; 10:30-1/SO (646) 497-1254
Feb Everything Turned to Color [sold out] NY, NY - Rockwood 8:30pm (212) 477-4155
Feb Nobuko Takamen trio NY, NY - B Flat 10pm-12 (212) 219-2970
Feb "KLBP (lpfm) kickoff": includes Dengue Fever Long Beach, CA - At the Top ?pm (562) 436-4363
Feb New Music Fest.: Mari Kimura demos extended technique and interactive computer technology for violin Fullerton, CA - CSUF, CPAC, recital hall noon (657) 278-3511

Date Artist(s)/Event Place Time Info./Tix
Feb JinJoo Yoo duo NY, NY - Tomi jazz 11pm-12:30 (646) 497-1254
Feb Shu Odamura trio and Yuto Kanazawa NY, NY - Tomi jazz 8p-11/SO; 11-12:30/YK (646) 497-1254
Feb Jeff Kashiwa & the Gerald Veasley band Philadelphia, PA - South 7pm & 9:30 (215) 600-0220


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