Toshiko Akiyoshi to play requiem for Hiroshima A-bomb victims

Toshiko Akiyoshi to play requiem for Hiroshima A-bomb victims

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese jazz pianist and composer Toshiko Akiyoshi speaks at a press conference in New York on July 2 about her newest composition, ''Hiroshima, Rising From the Abyss.'' She said she plans to perform the requiem in a world debut in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, the 56th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack.

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