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Music Mondays to Feature Akira Komatsu
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The next performance of Japan Foundation Los Angeles’ Music Mondays series will be on Monday, March 8, at 12:30 p.m. (PST) via Facebook Live. The theme for March is “Friendship.”
Akira Komatsu
Akira Komatsu is a composer and musician originally from Tokyo who started his career as a jazz-oriented guitarist and musical instructor. He has scored a wide range of projects, including the film “Introducing Gifu,” which premiered at the Shanghai China Expo 2010, TV commercials for Precure Series Toys for BANDAI Co., Ltd., a radio commercial for JASRAC, and many independent films.
Working in the dramatic, pop, rock, electronic, and jazz genres, his music is unique, highly emotive, and often very quirky. Komatsu studied with Jeff Richman at MI/GIT Hollywood, and he graduated with the Human Relation Award. He moved to L.A. in 2017 and works as a freelance composer and guitarist. Visit his website: https://www.akirakomatsu.com
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New York s first Black female doctor, the state s first Black millionaire and other New Yorkers will be honored for Black History Month. (Shutterstock / Dariusz Gryczka)
BROOKLYN, NY A cemetery in Brooklyn is taking a unique approach to celebrating Black History Month by honoring New Yorkers who found their final resting place on the historic grounds.
Green-Wood Cemetery the nearly 200-year-old cemetery below Prospect Park will host a virtual celebration to recognize the stories of some of its most prominent Black residents.
The event, set up for Feb. 24, will bring together Green-Wood s historian and Brooklyn City Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr. to discuss the New Yorkers unique life stories.