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Yayoi Ikawa talks the multi stop South African tour on Kofifi FM 97.2

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Our guest this Sunday was Born in Tokyo, Japan, raised musically in New York and she is a pianist/composer.

Yayoi Ikawa is an experience in ingenuity and compassion, using music as a powerful communicational tool, she strives to lift up humanity through understanding and encouraging herself and others.

She was recently in South Africa as a headliner for the inaugural KZN Jazz Festival earlier this year and now she makes her return for a multi stop tour this August as we commemorate Women’s Month and their contribution to the arts, particularity Jazz music.
13 Aug 2023 English South Africa Music · Music Interviews

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