Born into a musical family, koto player Karin Nakagawa¡¯s destiny seemed to be mapped out for her from birth ¡ª still, she put up a fight.
At 3 years old, her flautist father, Masami, and her composer mother, Izumi, started young Karin on the piano.
¡°I just did not like the piano as a child,¡± Nakagawa recalls. By the age of 12, she says she was ¡°fully prepared to die if necessary¡± to quit her piano lessons. If the musical desire wasn¡¯t there, at least a flair for the dramatic was.
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