Music from Japan, the leading presenter of traditional and contemporary Japanese music in the U.S., has launched its 30th season with a concert of traditional and contemporary gagaku works at Zankel Hall in New York City. A concert will also be held today at 3 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, CA.

Gagaku is the 1,200-year-old music of the Japanese Imperial court. To learn more about gagaku and Music from Japan, go to www.musicfromjapan.org.