Even so, the marimba demands its own distinctive form of training – something Kato pursued at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Japan, before refining her craft at the Rotterdam Conservatory in the ...

Piano, marimba, drums—it’s all about percussion on From the Top at Carnegie Hall as Sarina Zhang, a 10-year-old pianist from San Diego, California, performs Glinka’s “The Lark,” and 17 ...