BERKELEY — To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Berkeley Public Library presents a concert of traditional and contemporary Japanese koto music on Thursday, May 7, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. at the Central Library, 2090 Kittredge (at Shattuck).

Koto players Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto and Brian Mitsuhiro Wong will perform in the Art and Music Department, on the fifth floor.

Muramoto, an Oakland native, has performed with cinematic composer Maurice Jarre, the Sacramento Symphony, the Marin Symphony and shakuhachi master John Kaizan Neptune. Wong, who is Muramoto’s son, will play saxophone as well as koto.

This free program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. For further information, call (510) 981-6241.

For accessibility information, call (510) 981-6107; TTY, (510) 548-1240, or visit http://berkeleypubliclibrary.org.