NEW YORK — Harpsichordist Yasuko Mitsui has promised to keep organizing concerts around the globe through her foundation until the world has gotten rid of nuclear weapons

"Until nuclear weapons disappear, I will keep doing this because it is my goal," the Tokyo native said in a recent interview in New York. "Everyone wants peace."

The 59-year-old Mitsui was speaking out not only as a musician internationally known in classical music circles, but also as founder and chair of the Harmony for Peace Foundation.