Tag: Japan
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Naoko Kikuchi
Naoko Kikuchi learned to play the koto from her mother and grandmother in her early childhood. She was also taught by Tadao Sawai and Kazue Sawai. She will lead workshops teaching traditional sankyoku.
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Tani Yasunori
Tani Yasunori (谷 保範) is Dai-shihan of the Ueda-ryu School and a representative of the school’s Iemoto and head of Senzan-kai.
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Gunnar Jinmei Linder
Gunnar Jinmei Linder began shakuhachi in Japan in 1985, studying with Yamaguchi Gorō. He now performs and teaches regularly throughout Europe.
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Kiku Day
Kiku Day is a shakuhachi player and ethnomusicologist from Copenhagen, Denmark. She studied honkyoku with Atsuya Okuda and has performed old and new pieces in major venues across the world. She is a founding member of the European Shakuhachi Society.
