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UCLA to present
Shakuhachi music, Nov 15, 3-5 PM
UCLA Paul
I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
Colloquium
Kaoru Kakizakai,
Shakuhachi performer and instructor of the International Shakuhachi
Training Center
A Presentation of
Shakuhachi Honkyoku: Performance and Talk
Introductions and
opening remarks will be made by UCLA ethnomusicology professor,
Bill Schultz
Monday, November
15, 2010
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Faculty Center,
Hacienda Room in the UCLA Westwood Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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| Shakuhachi
performer and instructor Kaoru Kakizakai |
Kaoru Kakizakai was
born in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture in 1959 and started playing
the kena while he was in his teens.
At 21 he started
playing the shakuhachi in the Kinko style. His teacher recognized
an unusual ability to play so he recommended him study with the
master,Yokoyama Katsuya.
He graduated from
the NHK Traditional Music Conservatory and is the winner of the
prestigious Kumamoto All Japan Hogaku competition.
He has recorded
with Yokoyama sensei on his CDs and videos and is a popular leader
of shakuhachi workshops for the International Shakuhachi Training
Center (Kokusai Shakuhachi Kenshukan) in Tokyo.
He has performed
extensively in America, Europe, Asia, and Australia and is a
faculty member of the Boulder Colorado summer intensive camps as
well as the Australian Shakuahchi Festivals.
Currently he is research fellow at the Tokyo College of Music,
full time instructor for the International Shakuhachi Kenshukan and
NHK Culture Centre and President of the International Shakuhachi
Kenshu-kan Chichibu School and Higashi Yamato School.
The UCLA Colloquium
is free and open to UCLA students, faculty and staff, and invited
guests.
www.international.ucla.edu/japan
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