COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M hosted the eighth World Shakuhachi Festival, celebrating the Japanese bamboo flute’s music and culture. People gathered in Bryan-College Station to perform, ...

A while back, Stan Richardson was performing traditional Japanese shakuhachi music for an audience of museum patrons when he received one of the greatest compliments of his life. “Someone in the ...

Even if the name isn’t familiar, you might know the sound of the shakuhachi. It’s a traditional Japanese flute with a distinct, airy sound quality. Shawn Head is a local shakuhachi performer who ...

A detail from the cover of Minoru Muraoka's collaboration with Herbie Mann, Gagaku and Beyond. It took some time to count the stamps on my passports, but it turns out I've averaged one trip to Japan ...

In a rehearsal room in the Woolworth Center of Musical Studies, students are blowing into their instruments, flicking hands over finger holes, shaking heads, and dipping chins up and down to create ...

MINATO-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN, May 24, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- The arrangements of Yamaya’s works are popularly known as "Wamono" (和モノ) and are frequently ...

Discovering the Music of Japan (1966), written and produced by Bernard Wilets, provides an engaging introduction to Japan’s rich musical traditions. This 22-minute educational film explores the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Silence in music rarely, if ever, gets much attention. Audiences generally see the stars of the show as the sounds, the chords, the ...

Shakuhachi master Hozan Yamamoto is one of the most respected and innovative shakuhachi masters of modern times. He has pioneered new music for the instrument and extended its repertory, while ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Five of today's leading shakuhachi masters join forces as the traditional ...