Please forward this to toher shakuhachi students who might be interested.
Hello shakuhachi enthusiasts,
Kurahashi Yoshio-sensei will be making his first Bay area appearance in
February, 1999
He will be here from February 9- 15 (a slight change from the original
plans) and he will be giving private lessons, master classes and a solo
concert.
For those who are interested in studying with him i am offerring a package
deal for those who register and pay early. For $100 you get a one hour
lesson, all the master classes and a ticket to the solo concert. For the
package deal, please pay before January 8!
Otherwise prices are as follows:
$45 for a half hour private lesson
$10 for each master class
$10 for solo concert tickets.
Most of the classes and lessons will be held in Berkeley. The solo concert
will also be in Berkeley at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies
(CNMAT) at the bearutiful 1750 Arch street.
Please contact me for more information.
Below is Kurahashi-sensei's bio.
YOSHIO KURAHASHI
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1949:* born Kyoto.
* Studied shakuhachi since childhood under Yodo Kurahashi (father),
founder of the ＜Mujuan＞ Shakuhachi School; later under
Homei Matsumura
,
of Nara.
1976:* first recital Osaka; received the Osaka Cultural Festival Award.
1980:* became the second director of the ＜Mujuan＞ Shakuhachi
School.
1981:* recital in New York, USA.
1982:* premiere of ＜Hiten＞(A Flying Maiden) for Shakuhachi
and Brass,
composed by Tetsunosuke Kushida, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1983:* performed in Wuxi, China.
1984:* premiere of ＜Figuration＞ for Shakuhachi and Brass,
composed by
Tetsunosuke Kushida, Kyoto.
1986:* lectures in Tel-Aviv Univ., Hebrew Univ. and Bar-Ilan Univ., and
recitals in Jerusalem and Haifa, Israel.
1987:* performed in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
1989:* inaugurated as the director of the Kyoto Sankyoku Association.
* performed in Queens College, Columbia Univ., Wesleyan Univ.,
Harvard
Univ., Princeton Univ., Pennsylvania Univ. and Maryland Univ., USA
1990:* inaugurated as the director of the Kyoto Hogaku Group.
1992:* performed in Beijing and Shanghai, China.
1994:* performed in Queens College and Harvard Univ., USA.
1995:* performed in Queens College and Wesleyan Univ., USA.
* began annual shakuhachi intensive class in New York, Boston,
Mass., and
Boulder, Colorado, USA.
1996:* premiere of ＜Sugihara＞ for Shakuhachi and Orchestra,
composed by Meir
Mindel, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1997:* premiere of ＜Bamboo Princess＞, composed by Randall
Snyder, Lincoln,
Nebraska, USA.
1998:* premiere of ＜Of Songs and Silence＞, composed by Don
Stein, Denver,
Colorado, USA.
* premiere of ＜Fantasy for Kaguya-Hime＞, composed
by Hifumi Shimoyama,
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA.
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Philip Gelb
shakuhachi:performance, lessons
ryokan@wenet.net
415 876 4923
124 7th Avenue
SanFrancisco, CA 94118
http://www.hooked.net/~ryokan/
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