Sounds great, guess I should have gone!
I hardly think of Peter Hill as a rookie, but I'm glad he got that
recognition. Congratulations, Peter.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin" <Nyogetsu@nyc.rr.com>
To: "Bruce Jones" <shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:22 AM
Subject: Report: Tokyo Shakuhachi Summit
> Hi everyone,
>
> Just a few words to tell you about what went on in Tokyo last weekend.
>
> The third International Shakuhachi Convention was held in Tokyo and, I
feel,
> was a huge success - as were the first 2 (Bissei, Okayama-Ken 1994,
Boulder
> 1998).
>
> There was much representation of all schools (more Tozan and Dokyoku than
in
> Boulder), as well as first time stuff (Minyo, Rare Recordings, an Enka
party
> as well as Shakuhachi used with Rock & Techno music).
>
> For you Westerners out there, I think we did quite well, although of the
230
> attendants, probably only 20 were non-Japanese.
>
> In the "open-Mike" (not really- they were planned), concerts, I heard
really
> impressive work (mostly modern) by 2-players from Australia and 1 from
> France.
>
> Also, the usual gang of Western professional Shakuhachi players performed
> their own compositions well, and were well received (Riley Lee, John
Neptune
> Kaizan , David Wheeler, and Chris Blasdell).
>
> For my own part, I felt very honored to be included in what I thought was
> the best part of the 7-Hour concert on the last day - the HONKYOKU
section.
> It began with a performance by a priest from Kochi, followed by Zennosuke,
> myself, Furuya, Mitsuhashi Kifu, Kawase, and ended with Aoki Reibo.
>
> For any of you unfamiliar with these Japanese masters, you should try to
> hear them, they are top-notch !! (Araki-Kodo was there and gave a workshop
> which I took as well, but did not play in the Concert. Yamamoto Hozan -
the
> new Living National Treasure was his usual excellent self in his ensemble
> performance of his own piece)
>
> Back to Westerners - the "4th Rookie of the Year Concert" was won by the
> only non-Japanese player- Peter Hill, from the USA, who also played very
> well at one of the open-mike concerts.
>
> I also enjoyed meeting two other Western players:
> 1-Cathy from Colorado, with her "I want to absorb all that I can!"
attitude,
> was delightful.
> 2-Kiku Day (recently from London, originally Denmark), who was
interesting,
> charming and talented. Kiku makes all of her own ji-nashi flutes, and is
> teaching in England.
>
> There were 2 high points of the weekend for me:
> 1- I was totally blown-away by the performance of OSHU-SASHI by the Living
> National Treasure- AOKI REIBO. For me it was the most outstanding
> performance of the Summit.
> 2- At the beginning of the Concert, a greatly weakened physically
YOKOYAMA
> KATSUYA came out tearfully on stage. But his heart is as beautiful and as
> strong as ever. He conducted TAMUKE , with people playing all over the
> Auditorium. The poignancy of the piece was even more realized when you
> reflected that Tamuke means "Ellegy" or "Requiem". This, deservedly, got
the
> most applause of the Concert, and there was not a dry eye in the House.
>
> As far as the next International Shakuhachi Festival is concerned, I had a
> very interesting conversation with Riley Lee, and as a result I may have
> more to report soon, but for those of you who need a hint, think about big
> apples !!
>
> Yoroshiku,
> Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin
>
>
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