Yes, I guess I should have clarified what they meant by "Rookie" !
They were looking for someone who had not yet reached 40 years old, and had
been playing Shakuhachi for sometime. Someone who was ready to make the jump
from amateur to professional.
So ,Peter fulfills the definition..
Ronnie
> 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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