Arts at Tenri presents
NEW YORK DEBUT
Saturday, January 23, 2010, 8:00pm
Yodo Kurahashi is one of Japan's great
Master Shakuhachi flute players. He has been with this beautiful and evocative bamboo instrument for more
than 40 years. His father, also a famous shakuhachi player, was his first
teacher as a young boy and Kurahashi-sensei eventually became head of
his father's dojo: Mujuan dojo.
In a career spanning 30 years, Yodo Kurahashi has garnered esteem and
accolades from the four corners of the traditional Japanese music world.
He is recognised both in Japan and in many countries abroad as a genteel
ambassador of shakuhachi and Japanese hogaku traditional music in general.
He regularly performs at major concert venues in the USA and his travels
and teaching take him all over the world, as far as Israel, Malaysia,
China, Thailand, Singapore and Canada. His recordings have won awards
and he has appeared often on television in Japan. As a solo player, Yoshio
Kurahashi is deeply schooled in the ancient zen Buddhist 'honkyoku' solo
music, which originated in the temples of old Japan as long ago as 700
years. His repertoire includes the classical ensemble music of the Edo
period and newly written pieces for shakuhachi and other instruments such
as Chinese pipa. He has also premiered and showcased some of the most
exciting music written for shakuhachi this century.
Kurahashi regularly travels outside of Japan, actively promoting shakuhachi
and teaching students of many nationalities around the world.
*Program is subject to change
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th Street, New York, NY
$25 general, $20 students/seniors