Tag: Contemporary
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Ramon Humet
Ramon Humet started studying shakuhachi in 2004 with Horacio Curti. He continues the in-depth study of the koten honkyoku repertoire with Kakizakai Kaoru sensei. He is also interested in contemporary music for shakuhachi, and gives concerts with the pianist Sílvia Vidal, where they bring together the traditional repertoire for shakuhachi, the classical repertoire for piano, and contemporary music…
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日原 史絵 Fumie Hihara
An accomplished koto and shamisen player, Fumie Hihara offers a groundbreaking interpretation that explores the depths of traditional Japanese instruments. While her performances honor their heritage, they daringly push boundaries, merging innovation with flexibility – a combination that has garnered widespread acclaim. By age 17, she set a record as the youngest koto player to…
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Emmanuelle Rouaud
Emmanuelle Rouaud is a French musician specialising in shakuhachi, silver and baroque flute. She holds, among others, the certificates Prix de la Ville de Paris and Prix du CRR de Paris et CRR Cergy-Pontoise in early music, and teaches flute at CRR Versailles Grand Parc. In addition, since 2013, she is studying traditional solo (honkyoku)…
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Véronique Piron
Véronique Piron, originally French flutist, is a shakuhachi performer and teacher in the style of Yokoyama Katsuya (KSK) who awarded her a shihan licence in 2002 in Japan whilst a recipient of a Lavoisier research grant. She is a founding member of the ESS, and has been a teacher and co-organiser of several ESS Summer…
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Thorsten Knaub
Thorsten Knaub is an artist, digital filmmaker and shakuhachi player/maker based in London and Paris. He holds a Master in Fine Art Media from the Slade School of Art in London and has presented his artworks and projects internationally. Knaub initially discovered the shakuhachi in the early 1990s while travelling in Asia. He started learning…
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Jim Franklin
Jim Franklin is an Australian composer/performer of shakuhachi. He encountered the shakuhachi during musical studies in Australia, Germany and Netherlands. After learning it with Dr Riley Lee, Furuya Teruo and Yokoyama Katsuya, he received the title shihan in 1996 from Yokoyama-sensei. In 1998, he was awarded the degree of PhD in composition from Sydney University.…
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Kiku Day
Kiku Day is an ethnomusicologist and shakuhachi player. She was the prime force behind the creation of the European Shakuhachi Society and the European Shakuhachi Summer School in 2006. She served 10 years as the chairperson for the European Shakuhachi Society and served as the chair of the Executive Committee for the 7th World Shakuhachi…
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Horatio Curti
Horacio Curti studied the shakuhachi in Japan with Kakizakai Kaoru, and there he received his shakuhachi shihan from Yokoyama Katsuya. Specialising in KSK koten honkyoku, later also got involved with Free Improvised Music and Western Classical Contemporary Music. He has collaborated with composers, musicians, dancers and orchestras from around the world, having premiered several pieces…
