Tag: Jinashi

  • Philip Horan

    Philip Horan

    Philip Suimei Horan studied music at Maynooth University. After graduation, he worked as a flute and recorder teacher and performer. He began learning the shakuhachi in 1996. He spent two years in Japan studying the Tozan-ryu repertoire with Hanaoka Seizan in Hiroshima. On his return to Ireland, he completed a masters degree in ethnomusicology at…

  • Kiku Day

    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…