Shakuhachi making workshop with Kinya Sogawa

6. – 8. June, 2023 Kinya Sogawa is a shakuhachi player and maker whose playing bridges worlds of traditional and contemporary music. He creates his own instruments and his unique sound speaks to international audiences through concerts and famous Hollywood productions. His deep understanding of the instrument makes the shakuhachi and its music accessible to […]

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Shakuhachi Making Workshop with John Kaizan Neptune

May 29 – 31, 2023 John Kaizan Neptune is a shakuhachi master player and a master maker based in Chiba, Japan. John Kaizan’s analytical approach to shaping the bore has enabled him to fine-tune individual notes across the three octaves range, thus creating a well balanced, precisely tuned instruments with projection comparable to western classical […]

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INTERNATIONAL SHAKUHACHI FESTIVAL PRAGUE 2023

1. – 5. June, 2023 Every two years Prague welcomes top shakuhachi players from Japan and around the world. Five days of workshops, focused study groups, lectures and concerts bring together traditional and new music for Japanese instruments. From Kyoto Myoanji to Prague The special guest of ISFP 2023 is the 42nd kansu, main player, […]

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INTERNATIONAL SHAKUHACHI FESTIVAL PRAGUE 2023 SYMPOSIUM – Music and Altered States of Consciousness

June 1, 2023 International Shakuhachi Festival Prague 2023 Symposium Organised by NEIRO Association for Expanding Arts in cooperation with the Music Theory Department, Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague MUSIC AND ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS One-day conference June 1st , 2023, Academy of Performing Arts Prague, Czech Republic, and […]

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