Shakuhachi Workshop with Akihito Obama & Marek Kimei Matvija
Jednodenní shakuhachi workshop
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Read More30. 08. – 2. 09. 2018 NaHlas Festival is an international festival focusing on the human voice. The festival explores the voice’s varying forms and different approaches to it. NaHlas is a unique gathering celebrating the voice and bringing together special guests from the Czech Republic and foreign countries to sing, perform and teach for […]
Read MoreExperience the exuberant energy of the Japanese shamisen, three-string fretless banjo, unleashed in the hands of its master Hidejiro Honjō. Young shamisen player Honjō was awarded the title of Cultural Envoy of Japan for 2018, thus becoming one of the youngest stars to ever receive this prestigious prize. His concert in Archa Theatre included in […]
Read MoreA concert of an exceptional performer on koto, a Japanese traditional instrument, took place on February 29th, 2017 in Archa theatre Prague. Naoko Kikuchi clangs the instrument’s strings with special ivory nails and common objects. Her music goes from sonic intimacy to sophisticated rhythmic and melodic gradations. Her guests were Hearn Gadbois (percussion), Seizan Osako […]
Read MoreMA is a project of multi instrumentalist Dietmar Ippu Herriger (shakuhachi, alt-sax, bass flute and bass clarinet) and Tivadar Nemesi (hang drum), that brings traditional japanese esthetics to jazz. The concert of this Berlin based jazz fusion was organized by NEIRO on 22nd of July 2017 in Zázemí, Prague, with Marek Matvija as a guest […]
Read MoreNew York jazz multi-instrumentalist Steve Cohn, together with a vocalist Annabelle Plum and shakuhachi master Marek Kimei Matvija, created an album full of raw energy and enthusiasm for both experiment and instrumental skills. Their trio is led by Hába’s quarter-tone piano. The album contains original music, which the musicians jointly prepared and recorded in June […]
Read MoreAnother site-specific project of TOPOS KOLEKTIV. In this improvised musical project, through image and sound, we discover the secrets of Prague’s underground – the Botič tunnel. Find out more: www.toposkolektiv.com
Read MoreEleventh edition of an international festival dedicated to the japanese shakuhachi flute. An instrument that inspires composers and audiences all around the world, represents the symbiosis of the ancient and the modern. Festival program contained koto, shakuhachi, and shamisen workshops, and a concert of the Musica Nipponia ensemble. The festival also presented the best koto, […]
Read MoreThe autumn iteration of the Art of Asia exhibition in the Kinský Palace, held in collaboration with the National Gallery Prague. The focus was set on the connection between the fine arts and musical motifs. Different musical systems for recording Japanese music and compositions by Milan Grygar and John Cage blur the lines between the […]
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