International Shakuhachi Festival Prague 2019

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September 12 – 16, 2019

NaHlas! International Festival of Voice

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30. 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 […]

INTERNATIONAL SHAKUHACHI FESTIVAL PRAGUE 2017

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Eleventh 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, […]

Symposium Music as Identity: Regional Instruments in Changing Contexts

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Symposium

IMAGING MUSIC: interventions in the art of asia exhibition

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The 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 […]

Symposium Shakuhachi: Liquid Limits of the Musical World

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Beyond the concerts, workshops and masterclasses has ISFP prepared a musicological conference entitled: Shakuhachi – Liquid Limits of the Musical World, in collaboration with the Institute of Music Theory of the Academy of Performing Arts. Presenters: Prof. Gunnar Jinmei Linder Lindsay Dugan Hiromu Motonaga Flora Henderson Cornelius Boots Dietmar Ippu Herriger Michal Hájek

EMPTINESS AT HEART: interventions in the art of asia exhibition

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International Shakuhachi Festival Prague (ISFP) in cooperation with The National Gallery in Prague,presents artefacts linked with traditional Japanese music and the playing of the shakuhachi flute at its permanent exhibition in the Kinský Palace. Examples of various types of shakuhachi flutes and their X-rays graced exhibition halls featuring Japanese painting and prints. In addition to […]

INTERNATIONAL SHAKUHACHI FESTIVAL PRAGUE 2016

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International Shakuhachi Festival Prague vol. 10 took place between 2. – 6. 6. 2016. Venues such as HAMU, The New Stage ND, Palác Kinských, Kino 64 U Hradeb, Ponrepo and Zázemí hosted international shakuhachi stars. The main event of the festival was a concert of the exceptional BERG orchestra. Another highlight was a concert of […]