CD: Quarter to Three

New 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 […]

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INTERNATIONAL SHAKUHACHI FESTIVAL PRAGUE 2017

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, […]

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Rostoucí ticho

A concert for harp, voice, and shakuhachi took place in Atrium Žižkov on 12.5. 2016. Music by modern Japanese and Czech composers. The concert was organized by NEIRO Association for Expanding Arts with the support of the Japanese Embassy in Czech republic. Musicians: Seizan Osako Vlastislav Matoušek Annabelle Plum Hana Hrachovinová Marek Matvija

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Symposium Shakuhachi: Liquid Limits of the Musical World

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

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EMPTINESS AT HEART: interventions in the art of asia exhibition

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 […]

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INTERNATIONAL SHAKUHACHI FESTIVAL PRAGUE 2016

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 […]

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