Barcelona 2013

EUROPEAN SHAKUHACHI SUMMER SCHOOL BARCELONA, 25th – 28th July 2013

The 2013 European Shakuhachi Summer School was held in Barcelona. The venues were the “Music Museum of Barcelona”, “L´Auditori” of Barcelona,the “Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya” (ESMUC).
The Summer School was organised by Horacio Curti, Ramon Humet, Stella Maris “Hawwa” Morales, José Vargas, Jim Franklin and Michael Soumei Coxall.

Video: Ignasi Boltó www.bolotduario.com.
Music: Yamagoe by Kaoru Kakizakai & Esashi Oiwake by Jean-François Lagrost & Mieko Miyazaki
For more information please visit the archived Barcelona 2013 web-site.


TEACHERS/COMPOSERS

Kaoru Kakizakai
John Kaizan Neptune
Gunnar Jinmei Linder
Véronique Piron
Kiku Day
Jim Franklin
Fumie Hihara
Yoshie Sakai
Vika Kleiman

Benjamin Dwyer
Josep Maria Guix
Miquel Oliu
Frances White
Alexandra Gardner

Please visit the Barcelona 2013 Teachers & Composers
page for more information.

STYLES & PIECES

KSK Honkyoku: Tamuke, Honshirabe, Daha, Shingetsu,
Sanya (3 valleys), Yamagoe

Kinko Honkyoku: Takiotoshi, Kyushu Reibo
Zensabo Honkyoku: Kyushu Reibo, Honchoshi, Sagari-ha, Shin’ya
Chikuho Honkyoku: Yamato choshi, Oshu nagashi
Sankyoku: Shin Takasago, Iso-chidori
Shinkyoku: Nantou Tansai no Fu, Emu
(Experimenting with) Min’yo: Kuroda Bushi, Hie Tsuki Bushi

Concert 25.07.2013 – MUSIC of SILENCE (I)

Yamagoe (Koten Honkyoku, Dokyoku tradition) – Shakuhachi: Kakizakai Kaoru
Haru no Umi (Miyagi Michio) – Koto: Yoshie Sakai, Shakuhachi: Michael Soumei Coxall
Sō Shingetsu (Zensabō tradition) – Shakuhachi: Kiku Day
Jouissance… (part II) (Benjamin Dwyer)* – Shakuhachi: Véronique Piron
Shimotsuke Kyorei (Koten Honkyoku, Kinko tradition) – Shakuhachi: Gunnar Jinmei Linder
Despertar (Miquel Oliu)* – Shakuhachi: Jim Franklin
Tsuru no Sugomori (Koten Honkyoku, Dokyoku tradition) – Shakuhachi: Horacio Curti
Under the Rose (Frances White)* – Shakuhachi: Kakizakai Kaoru
Bamboo Born (John Kaizan Neptune), West of Somewhere (John Kaizan Neptune) – Electric guitar: Daniel Pérez, Shakuhachi: John Kaizan Neptune

* Absolute premiere and work written specially for the European Shakuhachi Festival

For full program notes click below
en (PDF) | cat (PDF) | es (PDF)

Concert 27.07.2013 – MUSIC of SILENCE (II)

Oshu Nagashi (Koten Honkyoku, Chikuho tradition) – Shakuhachi: Jim Franklin
… i no només el vent (Josep Maria Guix) – Shakuhachi: Véronique Piron
Kaji Makura (Sankyoku style) – Shamisen & voice: Fumie Hihara, Koto: Yoshie Sakai, Shakuhachi: Gunnar Jinmei Linder
Juniper (Alexandra Gardner)* – Shakuhachi: Kiku Day
Kamogawa (2003, John Kaizan Neptune) – Shakuhachi: John Kaizan Neptune
Haru no Gotoku (Tadao Sawai, Shinkyoku style) – Koto: Fumie Hihara, Shakuhachi: Véronique Piron
Hon Shirabe (Koten Honkyoku, Dokyoku tradition) –  Shakuhachi: Kakizakai Kaoru
Shika no Tone (Koten Honkyoku, Dokyoku tradition) – Shakuhachi: Kakizakai Kaoru and Gunnar Jinmei Linder

* Absolute premiere and work written specially for the European Shakuhachi Festival

For full program notes click below
en (PDF) | cat (PDF) | es (PDF)


Shakuhachi Making workshop with John Kaizan Neptune

Made for the Museu de la Música de Barcelona for the exhibit “Escultures Musicals”.

Video: ESS & Ariadna Pujol – www.vimeo.com
Music: Horacio Curti.


Photos of Barcelona 2013

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These and more photos from Barcelona 2013 can be viewed here: Kiku Day’s photos, Jean-François Lagrost’s photos, Ivonna Burgundi’s photos and Michael Hartley’s photos. Many thanks!


TV-reports of Barcelona 2013

Watch a short news report at www.btv.cat website. (in Catalan)

Watch a short news report at www.lavanguardia.com website. (in Spanish)