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SOLO Shakuhachi; An excerpt of GEKKO ROTEKI by shakuhachi composer Fukuda Rando. Live performance.

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Performance of Miyako No Haru by Yamase Shoin I. Yamase was engaged as the first professor of koto music, at the Tokyo Academy of Music, and composed this brilliant work for the inauguration ceremony concert of the Institute in 1890.


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SOLO Shakuhachi, traditional music of Zen Buddhism. This honkyoku, was taken into the Itcho-ken Temple repertory within the Meian line of honkyoku, following its discovery in Hakata, on the island of Kyushu.

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Beautiful duet for shakuhachi and koto by Japanese composer Karsutoshi Nagasawa.

Excerpt from TOMMY, my composition for
shakuhachi, koto, shamisen, and string quartet.

Broadcast on the radio show "Performance Today" of the live performance (U.S. Premiere) of "Concertante" for shakuhachi, koto, cello violin and orchestra.

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Broadcast on "Performance Today" of Concertante for shakuhachi, koto, cello violin and orchestra composed and performed by James Nyoraku Schlefer. Live recording. Round Top Music Festival Saturday June 27, 2015 James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi, Yoko Reikano, koto, Erica Kiesewetter, violin Stephen Balderston, cello, Perry So, conductor.
1. Impending
2. Hollow
3. Rondo impulsivo

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Shakuhachi Concerto Composed by Paul Moravec, Performed by Orchestra of the Swan James Nyoraku Schlefer, Shakuhachi David Curtis, Conductor


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Composed by Amir Eslami for shakuhachi, violin, cello and piano. Performed by the NEAVE TRIO (Anna Williams, vln., Mikhail Veselov, vcl. amd Eri Nakamura, pno.) and James Nyoraku Schlefer on October 28, 2018.