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Japanese Flute (Shakuhachi) Concert In Your Home
- Item Number
- 158
- Estimated Value
- 500 USD
- Sold
- 250 USD to Live Event Bidder
Item Description
The Japanese bamboo flute known as shakuhachi is widely admired for its profound expression and its foundation in spiritual practice. Acclaimed shakuhachi player Ralph Samuelson will offer a 45-60 minute concert of traditional and contemporary solo pieces in your home.
Ralph Samuelson is a performer and teacher of the Japanese bamboo flute, shakuhachi. He was trained in the classical tradition of the Kinko School of shakuhachi by the late Living National Treasure Goro Yamaguchi as well as by Shudo Yamato and Kodo Araki V, both in Japan and in the graduate world music program at Wesleyan University. He performs traditional and contemporary music throughout North America, Asia, and Europe, and has recorded for Innova, CBS Masterworks, Lyrichord, Music of the World, Tzadik, XI Records, Pogus, and other labels. He was the shakuhachi soloist in the New York City Ballet production of Jerome Robbins’ "Watermill" with music by Teiji Ito, and his "Flutes of Hope” ensemble commemorating the victims of the earthquake/tsunami in Japan is presented annually in New York at venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. In 2011 and 2013 he was artist in residence at the Lou Harrison House in Joshua Tree, California. He is an international advisor for the Seoul Institute of the Arts in Korea and is senior advisor and former director of the Asian Cultural Council.
Item Special Note
Item or item certificate may be picked up the night of the Cocktail Party, mailed via USPS or picked up at Lotus Music & Dance 262 West 38th Street, Suite 1006, New York, NY 10018 on Mondays thru Thursdays, from Thursday, March 30, 2017 through Thursday, April 13, 2017, between the hours of 12Noon and 5PM or by appointment. Items expire a year from the auction close unless otherwise noted.
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