I have started a new video series about the shakuhachi. I will do interviews with players from whom we can learn about the shakuhachi with all its variations of approach of history, repertoire etc. The first video in the series is an interview with the heir of Ueda Ryū, Tanabe Houei. A written version of the interview was published in the latest ESS Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2020. You can find the NL on the ESS website, which can be found here. To me, the shakuhachi players in Japan have their own stories to share! So it is so much better to hear from themselves how they see the history they are placed within and the future. I am happy to begin with Ueda Ryū.
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