To mark the New Year, temple bells in Japan ring 108 times. Why? Shakuhachi and technology combine in a work titled “108″ to explore this number’s Silk Road connection.
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International Computer Music Conference
Performance of Altær.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Pollack Hall 1 [17:00 - 19:00]
- blankness (ii) [John MacCallum]
- L’instant en vain [Dominic Thibault]
- Altær [Kojiro Umezaki]
- Divergent Dialogues [Graeme Truslove]
- The Suicided Voice [Mark Bokowiec]
Review of 10/15/08 Concert
Review of 10/15/08 Concert at the University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
For the Gassman Electronic Music Series
Program:
Alternate
Tradition and technology alternate in this program of pieces from the classical repertoire of the shakuhachi (Japanese end-blown flute) and original works incorporating technology.
Altær
For: shakuhachi and electronics
Composer: Kojiro Umezaki
Year(s): 1999, 2008
Performed by: Kojiro Umezaki
Composer: Kojiro Umezaki
Year(s): 1999, 2008
Performed by: Kojiro Umezaki
- Performances:
- International Computer Music Conference (August 2009)
- WKCR (December 2008)
- University of Richmond (November 2008)
- UC Irvine (October 2008) – premiere
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Dona Nobis Pacem
shakuhachi
Kojiro Umezaki
Traditional
Kojiro Umezaki
Traditional
Itsuki no Komoriuta (Lullaby from Itsuki)
shakuhachi
Kojiro Umezaki
Traditional (Japanese)
Kojiro Umezaki
Traditional (Japanese)
Release: The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan, Various Artists, Smithsonian Folkways, 2002
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Purchase at: iTunes, Smithsonian Folkways
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