Kakizakai Kaoru
柿堺 香
Born 1959
Shakuhachi
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Kaoru Kakizakai was born in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture in 1959 and started playing the kena while he was in his teens. At 21 he started playing the shakuhachi in the Kinko style. His teacher recognized an unusual ability to play so he recommended him study with the master,Yokoyama Katsuya. He graduated from the NHK Traditional Music Conservatory and is the winner of the prestigious Kumamoto All Japan Hogaku competition. He has recorded with Yokoyama sensei on his CDs and videos and is a popular leader of shakuhachi workshops for the International Shakuhachi Training Center (Kokusai Shakuhachi Kenshukan) in Tokyo. He has performed extensively in America, Europe, Asia, and Australia and is a faculty member of the Boulder-based Shakuhachi Summer Camp of the Rockies as well as the Australian shakuhachi festivals. Kakizakai is currently on the governing board of the International Shakuhachi Society. Currently he is research fellow at the Tokyo College of Music, full time instructor for the International Shakuhachi Kenshukan and NHK Culture Centre and President of the International Shakuhachi Kenshu-kan Chichibu School and Higashi Yamato School.
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Teachers Students
Fuchigami Rafael Hiroshi
Shawn Tairyu Head 1993 - |
Albums
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Homenaje a Martha Graham Composition by Ramon Humet after the poem of the same name by Mario Lucarda. For soprano, piano, shakuhachi, and four percussionists. |
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Koten Shakuhachi |
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Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Koten Shakuhachi III Seven Koten Honkyoku from Yokoyama lineage |
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Solo Works of Fukuda Randō Five solo pieces by Fukuda Randō played by Kakizakai Kaoru. |
Tracks Recorded
