| UCLA to present Shakuhachi music, Nov 15, 3-5 PM
UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies Colloquium
Kaoru Kakizakai, Shakuhachi performer and instructor of the International Shakuhachi Training Center
A Presentation of Shakuhachi Honkyoku: Performance and Talk
Introductions and opening remarks will be made by UCLA ethnomusicology professor, Bill Schultz
Monday, November 15, 2010
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Faculty Center, Hacienda Room in the UCLA Westwood Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90095
 | | Shakuhachi performer and instructor Kaoru Kakizakai |
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 Colorado summer intensive camps as well as the Australian Shakuahchi Festivals.
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.
The UCLA Colloquium is free and open to UCLA students, faculty and staff, and invited guests.
www.international.ucla.edu/japan | 
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