Adrian Freedman
Shakuhachi & Composer
adrian@adrianfreedman.com
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Adrian’s musical journey encompasses the fields of Baroque music, contemporary and improvised music, folk-fusion, soundtracks for theatre and dance, Japanese traditional music and devotional songs. Adrian studied music at Manchester University, and the Guildhall School of Music in London. He spent two years as a Research Fellow at and Kyoto Geijutsu Daigakun (Kyoto Arts University). His first shakuhachi teacher was Clive Bell in London, and he subsequently lived in Japan for 8 years, where he studied honkyoku with Yokoyama Katsuya and minyō with Kadoya Kōzan. He also studied the hichiriki with Tenri Gagaku Orchestra. Whilst living in Japan he worked with Japanese Butoh dancers, including Yurabe Masami, Atsushi Takenouchi, Nobutaka Kishi and Katsura Kan, creating soundtracks and live performances for contemporary dance. Other musical collaborations from this period include Hiroki Okano, Esoh and Ema, Kyokusei Katayama, and Matsumoto Montz. As a composer and musical director, he has worked for Kneehigh Theatre, Wildworks Theatre, Zen Zen Zo Theatre, Scottish Contemporary Dance, Stopgap Dance Company and others. Adrian has performed solo recitals and concerts with various ensembles at international festivals and in sacred spaces around the world. Recent music collaborations include performances and recordings with Matthew Barley, Sam Lee, Chartwell Dutiro, Amir Paiss, Chloe Goodchild and Hiroki Okano. His music is heartfelt and full of subtle dynamics that conjure an atmosphere of rarefied peace, spaciousness and delicate beauty. The scope of his music is diverse, including songs was well as instrumental music, but an ineffable sense of the sacred is felt throughout.
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Albums
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As I breathe Music for shakuhachi and piano, trumpet, bouzouki, yangqin, erhu, and others. |
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Music on the Edge of Silence Music for solo shakuhachi. |
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Night Journey Music for shakuhachi and cello. |
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Two Rivers Duets with shakuhachi and African Kora |
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Wind in the Branches Music for shakuhachi and sounding bowls. |