Kurahashi Yōdō II
倉橋 容堂 II
Born 1949
Shakuhachi
mujuan@nifty.ne.jp
Yōdō Kurahashi II started studying the shakuhachi as a child, with his father, the first director of Muju-An shakuhachi school in Kyoto. Later he studied with Homei Matsumura, the renowned Kinko-style shakuhachi player in Nara, Japan. He gave his first recital in 1976 for which he received the Osaka Cultural Award. In 1980 he became the second director of the Muju-An school. He has toured extensively since 1981, giving performances in the US, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China and Israel. Yōdō is director of the Kyoto Hogaku group and the Kyoto Sankyoku Association. Beginning in 1995 he has been teaching intensive annual classes in shakuhachi in Boston, New York and Boulder.
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Also Known As Yoshio |
Teachers Students
Marco Burmester Ian Evelyn Cullen 1944 - David Duncavage Shawn Dokan Edwards 1972 - Martha Reika Fabrique Itamar Foguel 1985 - Jonah Fortune Philip Gelb 1965 - Peter Hill Jamie Hogetsu Orfanella 1966 - Toji Kaido Perlman 1978 - Pascal Jean Provost David Sawyer 1951 -
James Nyoraku 如楽 Schlefer 1956 - |
Albums
Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk) Traditional Chinese and Japanese music for shakuhachi with special guest Wu Man on pipa. | |
Kyoto Spirit Honkyoku. |
Tracks Recorded
Pieces | Kanji | Length | Album | Instrument | |
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Ajikan (Itchoken) | 阿字観 | 07'17 | Kyoto Spirit | Shakuhachi | |
Akita Sugagaki (Kinko Ryu) | 秋田菅垣 | 12'03 | Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk) | Shakuhachi | |
Azuma no Kyoku (Kinko Ryu) | 吾妻の曲 | 08'37 | Kyoto Spirit | Shakuhachi | |
Darani | 陀羅尼 | 08'47 | Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk) | Shakuhachi | |
Iyo Renbo | 伊予恋慕 | 04'36 | Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk) | Shakuhachi | |
Kumoi Jishi | 雲井獅子 | 09'54 | Kyoto Spirit | Shakuhachi | |
Kyorei (Fudaiji) | 虚鈴 | 07'13 | Kyoto Spirit | Shakuhachi | |
Lan Hua Hua | 藍花花 | 05'47 | Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk) | Shakuhachi | |
Mukaiji (Fudaiji) | 霧海箎 | 07'30 | Kyoto Spirit | Shakuhachi | |
Murasaki Reibo | 紫鈴慕 | 11'35 | Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk) | Shakuhachi | |
San'ya (Jinbo) | 神保三谷 | 08'56 | Kyoto Spirit | Shakuhachi | |
San'ya Sugagaki | 三谷菅垣 | 09'05 | Kyoto Spirit | Shakuhachi | |
Shao | 03'22 | Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk) | Shakuhachi | ||
Taki Ochi (Ryogenji) | 滝落 | 11'51 | Kyoto Spirit | Shakuhachi | |
Yugure no Kyoku | 夕暮の曲 | 09'46 | Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk) | Shakuhachi |