EVENTS
Below you can find a selection of upcoming shakuhachi related events – e.g. workshops, making demonstrations or concerts – where shakuhachi atelier is either being actively involved in or is part of the organisational team. Hope to see you there!
FEBUARY to JULY 2023
BEGINNERS WORKSHOP with Emmanuelle Rouaud
The CRC of the Pôle Musiques et Théâtre is pleased to announce the opening of a shakuhachi workshop at the Forum des Arts Charles Aznavour (near Paris). The workshop will be led by Emmanuelle Rouaud, shakuhachi player and teacher (shihan), who has been studying with Teruo Furuya, director of the Tokyo branch of the ‘Kokusai Shakuhachi Kenshukan’ school in Japan, since 2013.
The Shakuhachi workshop takes place one Saturday per month from 10:45 to 12:45 from February to July 2023 over 6 sessions.
We learn about the instrument (breathing and finger techniques), we discover the associated repertoire, we listen to traditional Japanese music to discover the sound of the instruments associated with the shakuhachi, which are the koto (table zither) and the shamisen (three-string guitar).
PVC study shakuhachi will be available during the workshop. 
L’atelier a lieu au Forum des Arts Charles Aznavour,
1 Parvis Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France.
APRIL 2022
TERUO FURUYA – ONLINE WORKSHOP 2022
This year would be the 10th Teruo Furuya workshop in Paris but as it was still impossible to arrange an ‘in person’ event for this springtime and after last years’ well received Teruo Furuya Online Workshop 2021, we decided to offer another virtual event and are pleased to announce the Teruo Furuya Online Workshop 2022.
Teruo Furuya, director and principle instructor of the Kokusai Shakuhachi Kenshūkan (KSK) in Japan, will present honkyoku as transmitted through KSK, modern composition and contextual sessions dealing with notions surrounding honkyoku performance & technique. This is a excellent opportunity to learn from one of the leading players active today.
Workshop places are limited to about 20 places.
All levels are welcome (elementary* / intermediate / advanced)
* elementary level (< 1-2 years of playing) – you are welcome to take part as it can be advantageous to be exposed to a higher level of playing and learning, even if you would not be able to follow the pieces in every detail. Do keep in mind here too that lesson recordings will be available to view for 2 weeks after the event.
Of course, regardless of level, you would need to familiarise youself with KSK notation style beforehand, as during the group lessons there would be not enough time to explain basic fingerings or common notation symbols.
If you are a beginner ( <6 months of playing) and in doubt about possible participation please contact us.
In general, for anybody not yet familiar with the main teaching practicalities during the online ZOOM group lessons:
– a moderator will be present during the lessons
– participants mute their microphone and only teacher/translator are audible.
– in the moments where participants want to interact (questions, play a phrase if they wish, etc.) they may unmute their microphone for that purpose
Registered participants will receive a guide describing the technical and practical points in detail.
Any questions please contact us at: info[at]shakuhachi-atelier[dot]com
Workshop dates: Sat/Sun 16/17 & Sat/Sun 23/24 April
Workshop times: 10h00 – 13h00 (Central European Summer Time, CEST)
Fees: € 90
Teaching language: Japanese/English
Translators: tbc
Technology: Zoom (recordings will be available to view for 2 weeks after the event.)
Honkyoku pieces taught:
Hon Shirabe (本調), Sanya Sugagaki (三谷菅垣), Reibo (霊慕) & Ukigumo (浮雲)
Modern pieces taught:
Miyama Higurashi by Fukuda Rando (1928)
Kokyo by Miki Minoru (1970)
Schedule:
Note: Times shown are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Sat 16.04 (WORKSHOP DAY I)
Session 1.1: 10h00 — 11h00 Honkyoku Hon Shirabe
Session 1.2: 11h10 — 11h50 Ideas around Honkyoku Performance / Technique 1
Session 1.3: 12h00 — 13h00 Honkyoku Reibo 1
Sun 17.04 (WORKSHOP DAY II)
Session 2.1: 10h00 — 11h00 Modern Kokyo 1
Session 2.2: 11h05 — 11h50 Honkyoku Sanya Sugagaki
Session 2.3: 12h00 — 13h00 Honkyoku Ukigumo 1
Sat 23.04 (WORKSHOP DAY III)
Session 3.1: 10h00 — 11h00 Modern Kokyo 2
Session 3.2: 11h10 — 11h50 Ideas around Honkyoku Performance / Technique 2
Session 3.3: 12h00 — 13h00 Honkyoku Reibo 2
Sun 24.04 (WORKSHOP DAY IV)
Session 4.1: 10h00 — 11h00 Honkyoku Ukigumo 2
Session 4.2: 11h05 — 11h50 Modern Miyama Higurashi
Session 4.3: 12h00 — 12h45 ‘Concert’ – Let’s play all the studied pieces together
Hope to see you there! – Thorsten & Emmanuelle
Related links:
Teruo Furuya website (english/japanese): www.furuyateruo108.com
KSK website (japanese): www.ksk-shakuhachi.com/
OCTOBER 2021
Un Automne au Japon
Fabrication instrument & Musique Traditionnelle Japonaise
In October I will be giving a demonstration of various processes involved in jiari shakuhachi making at the Conservatoire Municipal de Musique in Saulx-les-Chartreux near Paris.
This day which will also features introductions to the three Japanese instruments, shakuhachi, koto and shamisen and in the evening there will be a concert by Emmanuelle Rouaud (shakuhachi) and Fumie Hihara (koto and shamisen) featuring sankyoku, shinkyoku and honkyoku music.
Date: 16. October 2021
Times introduction & demonstration: 16h30 – 18h30
Times concert: 20h30
Location: Salle Boris Vian, Conservatoire de Musique
49 rue de la Division Leclerc
91160 Saulx-les-Chartreux
JULY 2021
EUROPEAN SHAKUHACHI SOCIETY ONLINE SUMMER SCHOOL 2021
July will be a busy month – Firstly I will be presenting a jiari making demonstration at this years’ online ESS summer event. We will look at the process of making a middle joint (nakatsugi).
The demonstration (video + talk) will be on Saturday 24 July between 15h15 – 16h15 (CEST).
On Sunday 25 July my performance of the KSK piece Daha is included in the evening concert. (Played on a 2.4 made at my workshop 🙂 The concert will be presented as video clips.
And finally on Saturday 31 July between 11h15 – 11h45 I will present my experimental short film Listening Station which combines video footage of the abandoned US listening station on the outskirts of Berlin with site-specific improvisation performed on shakuhachi in the building itself to create a multi-layered exploration of the building and its ambience.
Dates: 24+25 July & 31 July + 1 August
http://summerschool2021.shakuhachisociety.eu/
APRIL 2021
TERUO FURUYA – ONLINE WORKSHOP 2021
We are pleased to announce an online workshop with Teruo Furuya!
Teruo Furuya, director and principle instructor of the Kokusai Shakuhachi Kenshūkan (KSK), will present honkyoku as transmitted through KSK, modern composition by Fukuda Rando and sessions on technique. This is a excellent opportunity to learn from one of the leading players active today. All levels welcome. Workshop places are limited to about 16 places.
Any questions please contact us at: info@shakuhachi-atelier.com
Workshop dates: Sat/Sun 17/18.4 & Sat/Sun 24.4/25.4
Workshop times: 10h00 – 13h00 (Central European Summer Time, CEST)
Fees: € 80 (£70/U$ 96/¥10,750)
Teaching language: Japanese/English
Translators: James Long (17/18.4) and Phillip Meese (24/25.4)
Technology: Zoom
(recordings will be available to view for 4 weeks after the event.)
Honkyoku pieces taught:
Kuyo no kyoku / 供養曲 (レ & り tuning)
Yamagoe / 山越
Tamuke / 手向
San’ya (Mountain Valley) / 山谷
Modern pieces taught:
Fukuda Rando: Gekkoh Rohteki /月光弄笛, Kikyo-Genso-kyoku / 桔梗幻想曲
Schedule:
Note: Times shown are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Sat 17.04 (WORKSHOP DAY I)
Session 1.1: 10h00 – 11h00 Honkyoku Kuyo no kyoku (レ & り)
Session 1.2: 11h05 – 11h50 Technique 1
Session 1.3: 12h00 – 13h00 Honkyoku Yamagoe 1
Sun 18.04 (WORKSHOP DAY II)
Session 2.1: 10h00 – 11h00 Fukuda Rando (Azuma Ryū) / Gekkoh Rohteki
Session 2.2: 11h05 – 11h50 Technique 2
Session 2.3: 12h00 – 13h00 Honkyoku Sanya (Mountain Valley) 1
Screening 2.4: (time tba) DVD video of Teruo Furuya concert
Sat 24.04 (WORKSHOP DAY III)
Session 3.1: 10h00 – 11h00 Honkyoku Yamagoe 2
Session 3.2: 11h05 – 11h50 Technique 3
Session 3.3: 12h00 – 13h00 Honkyoku Sanya (Mountain Valley) 2
Sun 25.04 (WORKSHOP DAY IV)
Session 4.1: 10h00 – 11h00 Honkyoku Tamuke
Session 4.2: 11h05 – 11h50 Fukuda Rando 2 Kikyo-Genso-kyoku
Session 4.3: 12h00 – 12h45 ‘Concert’ – Let’s play all the studied pieces together
Thank you!
Teruo Furuya website (english/japanese): www.furuyateruo108.com
KSK website (japanese): www.ksk-shakuhachi.com/
AUGUST 2020
NowHere2020 – 1st European Shakuhachi Society Online Festival
This August shakuhachi atelier will present a session on jiari shakuhachi making covering aspects of the utaguchi (blowing edge) construction as part of the ESS Nowhere2020 online event. (Session is on Saturday 8 August, 13h00 — 13h45.)
Due to the current restrictions on gatherings and music events instead of the annual Summer School there will be an Online Festival hosted by the European Shakuhachi Society (ESS) this summer: NowHere2020. The dates are the 1/2 and 8/9 in August with three teaching sessions each day and as well as a general robuki/tips/welcome session starting off each day.
Besides teachers from Europe there will be Kurahashi Yodo II from Japan, Riley Lee from Australia and Alcvin Ramos from Canada. There are a variety of styles and schools represented and the pieces taught range from beginners to advanced levels.
You can see the full schedule and details about the registration process at the nowhere2020 website here: http://nowhere2020.shakuhachisociety.eu/
MARCH 2020
TERUO FURUYA – PARIS WORKSHOP 2020
We are excited to announce our 2020 Masterclass with Teruo FURUYA (shakuhachi), director and principal instructor of the Kokusai Shakuhachi Kenshūkan (KSK) in Japan and Mizuka ONISHI (koto/shamisen), recipient of the Tottori Prefecture Cultural Achievement Award 2020, in Saint-Maurice (Paris). The dates are the weekend of the 7 & 8 March and for the location we will return to the Academy of Music and Theater of Saint Maurice.
As in previous years the masterclass will again offer an opportunity to study honkyoku pieces from the Katsuya YOKOYAMA lineage as transmitted through the Kenshūkan and from the wider KSK repertoire. This years’ pieces will be the two honkyoku Koku and Sagariha, the sokyoku Haru no Kyoku and the modern Fukuda RANDO composition Tabibito no Uta. For registered participants we will send you photocopied scores and sound files in due course.
DATES & LOCATION
Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 March
Olivier Messiaen Academy of Music and Theater Saint-Maurice
The François Devienne Auditorium
30 bis rue du Maréchal Leclerc
94410 Saint-Maurice/Paris
Metro line 8, Charenton-Écoles or École Vétérinaire de Maison-Alfort
SCHEDULE
Master class 10h00 – 17h30
Koto/Shamisen class 10h00 – 12h30
Lunch break 12h30 – 14h00
FEES
Shakuhachi 1 DAY = € 75 / 2 DAYS = € 140
Koto/Shamisen 1 DAY = € 60 / 2 DAYS = € 110
You are welcome to come to the masterclass for ‘listening only’ (€ 20 per day)
ENROLMENT AND FURTHER INFORMATION
To reserve your place at the Masterclass 2020 or for any questions please contact us at furuya.masterclass[at]gmail.com.
Fees to be paid on the first day in cash.
You can find all the info as PDF here
Hope to see you there!
Emmanuelle, Katsura, Thorsten
DECEMBER 2019
Découverte de la Musique Japonaise
As part of a weekend of traditional and contemporary japanese music with Emmanuelle Rouaud (shakuhachi) and Naoko Kikuchi (koto, shamisen) in Montigny-le-Bretonneux (France), I was presenting my PVC shakuhachi at the Franco-Japanese Cultural Institute, Salle Jacques Brel as well as the Canal Mediatheque in Montigny.
