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Born in Argentina (1978). Rodriguez arrived to Spain (the island of Majorca) in 1988, where he spent most of his childhood. At an early age, he began to study modern and classical music.

Rodrigo's professional music career began in Spain. It was there that he discovered his first Asian instrument the Shakuhachi flute, a Japanese bamboo flute used by Buddhist monks in meditation practices. Fascinated by Japanese music, he travelled to Japan several times to enhance his knowledge.

He studied with the Grand Master, Kaoru Kakizakai in the International Shakuhachi Kenshu-kan School and travelled around the world learning about traditional instruments from Japan, China, India, Iran and Thailand. His interest in traditional and ethnic musical instruments began before he reached his teenage years.

As a young child, Rodrigo had a vision for imitating the music and sounds he heard in his mind. His many and diverse travels enabled him to acquire a rare collection of experiences from which to create his unique compositional language.

Since 2004, Rodrigo has been the first musician in Japan to introduce innovative and developed instruments from European countries. For example, the Hang Drum, which significantly influenced his music and its composition, altering Japanese audiences' perception of 21st century sounds and their textures.

His concept is not to use these instruments in a native way, but to continue respecting each instrument's individual spirit. Rodrigo's roots as a Spanish musician have not been forgotten.

In 2006 several compositions from his album "Inner Thoughts" were licensed, arousing the interest of a well known record label, Gemini Sun Record based in Los Angeles, CA.

Rodrigo's compositions can be divided into three basic categories:

New Age, World Music and Contemporary Music.

In recent years he has performed numerous concerts in both the West and the East, at legendary stages like Imperial Hotel Tokyo and NHK Culture Center of Japan.

Speciality: Shakuhachi
Born: 1978
Email: info@rodrigo-rodriguez.com
Homepage: http://www.rodrigo-rodriguez.com

Teachers:

Kakizakai Kaoru

Albums released:

Across the East The second album by the Spanish composer, Rodrigo Rodriguez. The album brings to a conclusion three years of intensive work where Rodrigo was recording in different studios in Spain and Japan. Instruments include solo guitars, kena, clarinets, duets for shakuhachi flute, steel guitar, the sheng (Chinese mouth organ, samsula (African thumb piano, Indonesian Gamelan (bonang, saron, kenong) and the fujara (Slovakian folk flute).

Inner Thoughts Shakuhachi Flute, Acoustic Guitar, 3 vocal tracks, Didgeridoo, Darbukas.

Track	Album
Across the East	Across the East
Aki (Rodriguez)	Inner Thoughts
Distant Lights	Inner Thoughts
Eastern Horses	Across the East
Fish's Fugue	Across the East
For Carolina	Across the East
Gone For My Life	Inner Thoughts
Hedges of the Dawn	Across the East
Inner Thoughts	Inner Thoughts
Kana	Inner Thoughts
Lost Temple, The	Inner Thoughts
Queen's Dancing Night	Across the East
Second Day, The	Across the East
Something in This Lake	Across the East
Song for Shy Woman	Inner Thoughts
Stone Heart	Inner Thoughts
Tragedy of the Princess	Across the East
Turtle Ceremony	Across the East
Whispers in the Temple	Across the East
White Hills	Across the East
Within the Light	Across the East