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Ralph Samuelson was trained in the classical tradition the Kinko school of shakuhachi under Goro Yamaguchi, Kodo Araki V, and Shudo Yamato, both in Japan and in the graduate World Music Program at Wesleyan University. He has performed the shakuhachi in numerous concerts of traditional and contemporary music in North America, Asia, and Europe, and is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and music schools. He has been presented in radio and television broadcasts in the United States and Japan and has recorded for Lyrichord Records, Music of the World, and CBS Masterworks. He teaches the shakuhachi in New York, where he is also the director of the Asian Cultural Council.

Speciality: Shakuhachi
Email: rsamuelson@accny.org

Teachers:

Araki Kodo V
Yamaguchi Goro
Yamato Shudo

Students:

Gremo, Bruce
Rothenberg, Ned

Albums released:

	Music of the Shakuhachi Kinko and Meian honkyoku.
	Offerings Kinko and Meian honkyoku.

Track	Album
Choshi (Taizan Ha)   (Listen)	Offerings
Ginryu Koku   (Listen)	Music of the Shakuhachi
Hi Fu Mi Hachigaeshi no Shirabe (Kinko Ryu)   (Listen)	Music of the Shakuhachi
Mukaiji Reibo   (Listen)	Japanese Music for Two Shakuhachi
San'ya (Taizan Ha)   (Listen)	Music of the Shakuhachi
San'ya Sugagaki   (Listen)	Music of the Shakuhachi
San'ya Sugagaki   (Listen)	Offerings
Shika no Tone (Kinko Ryu)   (Listen)	Japanese Music for Two Shakuhachi
Shin Kyorei   (Listen)	Offerings
Yoshiya Reibo   (Listen)	Offerings
Ôshû Sashi   (Listen)	Offerings