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Ribble Daniel Ryudo

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Ribble  Daniel Ryudo
Born 1956

Shakuhachi & Scholar
ribbled@gmail.com

Daniel Ryudo Ribble began learning the shakuhachi in 1987 in Kochi, Japan with the Chikudosha branch of Kinko ryu and acquired the shihan license and the name Ryudo from Chikudosha iemoto Fuji Jido in 2001. He has spent the last 30 years living in Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four main islands, where in his free time he enjoys performing the Japanese classical repertoire of honkyoku and gaikyoku pieces as well as improvisatory playing for events such as koto recitals, weddings, yoga meditation sessions, puppet plays, art festivals, and martial arts demonstrations.
Daniel has performed with Chikudosha players at locations such as Kanai Hall, Yokohama, the Shanghai Concert Hall, China, the National Theatre of Japan, Tokyo, and Kyoto’s Meian temple. He was a frequent participant in workshops and concerts under the direction of shakuhachi maestro Yokoyama Katsuya and other KSK teachers at Bisei-cho, Okayama including the first international shakuhachi festival in 1994. In September 2008 he was a guest artist at Georgia State University's School of Music, lecturing on shakuhachi and playing honkyoku at Kopleff Recital Hall. In 2010 he was one of several invited guest shakuhachi players at the Kumamoto Shakuhachi Festival in Kumamoto, Kyushu. Over 2010-2011 and 2013-2014 he taught a course on the history of Japanese traditional music at the University of Kochi, Kochi's prefectural university. Daniel has been a member of various bands in Kochi including the Aozora Band, the Windbeat, the Plastic Onomatopei Band, and most recently Global Bread, a shakuhachi, banjo, and violin trio. In 2017 Daniel performed with French singer and guitarist Chris Combette and tap dancer Tamangoh for Kochi's Sukiyaki International Arts Festival. Daniel is currently learning the Myoan Taizan-ha koten honkyoku with Myoan master player Genshin Seian. He also teaches a small group of shakuhachi students the traditional Kinko Chikudosha repertoire as well as koten honkyoku he has learned from various teachers.

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