"Abum description by RNE: This new album by Shakuhachi composer and musician Rodrigo Rodriguez introduces us to a wide variety of instruments from different East Asian cultures. Musical works present in the Honkyoku repertoire, the music on the Zen album (Shakuhachi, Koto, Guqin, Yanqin, Gayageum) is both contemporary and ancient, familiar and foreign, traditional and innovative. On this album Rodrigo performs works from the Honkyoku repertoire known as Akita Sugagaki, Honshirabe. Among the pieces for shakuhachi we find unpublished work composed by Kohachiro Miyata in 1960 Hi Ga Shizumu (The Sun Sets) a beatiful nostalgic shakuahchi solo from 20th century. This latest work by Rodrigo Rodriguez reaffirms his position as one of the most talented shakuhachi flute artists in the West. (RNE) "

Rodrigo Rodriguez
Tunog Kawayan - 989898
2022