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Sakai Suizan

酒井師山

Sakai Suizan
Shakuhachi

Sakai Suizan began studying koto with Shinichi Yuize, then the shakuhachi with Hozan Yamamoto. After graduating from the NHK Training School of Traditional Japanese Music in Tokyo, he accompanied Yuize on a goodwill tour of Southeast Asia.
Sakai was a founding member of the shakuhachi quartet Shakuhachi 1979.
He has performed around the globe, appearing in the Asian Festival of Arts in Hong Kong; on tour with a kabuki company through England, Canada, and the United States; in concerts in Australia and New Zealand sponsored by the Japan Foundation, and on tour in Taiwan with Yuize and a kabuki group led by the famed kabuki actor, Tamasaburo Bando.

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Tracks Recorded

Pieces KanjiLengthAlbumInstrument
Play Button Aioi no Kyoku 相生の曲 08'55 Seiha Hogakkai Play Favorites 09 - Meiji Shinkyoku Shakuhachi
Aioi no Uta 相生の詩 08'28 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 4 Shakuhachi
Aki no Hatsu Hana 秋の初花 06'03 Seiha Hōgaku-kai Sōkyoku Meisaku-shū #12 - Hisamoto Genchi Shakuhachi
American Patrol 03'20 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Aranjuez Mon Amour 04'16 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Ban Ka 晩夏 10'52 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 4 Shakuhachi
Banka 晚夏 10'56 Yuzuriiha Shakuhachi
Baroque Music 1 for Shakuhachi and Koto - Vivaldi's Concerto - Allegro 尺八と箏のためのBaroque Music I 04'32 Togen; Yuize Shinichi Saku Hin Shu Shakuhachi
Baroque Music 1 for Shakuhachi and Koto - Vivaldi's Concerto - Largo 尺八と箏のためのBaroque Music I 02'32 Togen; Yuize Shinichi Saku Hin Shu Shakuhachi
Baroque Music 1 for Shakuhachi and Koto - Vivaldi's Concerto - Presto 尺八と箏のためのBaroque Music I 03'18 Togen; Yuize Shinichi Saku Hin Shu Shakuhachi
Botan 牡丹 08'59 Seiha Hōgaku-kai Sōkyoku Meisaku-shū #11 - Nakajima Yasuko Shakuhachi
Chōjō no Fu - Daiichigakushō 長城の賦 第一楽章 06'04 Challenging Eternity Disk 07 Shakuhachi
Chōjō no Fu - Dainigakushō 長城の賦 第二楽章 03'24 Challenging Eternity Disk 07 Shakuhachi
Chōjō no Fu - Daisangakushō 長城の賦 第三楽章 04'59 Challenging Eternity Disk 07 Shakuhachi
Fuyu no Hatsu Hana 冬の初花 03'14 Seiha Hōgaku-kai Sōkyoku Meisaku-shū #12 - Hisamoto Genchi Shakuhachi
Hanago 花子 44 Yuize Shinichi Saku Hin ni Yoru Showa no Sakumono Shakuhachi
In The Mood 03'17 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Play Button In'yoku 陰陽句 12'13 Ten-I - 1 Works by Yamamoto Hozan Shakuhachi
Kawase no Yado 川瀬の宿 Koto - Koten/Gendai Meikyoku Shū 21 Shakuhachi
Kodemari no Hana こでまりの花 Koto - Koten/Gendai Meikyoku Shū 21 Shakuhachi
Little Brown Jug 03'23 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Play Button Maboroshi no Kuni まぼろしの国 11'36 Challenging Eternity Disk 05 Shakuhachi
Moonlight Serenade 02'28 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Natsu no Hatsu Hana 夏の初花 02'51 Seiha Hōgaku-kai Sōkyoku Meisaku-shū #12 - Hisamoto Genchi Shakuhachi
Play Button Ohgi 08'54 Ten-I - 1 Works by Yamamoto Hozan Shakuhachi
Parker's Mood 03'39 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Ryō for Five Shakuhachi Players 1 五人の尺八奏者のための「涼」1 12'00 Hōzan Yamamoto's Music Vol. 5 Shakuhachi
Ryō for Five Shakuhachi Players 1 五人の尺八奏者のための「涼」1 07'39 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 3 Shakuhachi
Ryō for Five Shakuhachi Players 2 五人の尺八奏者のための「涼」2 05'22 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Seikaiha 青海波 11'27 Kangetsu (Disk 2) Shakuhachi
Shadow of Your Smile, The 03'39 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Shigaraki Danuki 信楽狸 10'03 Yuize Shinichi Saku Hin ni Yoru Showa no Sakumono Shakuhachi
Summertime 03'45 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Take no Gunzō 竹の群像 13'28 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 5 Shakuhachi
Take the "A" Train 02'43 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Takesaisai 「竹彩々」 13'38 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 5 Shakuhachi
Tōgen - Concerto No. 17 for Chinese 21-string Koto 中国二十一弦箏のための協奏曲第17番 「桃源」 24'56 Togen; Yuize Shinichi Saku Hin Shu Shakuhachi
Tuxedo Junction 03'32 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Waka no Ura 1. Tsuru Sudatsu; Nami o Koete 和歌の浦 1. 鶴巣立つ; 波をこえて 02'45 Nakashima Utashito Meisaku Senshū Shakuhachi
Waka no Ura 2. Urayasu; Raku; Sato Narete 和歌の浦 2.浦安; 楽; 里馴れて 13'10 Nakashima Utashito Meisaku Senshū Shakuhachi
Waka no Ura 3. Funa Asobi; Nami to Chidori; Tairyō Iwai; Tsuki ni Ukarete 和歌の浦 3. 舟遊び; 波と千鳥; 大漁祝; 月に浮かれて 15'26 Nakashima Utashito Meisaku Senshū Shakuhachi
Waka no Ura 4. Rōkaku Kishin 和歌の浦 4. 老鶴帰心 08'26 Nakashima Utashito Meisaku Senshū Shakuhachi
Play Button Yuzuki 夕月 09'52 Kangetsu Shakuhachi