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Kakizakai Kaoru

柿堺 香

Kakizakai Kaoru
Born 1959

Shakuhachi
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Kaoru Kakizakai was born in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture in 1959 and started playing the kena while he was in his teens. At 21 he started playing the shakuhachi in the Kinko style. His teacher recognized an unusual ability to play so he recommended him study with the master,Yokoyama Katsuya. He graduated from the NHK Traditional Music Conservatory and is the winner of the prestigious Kumamoto All Japan Hogaku competition. He has recorded with Yokoyama sensei on his CDs and videos and is a popular leader of shakuhachi workshops for the International Shakuhachi Training Center (Kokusai Shakuhachi Kenshukan) in Tokyo. He has performed extensively in America, Europe, Asia, and Australia and is a faculty member of the Boulder-based Shakuhachi Summer Camp of the Rockies as well as the Australian shakuhachi festivals. Kakizakai is currently on the governing board of the International Shakuhachi Society.

Currently he is research fellow at the Tokyo College of Music, full time instructor for the International Shakuhachi Kenshukan and NHK Culture Centre and President of the International Shakuhachi Kenshu-kan Chichibu School and Higashi Yamato School.

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Albums

Homenaje a Martha Graham Homenaje a Martha Graham

Composition by Ramon Humet after the poem of the same name by Mario Lucarda. For soprano, piano, shakuhachi, and four percussionists.

Koten Shakuhachi Koten Shakuhachi

Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Koten Shakuhachi III Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Koten Shakuhachi III

Seven Koten Honkyoku from Yokoyama lineage

Solo Works of Fukuda Randō Solo Works of Fukuda Randō

Five solo pieces by Fukuda Randō played by Kakizakai Kaoru.

Tracks Recorded

Pieces KanjiLengthAlbumInstrument
Azuma Jishi (Taizan Ha) 吾妻獅子 Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Koten Shakuhachi III Shakuhachi
Fuefuki Douji 笛吹童子 Solo Works of Fukuda Randō Shakuhachi
Fuku kyōsō kyoku 複協奏曲 19'13 Nihon no Hibiki Shakuhachi
Gekkō Rōteki 月光弄笛 Solo Works of Fukuda Randō Shakuhachi
Hi Fu Mi Hachigaeshi no Shirabe (Kinko Ryū) 一二三鉢返の調 Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Koten Shakuhachi III Shakuhachi
Play Button Hon Shirabe 本調 03'38 Koten Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Kikyō Gensōkyoku 桔梗幻想曲 Solo Works of Fukuda Randō Shakuhachi
Play Button Kokû (Dokyoku) 虚空 10'12 Koten Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Kumoi Jishi 雲井獅子 Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Koten Shakuhachi III Shakuhachi
Miyama Higurashi 深山蜩 (みやまひぐらし) Solo Works of Fukuda Randō Shakuhachi
Play Button Nezumi Guruma ねずみ車 02'12 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Play Button Reibo (Shôganken) 霊慕 (松巌軒) 11'52 Koten Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Sagari Nami 下り波 Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Koten Shakuhachi III Shakuhachi
Play Button San'an 産安 07'04 Koten Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button San'ya (Dokyoku) 三谷 07'14 Koten Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Seki no Akikaze 関の秋風 03'32 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Koten Shakuhachi III Shakuhachi
Play Button Shingetsu 心月 05'14 Koten Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Tabibito no Uta 旅人の唄 Solo Works of Fukuda Randō Shakuhachi
Taki Otoshi no Kyoku 瀧落の曲 Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Koten Shakuhachi III Shakuhachi
Play Button Tamuke 手向 04'37 Koten Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Ukigumo 浮雲 Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Koten Shakuhachi III Shakuhachi
Play Button Yamagoe (aka Reiho) 鈴法 03'56 Koten Shakuhachi Shakuhachi