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June 01, 2004
Shakuhachi in Ritual Theater
If anyone is interested in seeing a theater production using shakuhachi in a ritual setting, stop by La MaMa E.T.C. in NYC this June 6,7 and 13 where you can catch the latest incarnation of Andrei Serban and Elizabeth Swados' Fragments of a Greek Trilogy. In Trojan Women, Yukio Tsuji and I play a duet on 2.4 shakuhachi flutes to underscore a lament sung by Onni Johnson for the death of the boy king.
I am amazed at how loud these two flutes are when a moment of silence prepares the ears of the audience for the lament. Shakuhachi players are always looking for loud flutes but in situations like this, a flute's charater is much more inportant than volumne.
La Mama E.T.C. Box office (212) 475-7710
Posted by Perry Yung at June 1, 2004 11:46 PM