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Artist
James Ashley Franklin
12+ albums
japanese
about
James Ashley Franklin (Dr. Jim Franklin) has developed a musical career which bridges a wide range of styles, from classical Western music to electronic music, and to traditional and modern music for the shakuhachi. James started playing piano at the age of nine; later, he studied Western art music together with ethnomusicology at the University of Sydney, and trained as a composer. After finishing his degree in Australia, he studied composition in Europe for several years. His music has won numerous awards, in Australia and overseas. In 1986 he met shakuhachi grand master Riley Lee, who subsequently became his teacher when James discovered a natural affinity between the music he was composing, and the music for this ancient flute. Since then, James has composed a variety of works featuring shakuhachi, and has given numerous shakuhachi performances in Australia and Europe. His music to the multi–media work Der japanische Garten (The Japanese Garden) won the prize for best original soundtrack at the 1990 Munich International Multi–Media Festival.In 1996, having studied for several years with Riley Lee, and after a period of study with world–renowned shakuhachi exponent Katsuya Yokoyama, James received from Yokoyama–sensei the title of shihan, or shakuhachi master. In 1998, James was an invited performer at the World Shakuhachi Festival in Boulder, USA. Also in 1998, James was awarded the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Sydney, for a folio of compositions and theoretica
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Moon Road To Dawn: An Encounter of Chinese and Japanese Traditional Music
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I Call Australia Home: Contemporary Australian Recordings
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Water Spirits
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Abundance
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Japan: The Spirit of Water
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Butsuga: Music for Shakuhachi
Franklin: Butsuga - Music for Shakuhachi
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The Ongaku Masters, An Anthology of Japanese Classical Music, Vol. 4: Cross-overs and Extensions
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Dance into Eternity - Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Selected Pieces 1987-1998
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Buddha: Transcending Space & Time
WATER SPIRIT
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Japan the Spirit of Water