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Yokoyama Katsuya
12+ albums
traditional japaneseshakuhachi
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YOKOYAMA Katsuya (Katsuya Yokoyama 横山勝也) was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1934, he studied shakuhachi of the Kinko school from his grandfather, Koson YOKOYAMA, and his father, Ranpo YOKOYAMA. In 1959, he studied with Rando FUKUDA and Wadatsumido I. In 1961, he formed the Tokyo Shakuhachi Trio with Kohachiro MIYATA and Minoru MURAOKA, and in 1963, the three of them together helped form the Nihon Ongaku Shudan (Ensemble Nipponia) with the intent of creating a new Japanese music using traditional instruments. Then in 1964, he founded the Shakuhachi Sanbon Kai with Reibo AOKI and Hozan YAMAMOTO which cut across school differences in the shakuhachi world. In November 1967, he performed in New York City in the premiere of Toru TAKEMITSU's "November Steps" with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Seiji OZAWA. Since, he has performed on over eighty different occasions with orchestras in Europe and the United States. He won one of the top awards in the 1973 Japanese Art Festival. He has also performed with the NHK Symphony Orchestra on various occasions including at the opening of the Sydney Opera House and at the 1974 United Nations Peace Concert. Katsuya YOKOYAMA is considered one of the foremost and respected shakuhachi teachers in Japan today. He is a major force in charting the direction of traditional shakuhachi music. While he has retired from performing, he continues to teach in Japan. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA Licens
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Shakuhachi: The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya
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the Art of Yokoyama Katsuya
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Shakuhachi. The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya
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Shakuhachi - the Art of Yokoyama Katsuya
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The Art of Shakuhachi
Live Recording, Yokoyama Katsuya Recital '84 CD1
Shakuhachi Koten Honkyoku Vol.1
Shakuhachi Koten Honkyoku Vol.2
Live Recording, Yokoyama Katsuya Recital '84 CD2
Meijin, Meikyoku, Mei Enso - Koten Geino Shakuhachi CD2
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Nihon No Gakki Best Koto Shakuhachi CD2
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The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya (Shakuhachi)