The World Shakuhachi Festival 2008 will be the largest congregation of shakuhachi players ever amassed on the globe, and an Australian ‘first’ when the five-day winter festival is staged in Sydney between 4-8 July.
An exceptional concert series program suited to this Japanese instrument: the bamboo flute, The World Shakuhachi Festival 2008 (pron. sha-ku-ha-chi) is convened by Grand Master Riley Lee, based in Sydney, Australia.
Multiple concerts, workshops, a collection of free performances and up to 20 cross-pollinated shows will be staged by the Australian Shakuhachi Society for the benefit of up to 400 worldwide enthusiasts visiting Sydney.
Program highlights include a FREE concert at the Art Gallery of NSW’s Art After Hours, a Grand Prix Young Performers mp3 competition & concert, and the grande finalé Masters Concert at the City Recital Hall, comprised of rarified performers and will include a special haunting requiem played in unison.
Conventional, classical and chamber music styles make up the terrific concert program, with The Sydney Children’s Choir and TaikOz set to attract many first timers and young audiences to the Festival.
Utilising renowned inner-city venues that include City Recital Hall Angel Place, the Art Gallery of NSW and Verbrugghen Hall at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the World Shakuhachi Festival 2008 promises a not-to-be-missed program of master players.
World Shakuhachi Festival
Friday 4 July – Tuesday 8 July
Various Sydney venues
Tickets from $35 to $80, available from 10 April,
call 02 8256 2222
Program
Concert 1
Traditional and modern: Japan in the roaring twenties
Wednesday 2 July 6.30-7pm
Art Gallery NSW Art After Hours Celebrity Concert
FREE
Concert 2
Breath on Breath: TaikOz and the Shakuhachi WSF08 Opening Concert
Friday 4 July 8pm
City Recital Hall Angel Place
A reserve $65, $55 (pensioner, student, child). B Reserve $55 and $45
Concert 3
The Young Players MP3 Competition Finals Concert
Saturday 5 July 10am
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
$60 and $50 (pensioner, student, child) and $30 SCM students only
Concert 4
Angelic Voices: a World of Shakuhachi
Saturday 5 July 7pm
City Recital Hall Angel Place
Premium $80, A reserve $65 and $55 (pensioner, student, child). B Reserve $55 and $45
Concerts 5 and 6
The Tibetan Book of the Dead ‘….in the Between’
Saturday 5 July 10pm and 12 midnight
Music Workshop Sydney Conservatorium of Music
$60 and $50 (pensioner, student, child) and $30 SCM students only
Concerts 7 and 8
As Australian as a Shakuhachi
Sunday 6 July 3pm and 8pm
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
$60 and $50 (pensioner, student, child) and $30.00 SCM students only.
Concert 9
World Masters Concert
Monday 7 July 7pm
City Recital Hall Angel Place
Premium $80. A reserve $65 and $55 (pensioner, student, child). B Reserve $55 and $45
Concert 10
Soulful Shakuhachi
Tuesday 8 July 5pm
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
$60 and $50 (pensioner, student, child) and $30.00 SCM students only
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