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Asia
Japan
concert
transonic.04
The old ways are still new (part I)
Akikazu Nakamura plays compositions
of Japanese Zen-Monks
Admission: 13 €, concessions 10 €
Festival ticket: 65 €, concessions 35 €
21.01.2004
20:00
perception, tradition, transformation
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"When Nakamura performs his music, his listeners immediately know where their soul is." Momo Mitsuno, Japanese music critic

Akikazu Nakamura spent several months with the Zen monks at the Itchoken Temple in Hakata. During his stay there he evolved a very special technique of playing the shakuhachi bamboo flute. In addition to traditional musical sounds, Nakamura also employs a wide variety of other sounds and material tonal colours, of the type one expects more from Western contemporary music. Although the compositions played at this solo concert are traditional, their tonal forms make them sound surprisingly modern.

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