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Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 12:00pm
Taubman Atrium - Owen Arts Center
A performance of traditional shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) music by master Stan “Kakudo” Richardson. The Zen practice of playing the shakuhachi has been transmitted for centuries from teacher to student. It is not known who composed most of the original pieces; they are played as a meditation practice. As such they are intended to bring the player to full awareness of the nature of reality, of the interdependence and also the independence of ourselves and the universe.
Stan Richardson is currently head of Mujuan Shakuhachi Dojo in Texas, a branch of his teacher’s school based in Kyoto and founded by Yodo Kurahashi. He received his Shihan, or master teaching license, and the shakuhachi name Kakudo from Yoshio Kurahashi sensei. He has appeared at many notable area venues including the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas Museum of Art, Kimbell Museum of Art and Crow Collection of Asian Art. His recording Shakuhachi Meditation Music is one of the bestselling recordings of solo shakuhachi music by a gaijin, or non-Japanese. He was a featured performer and teacher at the World Shakuhachi Festival in Boulder, Colo. in 1998 and in New York in 2004, and at the Australian Festival in Sydney the same year. Stan also has performed and recorded with the Turtle Creek Chorale. In 2002 he performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at a gala event featuring renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Contact:
214-768-1951 or visit standrichardson.com
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