Kōjirō Umezaki
Kōjirō Umezaki ( Japanese 梅 崎 康二郎 , Umezaki Kōjirō ; * 1968 ) is a Japanese shakuhachi player and composer.
Umezaki studied western flute and shakuhachi in Tokyo and electro-acoustic music at Dartmouth College . He is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California at Irvine , where he is a member of the Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology Group . As a specialist in electro-acoustic live music and multimedia art, he works regularly with Yo-Yo Mas Silk Road Ensemble and the Canadian jazz trio Beats in Fractions . He worked as a film music composer and gave concerts a. a. in the US, Canada, China, Cuba, Brazil, Iceland and Japan. Recordings appeared on the labels Sony BMG , World Village and Smithsonian Folkways . In 2010 he produced the album for the group Huun-Huur-Tu Ancestors Call .
Discography
- Extraditional: New Pieces for the Shakuhachi , 2000 (with Curtis Bahn )
- The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan , 2002
- The Silk Road Ensemble: Beyond the Horizon , 2005
- Yo-Yo Ma and Friends: Appassionato , 2007
- Beat in Fractions: Beat Infraction , 2007
- The Silk Road Ensemble: New Impossibilities , 2007
- Yo-Yo Ma and Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace , 2008
- The Silk Road Ensemble: Off the Map , 2009
- Brooklyn Rider: Dominant Curve , 2010
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- The Silk Road Project - Kojiro Umezaki
- University of California, Irvine - Kojiro Umezaki
- Allmusic - Kojiro Umezaki
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Umezaki, Kōjirō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 梅 崎 康二郎 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese shakuhachi player and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |