Hozan Yamamoto

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Hōzan Yamamoto ( Japanese 山 本 邦 山 , Yamamoto Hōzan ; born October 6, 1937 in Ōtsu , Shiga prefecture ; † February 10, 2014 , Tokyo prefecture ) was a Japanese shakuhachi player , composer and university teacher .

Live and act

Yamamoto began playing the Japanese bamboo flute Shakuhachi at the age of nine, first instructed by his father, then by Chōzan Nakanishi ( 中西 蝶 山 ). After attending the Kyōto Junior College of Foreign Studies , he took part in the World Folk Music Festival in 1958 , which was hosted by UNESCO . He then studied in Tokyo at the Seiha Music College (graduated in 1962). In February 1964 he was involved with the koto player Shin'ichi Yuize on the recording of Tony Scott's record Musik for Zen Meditation . Despite founding the traditional trio Shakuhachi Sanbon Kai ( 三 三 本 会 ) with Reibo Aoki and Katsuya Yokoyama, he was still interested in crossover projects and has worked with well-known musicians such as Ravi Shankar , Gary Peacock , Yōsuke Yamashita , Helen Merrill and Karl Berger , but also with the flautists Jean-Pierre Rampal and Chris Hinze . In 1980 he performed with his trio at the Donaueschinger Musiktage . With Wolfgang Mitterer on the organ he recorded the album Masters of Zen: Shakuhachi & Organ . In 1981 he wrote the score for Samurai Resurrection . He also composed for his instrument and was involved in more than 100 recordings. He is a lecturer at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music . He is also the head of the Hozan-kai Shakuhachi guild.

Yamamoto, who has dealt with the possibilities of expanding shakuhachi like no other, has been awarded numerous prizes in Japan since 1975, in particular the Odaka Award for the recording of his Concerto for Shakuhachi and Orchestra (1977), as a Living National Treasure ( 2002) and in 2012 with the Japanese Academy of Arts Prize .

Discographic notes

  • Tony Scott: Music for Zen Meditation (1964)
  • Oriental Bossa Sounds a Union of Koto, Shakuhachi and Big Band ( 琴 、 尺八 、 ビ ッ グ ・ バ ン ド に よ る ス ス タ ン ダ ー ド ・ ボ ッ サ ) (1968)
  • Hibiki - Contemporary Music for Japanese Traditional Instruments ( 響 - 和 楽 器 に よ る 現代 日本 の 音 楽 ) (1970)
  • Keden ( 怪 顛 ) (1974)
  • Kyorai ( 去 来 ) (1974)
  • Bamboo Suite (竹 の 組曲) (1975)
  • Ginkai ( 銀 界 ) (1977)
  • Kangetsu ( 寒月 ) (1978)
  • Yosuke Yamashita / Yamamoto / Masahiko Togashi : Breath (1984)
  • Karl Berger / Yamamoto: Again and Again (1985)
  • Yosuke Yamashita / Yamamoto: Bolero (1986)
  • Saichi (1986)
  • Hozan Yamamoto vs Four Men (1986)
  • Sankyoku (1990)
  • Mugenkai - Ginkai II ( 夢幻 界 - 銀 界 Ⅱ ) (1996)
  • Works of Hozan Yamamoto ( 山 本 邦 山 作品 集 ) (1996)
  • Otoño (1997, with Javier Paxariño , Chano Domínguez , Nono García, Javier Colina and Tino di Geraldo )
  • Yamamoto / Wolfgang Mitterer: Masters of Zen (1998)
  • Fascination of the Shakuhachi ( 尺八 の 魅力 ) (2000)
  • Eternal Echoes

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supporting documents

  1. ↑ 人間 国宝 の 尺八 奏 者 ・ 山 本 邦 山 さ ん が 死去 映 画 音 音 楽 な ど も 担当 . (No longer available online.) In: sanspo.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; Retrieved February 11, 2014 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ a b c 山 本 邦 山 (2 代) . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 12, 2015 (Japanese).
personal data
SURNAME Yamamoto, Hozan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 山 本 邦 山 (Japanese); Yamamoto Yasumasa (real name); 山 本 泰 正 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese flautist (Shakuhachi), composer and university teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Ōtsu , Shiga Prefecture
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 2014
Place of death Tokyo prefecture