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Nakanaka: Breathing Over Time and Space - March 19th NYC
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Improvisations by Robert Dick, Kojiro Umezaki, Deep Singh and Kaoru Watanabe.  Flutes of many kinds, shakuhachi, tabla and taiko fuse cultures and epochs. ROBERT DICK – soprano, alto, bass flutes, p…

Tagged: improvisation, shakuhachi, fue, Indian, Japanese

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NakaNaka: Breathing Over Time and Space Feb 26th NYC
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NAKANAKA presents: Breathing Over Time and Space Improvisations by Robert Dick, Sara Schoenbeck and Kaoru Watanabe. Flutes of many types, taiko and bassoon fuse cultures and epochs. NakaNaka celebr…

Tagged: (flutes), Sara, Schoenbeck, (bassoon), Dick

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Kaoru was born in St. Louis, MO to symphony musician parents.  After graduating from the Manhattan School of Music with a BFA in jazz flute and saxophone performance, he moved to Japan and joined the internationally renowned taiko drum ensemble KODO, where he studied and performed taiko, traditional Japanese folk dance and song, with a special emphasis in various fue (bamboo flute) such as the noh kan, ryuteki and shinobue.  Beginning in 2005, Kaoru served as one of their artistic directors, focussing on KODO's world music festival Earth Celebration, curating and directing collaborations with such artists as Zakir Hussein, Carlos Nunez, Giovanni Hildago and Yamashita Yosuke. Kaoru has also performed and recorded with such artists as Jason Moran, Stefon Harris, Adam Rudolph, Tatsuya Nakatani, Tamango and with the legendary Kabuki actor Bando Tamasaburo.      

In late 2006 Kaoru left Kodo and returned to NY to teach and continue performing fue, western flute and taiko around the world in a variety of settings - collaboration with musicians, dancers, and visual artists of both western and eastern disciplines are a constant source of inspiration.

In August of 2008, he founded the Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Center to provide a place where people are encouraged to study fundamental playing technique, develop a stronger understanding of the cultural and historical background of taiko.
My dream collaboration
I feel like I get to do a lot of my dream collaborations! I don't know, who else? Bill T Jones? Issey Miyake? Bjork? Wayne Shorter? Spike Jonze? Hariprasad Chaurasia? Radiohead?
Creative influences / favorite artists
how much time you got?
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Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Center, Khoomei Taiko Ensemble, KATARU, NakaNaka Series@drom
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http://watanabekaoru.com

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NakaNaka presents: Jim Schlefer and Kaoru Watanabe Sat, Feb 13th

NakaNaka: Japanese Arts & Culture Series @ Drom presents:


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