The second season of our World Music Encounters series concluded last night with a sold-out show featuring master shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) player Zenyōji Keisuke on his first-ever trip to the United States. The second set featured Kaneko Sumie, an innovative New York-based vocalist and composer on the koto (13-string zither) and shamisen (3-stringed plucked lute). Sumie was accompanied by Austin-based jazz heavyweights, pianist Rique Pantoja and bassist John Fremgen. Japanese music scholar Dr. Marty Regan, producer of the World Shakuhachi Festival in College Station (where he is a professor at Texas A&M University), co-hosted the concert and provided translation. After the last song and a rousing ovation from the crowd, series creator John Burnett asked concertgoers to fill out the survey found in the program, including ideas for season three!
Soundscapes of Japan with ZENYŌJI Keisuke and KANEKO Sumie Gallery
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