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The 28^th Chikumeisha France Shakuhachi Workshop

October 3 and 4, 2026

Shinan: Gunnar Jinmei Linder

with

Christophe Kamei Gaston (shakuhachi)
Akari Sagara (koto, vocals)
Guillaume Fiat (shamisen, vocals)

Organized by Chikumeisha France Lesson Center        フランス竹盟社教場

Venue

Either at MJC L'Oreille Cassée, 1 place du Père André Jarlan, 77380 Combs-la-Ville
or in Brunoy.

Concert venue (Saturday evening):

To be announced later.

Fees and registration

For legal reasons, in order to take part in Chikumeisha France workshops, you must be a member of the association.

The standard fee is 30€. It helps support the association in its various activities. An alternative fee of 5€ is available, which allows you to register for the workshops even if you cannot afford supporting the association.

The workshop fees listed below must be paid to Chikumeisha France. To register, please send an email to registration@chikumeisha.net, indicating the category (level) you choose as listed below (full, beginner, audit). If you are not up to date with your membership fee, please indicate the option you have chosen (standard fee or alternative fee).

All participants are free to audit all parts of the workshop and listen to the concerts. The level indication is an indication of teaching level. Intermediate-advanced means that the instruction will be based on the assumption that the participants are acquainted with basic and most of the more advanced techniques.

For beginner level, the assumption is that the participants can make a stable sound in at least the two basic registers, and are acquainted with basic techniques.

For updated information, please refer to www.chikumeisha.net.

If you have questions, please send an e-mail to contact@chikumeisha.net.

Pieces taught at this workshop Pieces

Honkyoku (kinko-ryū fundamental pieces)

• Intermediate/advanced: Taki-otoshi no Kyoku renkan (6 hours)

Taki-otoshi no Kyoku is one of the thirty-six Kinko-ryū honkyoku, and a fascinating renkan duet. It is not an easy renkan duet, and requires participants to have basic understanding of the solo version (material included).

Gaikyoku (repertoire of sankyoku ensemble pieces, with strings and vocals)

• Intermediate/advanced: Mama no Kawa (2 hours)
• Advanced: Miyama-jishi (4 hours)

Both Miyama-jishi and Mama no Kawa were composed for shamisen by Kikuoka Kengyō (1792–1847). The koto part for Miyama was added by Yaezaki Kengyō (1776–1848), and for Mama by Matsuno Kengyō (fl. In the 1830s). Lyrics for Miyama by Takenaka Sumiko and for Mama by Miyakoshi Yumechō.

Gendaikyoku (repertoire of contemporary pieces)

• Intermediate/advanced: Kaze no Uta (2 hours)

Kaze no Uta was composed in 1970, by Sawai Tadao (1937–1997) for koto and shakuhachi. Sawai is one of the most important twentieth-century composers of contemporary music for Japanese instruments. He was working with his wife Kazue and his son Hikaru, who are both still active. Sawai Tadao was trained in the classical repertoire but continued to add to the contemporary repertoire.

Program

Saturday, October 3

Sunday, March 29