Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s (SBMA) Friends of Asian Art will present a Japanese gagaku performance, 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 27 in SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St. The event is presented ...

It has been presented at the Imperial Court of Japan since the 7 th century, encompassing music and dance that originated in China and the Korean peninsula. Incorporating elements from India, Persia ...

Ko Ishikawa plays the sho, a bamboo free-reed mouth harp that first came to Japan from China in the Nara Period (710-794). Despite what you might expect, however, the way he plays the instrument isn't ...

The Western world’s love affair with “world music” has always had its blind spots. Japanese traditional music is one. You won’t find recordings of Shomyo Buddhist chanting or bunraku ensembles among ...

Whatever else Walt Disney Concert Hall was designed for, there was always a dream that it might be an ideal place to hear ancient Japanese court and shrine music. So said architect Frank Gehry on ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. "SHOGUN, " featuring music arranged by Taro Ishida, has made history by being the first Japanese artist to receive two ...

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Fabio Rambelli holds an odd relic in his hands. It’s a sho, an ancient reed instrument played in Gagaku, the music of Japan’s Imperial Palace. It looks a bit like someone lashed a couple of pan pipes ...