Buddhism originated in India, and as it spread along different paths across the world, diverse forms emerged. One of these is Japanese zen Buddhism.
Believing that sound could serve as a path to enlightenment, the komusō, ‘monks of emptiness and nothingness’, complemented seated meditation, zazen, with a new practice called suizen, ‘blown meditation’. This was an individual practice consisting of meditating while blowing into a shakuhachi. After these monastic groups disappeared, the sonic meditations of suizen were preserved under the name honkyoku, ‘original music’.
The great master Kaoru Kakizakai offers us, in this concert, a unique and exceptional approach to the world of traditional honkyoku.
Concert introduction by Horacio Curti, ethnomusicologist and shakuhachi master.
Co-organized with the Office of Religious Affairs.
Concert related to: Trànsits: sons del budisme
In collaboration with the Catalan Coordinator of Buddhist Entities, the Royal Monastery of Pedralbes and Casa Asia.
Artist
Kaoru Kakizakai, shakuhachi
En col·laboració amb la Coordinadora Catalana d’Entitats Budistes, el Reial Monestir de Pedralbes i Casa Àsia.