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Shakuhachi Bootcamp

Workshop

Honkyoku Masterclass (Tickets →)
Saturday, May 17 at 3 pm

Min’yo Masterclass (Tickets →)
Saturday, May 17 at 5 pm

Members of The Shakuhachi 5 lead advanced players in masterclasses on traditional shakuhachi repertoire. Kickstart your practice, improve your technique and learn directly from Japan’s current generation of shakuhachi masters!

Honkyoku Masterclass: 3-4:30 pm
Hone complex techniques through musical selections from classic 18th-century honkyoku repertoire.

Min’yo Masterclass: 5-6:30 pm
Learn new min’yo music, and improve your playing through practicing this lively folk style.

Save 30% when you purchase a ticket to both Shakuhachi Bootcamp masterclasses. Offer only valid for tickets purchased in the same transaction.

The Shakuhachi 5: Shakuhachi Vogue – A Visual Concert
May 16, 2025 at 7:30 pm

Build Your Own Shakuhachi! Crafting Workshop
May 4, 2025 at 1 pm

Shakuhachi Workshop for Composers
May 17, 2025 at 1 pm


Images: Shakuhachi Bootcamp © Photo uncredited; The Shakuhachi 5 © Maki Takagi; Instrument Workshop: Build Your Own Shakuhachi! © Perry Yung; Shakuhachi Workshop for Composers © Photo uncredited.

The Shakuhachi 5 is supported by Doug and Teresa Peterson, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), mediaThe Foundation inc., and John and Miyoko Davey Foundation.

2024-25 Performing Arts Season Support


Japan Society’s 120th anniversary initiatives and related programs are generously supported by Champion Sponsor, MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Japan Society programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

The season is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Additional, major support is generously provided by Doug and Teresa Peterson, Howard Gilman Foundation, and Jun Makihara and Megumi Oka. Endowment support is provided by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund, John and Miyoko Davey Foundation, and a leadership gift from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Program support is provided by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; Hisamitsu America, Inc.; Cheryl Henson; Paula S. Lawrence; Akiko Mikumo; Hiroko Onoyama; Richard and Momona Royce; Dr. Jeanette C. Takamura; Nancy and Joe Walker; Estate of Alan M. Suhonen, and Performing Arts Circle members.

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. is the official airline of the Japan Society Performing Arts Program. Yamaha is the official piano provider of Japan Society.