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TMH @ IME 2020 Bhairavi on koto

T M Hoffman
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  • In Indian Music Experience Museum (Bengaluru, INDIA) 8 Feb 2020 *
(和文は英文の下ご参照ください。) Lecture-concert by T M Hoffman ... a portion from a solo performance of Raag Bhairavi in 8-beat tala on Japanese classical 13-stringed instrument koto, with electronic tabla & tambura background. Showcasing versatility in koto playing style innovations using fingers, 3 plectra (tsume), cello bow, and revised spoons to produce melody. Left hand is used to press strings down to smoothly raise pitch, and also to pluck rhythm (as in chikari strings of sitar). These innovations were supported in a joint 18-month R & D program (2006~2008) of Indo-Japanese Music Exchange Association IJMEA and American Institute of Indian Studies AIIS, and have been presented in major venues, broadcasts etc in India, Japan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Singapor …...more
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TMH @ IME 2020 Bhairavi on koto
  • In Indian Music Experience Museum (Bengaluru, INDIA) 8 Feb 2020 *
(和文は英文の下ご参照ください。) Lecture-concert by T M Hoffman ... a portion from a solo performance of Raag Bhairavi in 8-beat tala on Japanese classical 13-stringed instrument koto, with electronic tabla & tambura background. Showcasing versatility in koto playing style innovations using fingers, 3 plectra (tsume), cello bow, and revised spoons to produce melody. Left hand is used to press strings down to smoothly raise pitch, and also to pluck rhythm (as in chikari strings of sitar). These innovations were supported in a joint 18-month R & D program (2006~2008) of Indo-Japanese Music Exchange Association IJMEA and American Institute of Indian Studies AIIS, and have been presented in major venues, broadcasts etc in India, Japan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Singapore, USA, UK; also in workshops & interactive concerts in many schools. Another Japanese instrument - the flute shakuhachi - was in 1992 certified for Indian classical music under Bhatkhande Music College (after completing 5-yr Visharad degree) and Sangeet Natak Akademi. Innovations with shakuhachi, koto, and vocal (including Japanese poetry in Hindustani music) have graced major venues and broadcasts in Asia, USA and beyond. T M Hoffman is a US-born, four-decade Asia resident artist and ethnomusicologist, and Director of Indo-Japanese Music Exchange Association (estab 1989) https://www.ijmea.net. Studied piano under Grace Mundorf Myers (USA, shakuhachi under Living National Treasure YAMAGUCHI Goro (Tokyo) and Hindustani vocal music under Pdt Ganesh Prasad MISHRA (Lucknow). Hoffman graduated from 4 major universities in USA, Japan & India, and as university lecturer & professor for three decades has published widely on music, linguistics, and interdisciplinary and cross-professional topics in education, business and diplomacy, receiving numerous international awards. 2020年2月8日 @ インド音楽博物館ホール * 講演・演奏「和楽器・和歌によるインド古典音楽」の一部：ラーガ演奏に箏の新奏法。北インド古典音楽の本客的な器楽演奏ととベンガル語による歌い。日印音楽交流会（1989年創立） https://www.ijmea.net

T M Hoffman

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