Where Water Meets presents Také to Ito: Koto and Shakuhachi duo

Where Water Meets presents Japan-based Koto and Shakuhachi duo, Také to Ito for one night only in Hobart on 19th April. Také to Ito is Curtis Patterson (Koto) and Bruce Huebner (Shakuhachi), long-term residents of Japan with over 40 years of study and performance on traditional Japanese instruments.

Také to Ito will be performing a range of music from classical honkyoku and jiuta to jazz with fresh arrangements and original works. Experience the exquisite inner world of elite kengyo blind masters of koto and the mendicant komuso monks of Zen shakuhachi through music from the Edo period, traversing mountains, skies, flowing rivers and serene bays.

They will be joined by Yyan Ng (Guitar, Shakuhachi, Taiko, Vox) and Emily Sheppard (Viola/violin, Vox) as guest performers.

Biography:

Bruce Huebner is a globally recognised master of the shakuhachi, the first non-Japanese person to graduate from the Japanese Traditional Music Department of the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, under the tutelage of National Treasure Yamaguchi Goro. He has also performed in numerous Jazz festivals across Europe, North America and Japan. shakuhachibruce.net

Curtis Patterson (koto, shamisen, bass koto) is an accomplished koto master who studied with Keiko Iwahori and with the modern koto luminary, Tadao Sawai and is the first foreigner to graduate from the NHK traditional Japanese music performance program. He collaborates with a diverse array of artists and performs internationally. curtkoto.com

Where Water Meets is contemporary chamber folk duo Emily Sheppard and Yyan Ng. They are long time collaborators who play and write music inspired by wild places, and draws deeply from musical traditions around the world that do the same. Wherewatermeets.com