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kaoru watanabe
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Festival of colors: Onnataiko featuring Issui Minegishi at Renate Albertsen-Marton Gallery - The Village@Gureje

July 5, 2010 from 7:30pm to 9pm
As Festival of colors: Onnataiko featuring Issui MinegishiFestival of colors: Onnataiko featuring Issui Minegishiwill feature a master of the rare one string koto (ichigenkin) Issui Minegishi as well as students of the Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Center.
Jul 6, 2010
Yungflutes left a comment for kaoru watanabe
"Hey Kaoru, Thanks for being my A4friend!"
Jun 15, 2010
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Jun 14, 2010
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Nakanaka: On Ensemble/Yuka Yamamoto at DROM

June 19, 2010 from 9pm to 11pm
Nakanaka: On Ensemble from LA, mixes Japanese taiko, throat singing with contemporary grooves and beats to create an original World sound. Yuka, a singer/songwriter from Sado Island Japan, bridges Japanese and English, folk and the avant-garde. With New York's Shanir Blumenkranz, Barbara Merjan and Kaoru Watanabe as well.This will be the final in the Nakanaka series until fall.See More
Jun 8, 2010
kaoru watanabe posted an event
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Nakanaka: On Ensemble/Yuka Yamamoto at DROM

June 19, 2010 from 9pm to 11pm
Nakanaka: On Ensemble from LA, mixes Japanese taiko, throat singing with contemporary grooves and beats to create an original World sound. Yuka, a singer/songwriter from Sado Island Japan, bridges Japanese and English, folk and the avant-garde. With New York's Shanir Blumenkranz, Barbara Merjan and Kaoru Watanabe as well.This will be the final in the Nakanaka series until fall.See More
Jun 7, 2010
kaoru watanabe is now friends with Mariko Masaoka-Drew, a4 - Network Admin, Caroline M. Sun and 7
May 21, 2010
Caroline M. Sun left a comment for kaoru watanabe
"Hi Kaoru, Sorry I had to miss your presentation yesterday--I caught a very bad cold! I am sure that it was a wonderful discussion and very helpful to everyone that attended. Good luck with all your future teaching! Best wishes, Caroline"
May 7, 2010
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Mar 10, 2010
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Mar 9, 2010
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Mar 9, 2010
kaoru watanabe has now joined Asian American Arts Alliance
Mar 9, 2010

Profile Information

Status
Artist
Discipline(s)
Music
In your own words, what is your ethnic identity? (for individuals)
Japanese, American, Japanese American
Your Artistic Background/Mission
I started both classical flute as well as Japanese taiko drumming as a middle schooler. By college I had dropped taiko and was engrossed in the study of jazz flute and saxophone at the Manhattan School of Music. After graduation, I moved to Japan and spent the next 8 years with the taiko drumming ensemble Kodo with whom I performed all over the world. I was also able to study and perform with many great Japanese artists. I am currently based in NY performing and teaching Japanese flutes and drums. I have a small taiko school in Brooklyn and will be co-teaching a course at Princeton University in the fall.
Your Creative Influences
Japanese traditional music (Noh, Kabuki, Gagaku, various matsuri festival music, minyou, etc), Japanese avant garde improvisational music, jazz music (from Duke Ellington to John Zorn to Coleman Hawkins to Brian Blade to Eric Dolphy to Sidney Bichet to Coltrane to Jason Moran, Miles etc etc etc), western classical music (from Bach to Copeland to Stravinsky to Mahler to John Adams, etc), 80s and 90s hip hop (Tribe, De La, etc), pop artists such as Bjork and Radiohead, Yo La Tengo, Animal Collective, Battles, etc Caetano Veloso, Hermeto Pascoal, Martin Puryear, Isamu Noguchi, Hokusai, Zeami, Issey Miyake, Richard Pryor, I don't know where to draw the line!
Web Link
http://www.watanabekaoru.com

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At 11:02am on June 15, 2010, Yungflutes said…
Hey Kaoru, Thanks for being my A4friend!
At 7:54pm on May 7, 2010, Caroline M. Sun said…
Hi Kaoru,
Sorry I had to miss your presentation yesterday--I caught a very bad cold! I am sure that it was a wonderful discussion and very helpful to everyone that attended. Good luck with all your future teaching! Best wishes, Caroline
 
 
 


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