Kaoru Kakizakai

Kaoru Kakizakai

2019 Concerts,workshops in Brisbane in January.
Workshops in Beijin Shanghai and Taipei in April. 2018 Performer/Instructor at the 7th International Shakuhachi Festival in London.
Performed Toru Takemitsu's "Autumn" with the WDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eötvös Péter in Cologne and Essen. 2016 Invited Performer at the 1st World Music Festival in Udaipur,India in February. 2015 Performed Toru Takemitsu's "November Steps" with the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jyun'ichi Hirokami in Cologne. 2014 Workshops and Concerts in Radolfzell Gremany as parts of European Shakuhachi Summer School.
2013 Performed Toru Takemitsu's "November Steps" with the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit in Salzbrug music festival.
2012 Performed Toru Takemitsu's "November Steps" with the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit.
Performer/Instructor at the 6th International Shakuhachi Festival in Kyoto. 
2010 Performed in Maria Joﾃ]o Pires's concert in Thﾃｩﾃ[tre des Champs-ﾃ瑛ysﾃｩes in Paris.
2009 Instructor at ESMUC (Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya) in Spain.
2008 Invited Performer/Instructor at the 2008 World Shakuhachi Festival, Sydney, Australia.

Instructor at PomonaUniversity and California Institute of the Arts in California in the US 2007 Performed "November Steps" with the Orchestra Nipponica Orchestra conducted by Tetsuji Honna in Hanoi Vietnam.
2005 Performed "November Steps" in Germany with Erzgebirgsensembles Philharmonic. Orchestra conducted by Naoshi Takahashi.
2004 Performed at the 4th International Shakuhachi Festival, New York.
2002 Performed "November Steps" with the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki.
2001 Performed "Eclipse" at the Special Fifth Memorial Concert for Toru Takemitsu.
Performed "November Steps" in Russia with St Petersburg Philharmonic. Orchestra conducted by Akira Naito.
2000 Performed Toru Takemitsu's "November Steps" with the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit.
Performed Toru Takemitsu's "Eclipse", Seiji Ozawa's Birthday Charity Concert.
1999 Performed at the First Australian Shakuhachi Festival, Sydney.
1998 Performed at the Second International Shakuhachi Music Festival, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
1997 The Third Nagatani Kengyo Memorial, National Japanese Music Competition First Prize Shakuhachi Section, Overall Prize for Excellence.
1995 Participated in recording of CDs:"Fukuda Rando Collection","Chikuin - Katsuya Yokoyama. The World of Shakuhachi"
994 Performed at the First International Shakuhachi Music Festival, Bisei, Okayama
1991 Appeared in Katsuya Yokoyama's video "Fukuda Rando Collection".
1989 Performed in the Japanese Traditional Culture Exchange Society tour of Madagascar and Italy.
1982 Studied shakuhachi with Katsuya Yokoyama after recommendation from first teacher Seido Saito.

 Currently: Lecturer, Tokyo College of Music Full time Instructor, International Shakuhachi Kenshu-Kan Instructor, NHK Culture Centre President of the International Shakuhachi Kenshukan Chichibu School and Nerima School