| The Japan
Festival Organising Committee presents A LIKENESS OF WIND,
a performance by Riley Lee,
Grand Master of the ethereal shakuhachi, in the Sydney
Opera House Concert Hall, on Sunday 24 September, at 3pm.
Riley Lee
will be performing solo, and with Australia’s dynamic taiko
drum group, TaikOz
and the percussion ensemble karak.
Riley will also be joined
by special guest Naoyuki Manabe,
Japan's master of the sho (free-reed mouth
pipe organ), an ancient instrument of the gagaku, Japan's court
ensemble. Rarely heard even in Japan, the sho can conjure
up the stately Heike court of old Kyoto with a single chord.
The concert will also
include the sounds of the didjeridu, djembe and guitar.
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| “
[Lee’s} sound is so astonishingly pure: it aches
with the sadness of loss and the sadness of wisdom, pulses
with the joy of being alive and whispers of an elegance
almost too exotic to be true. |
| Sydney
Morning Herald |
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| "Affecting,
moving, admirable, the performing techniques involved,
especially the breath control, defy belief." |
| International
Herald Tribune |
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| "...atmospheric,
even spell-binding music", "Echoes of eternal
time...haunting" |
| New
York Times |
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| "Lee
could serve as any performer's model in his ability to
capture the attention of his audience immediately and
straightforwardly". |
| The
Australian |
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