Thanks Andrew for the offer. I was thinking that if some of the information for the World Shakuhachi Festival was available in Russian, it may interest some of your group. Please translate all or a summary of the following.

2012 World Shakuhachi Festival in Kyoto

The World Shakuhachi Festival will be held in various locations in Kyoto, Japan, from May 31 through June 4, 2012. Shakuhachi lovers from all corners of the globe are invited to Kyoto. As the capital of Japan for 1200 years, Kyoto has cultivated a wide diversity of arts. Even today, Kyoto is associated with the heart and soul of Japan’s culture. In the daily life of its citizens, Kyoto’s artistic tradition exerts an elegant and delicate presence. The hope is that all participants, aficionados and performers alike, will be inspired to take advantage of this rare opportunity to make friends, renew a sense of professional camaraderie, and deepen an appreciation of this unique instrument and its rich heritage at the 2012 World Shakuhachi Festival in Kyoto.

The current website address is: http://2012worldshakuhachifestival.wordpress.com/

Shakuhachi Summer Camp of the Rockies 2012, in Kyoto

12 p.m., May 28 to 12 p.m., May 31, 2012  

Ôtani Hall, Kyoto (see below for map and photos)

COST: ¥45,000 ($600)  (Registration ¥30,000 + Lodging ¥15,000)  Meals separate: ¥12,000 ($160) (estimate)

All events (with the exception of Daybreak Robuki) will take place at Ôtani Fujin Kaikan (Ôtani Hall), located 10 minutes by foot from Kyoto Station, just north and adjacent to the grounds of Higashi Honganji Temple, one of the largest temples in Kyoto.  

FACULTY:  Representing Kinko, Chikuho, Tozan, Meian, Dôkyoku and modern styles, Camp Faculty is Riley Kôho Lee, Christopher Yohmei Blasdel, Kaoru Kakizakai, Ichizan Hoshida, David Kansuke Wheeler and others, including string players.

MEALS AND LODGING:  Lodging and dining will also take place at Ôtani Hall. All dining expenses will be paid individually. Meals will be catered by advance request (details to follow), or campers are welcome to find their own dining, either in restaurants or with take-out to be eaten at Ôtani, or with boxed meals, etc. purchased at convenience stores, bento shops, etc. 

Those who choose to lodge elsewhere need only pay a ¥2,500 facility fee (not ¥15,000) to cover facility use and expenses. 

Onsite facilities for making/serving tea and cold drinks are available, but general cooking facilities are not.

Eating and drinking is allowed in most areas of the facility, including tatami rooms, but careful attention must be paid so that spillage and staining do not occur, and that any such issues are taken care of immediately and completely.

Bathing facilities are very limited, with only one communal bathing room, suitable for 6 persons at a time. A schedule will be established for the most convenient shared use that can be arranged. The other option is a Sentô (public bath house) that is nearby.

10 minutes by foot from Kyoto Station

2 minutes from Exit 8 of Gojô Station on the Karasuma Subway Line.

2 minutes from the City Bus Karasuma Rokujô stop.

Ôtani Hall  (800 Seats)      

Site of International Shakuhachi Competition Finals on May 31, 2012

First International Shakuhachi Competition Application

『-JYU- for shakuhachi, shamisen and koto』
『-Issyo- shakuhachi, koto and 17gen』

 

Sponsors: The Japanese Music Association, Hogaku Journal

Time: Final Competition and Judging, 13:00-18:00 Thursday, May 31, 2012

Location: Otani Hall, Kyoto (800 seats)

Audience Admission: Free

 

Participation Guidelines

• This is an absolutely open competition, with no participation restrictions like age, pro/amateur status, shakuhachi style, nationality, etc. Choice of standard, long or short flute, five hole/seven hole, etc. is up to the participant.

• Registration Process: Fill out the application form and send it in with your shakuhachi solo (no accompaniment of any kind, live or recorded) recording of five minutes or less. Any content is acceptable; classical, modern, folk, original, etc. Segments of longer pieces are also acceptable. Email (mp3, etc.) or mail (CD, mini-disk, etc.) your audition recording with the application form and fee.

• Registration Time-frame: Jan. 1, 2012 – Feb. 29, 2012

• Registration Fee: 5,000yen (JY) to be paid at time of registration by PAYPAL to the account below.

• Preliminary Judging: Preliminary judging of recordings will take place in March. Depending on the number of participants, up to 30 participants will be selected to perform in the final competition in Kyoto on May 31. Preliminary results will be reported to all participants as soon as they are determined, and will also be announced on the sponsor’s website and in the April, 2012 issue of Hogaku Journal.

• NOTE: For all participants in foreign countries who reach the finals, a travel support stipend of up to $500US (depending on origin of travel) will be provided.

 

• Final Competition Format: Each participant performs two pieces.

1. Individual Choice Piece (5 minutes): shakuhachi solo (no accompaniment of any kind, live or recorded). Any content is acceptable; classical, modern, folk, original, etc. At the participant’s discretion, the solo may or may not be the same piece used in the preliminary event.

2. Required Ensemble Piece (to be selected by the performer from two modern options/ 3 minutes): Options are (A) a new work for shakuhachi, koto and shamisen composed by Kumiko Takahashi, or (B) a new work for shakuhachi, koto and bass koto (17 string koto) composed by Tomoko Maeda. Sheet music and midi recordings for these pieces will be posted on the sponsor’s website on December 1, 2011.
『-JYU- for shakuhachi, shamisen and koto』
『-Issyo- shakuhachi, koto and 17gen』

• Participants will have 30 minutes each for live practice of the ensemble piece they select, either on the morning of the Finals competition or the day before, at Otani Hall. The sponsor will provide several teams of accompanists and specify which team will accompany which participant.

• Judges: Kaoru Kakizakai, Yôdô Kurahashi, Ryôzan Sakata, Takafumi Tanaka (Hogaku Journal), Shôzan Tanabe, David Kansuke Wheeler, Satomi Fukami (koto), Dôzan Fujiwara, Ichizan Hoshida, Mitsuzuka Yukihiko (except for Tanaka and Fukami, all shakuhachi players).

• Advisor: Munemasa Osaki, Representative of Japanese Music Association

• Master of Ceremonies: Christopher Yohmei Blasdel

• Prize Money: 1st 1,000,000yen, 2nd 300,000yen, 3rd 100,000yen, Encouragement Prizes (Japanese Music Association Price 50,000yen, Hogaku Journal Prize 50,000yen). In addition to these Best Solo and Best Ensemble prizes are also being considered.

 

• Application Address:

Japanese Music Association, attn. Mr. Munemasa Osaki

2-22-29 Miyayama-cho, Toyonaka-shi, 560-0056, JAPAN

Email: osaki.nissei@...

Japanese Postal Transfer Account: 00920-1-94180 Munemasa Osaki

 

Japanese Music Association Homepage: http://www.bmbnt.com/osaki-nissei/

• Inquiries in Japanese: either Japanese Music Association (above) or Hogaku Journal (attn. Mr. Tanaka): tanaka@...

• Chinese language inquiries and applications should be made to Munemasa Osaki osaki.nissei@....

• English language inquiries and applications should be made to David Wheeler shakudavid@...