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Recorded at the Collegiale church for monks in the 12th century in a small town called Champeaux, 50km southeast of Paris, and Music Studio In Yamanakako with sound engineer Yutaka Watanabe (Summer in 2017).
Solo version of Katsura's original piece "Murmure de Bonze" and a gorgeous trio version with Shinobue player Tatara Toki and multi-percussionist Masayoshi Tanaka)
" Musô-ji" original duo piece for shinbone & shakuhachi.
In addition, Katsura arranged two classical famous pieces for "Sarabande" Partita for flute of J.S.Bach, " Syrinx " C.Debussy.
Katsura is the only Japanese shakuhachi musician, known to date in Europe, she is also a member of SACEM and her works are listed there. After obtaining a flute diploma at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, she made her debut as a singer-songwriter at the Nippon Columbia in 2001, she has released many albums until today including solo albums and others musicians in collaboration. The key moment in her career was when she became aware of her Japanese identity and her return to her roots was expressed with an unconditional love for Shakuhachi, she is a disciple of Teruo FURUYA from 2009. In particular, since 2023, she has been focusing on producing collaborative albums with Michel Irlinger, a sonotherapy composer with 40 years experience, and has released five CDs and is currently creating new works.
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