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About the Project

The catalyst for this project occurred last year when I, Marco Lienhard, performed a few classical pieces with Charles Tang during the annual concert of the East Winds Ensemble at Symphony Space on New York City’s Upper West Side.  The audience response to the unique collaboration – shakuhachi and piano – and fresh interpretation of the classical numbers was very positive and appreciative. We are very passionate about our music.

The shakuhachi is a five-holed bamboo flute that has an amazing range. I have been playing it for over 30 years. After recording numerous Japanese music CD, I thought it was time to go back to my roots and give a fresh and new interpretation of some of the most famous classical pieces. This unique interpretation of the classics is a fresh take on the music and it will certainly become your favorite soon.

Before learning to play the Japanese flute during my 18-year stay in Japan, I studied piano and classical flute in Switzerland and have always been very fond of classical music.  My father introduced me to opera at an early age so I grew up listening to the music that Charles and I plan to include in our new recording.  I am very excited to finally play and record these songs that I have been performing on the shakuhachi in concert with Charles on the piano.

Charles is a Julliard graduate and an incredibly talented musician.  It has been a real treat for me to work with him on this project.  Our most recent shakuhachi-piano collaboration was an album of modern pieces by Japanese composer Fukuda Rando.

Although we have not finalized the selections for our new venture, we plan to arrange and produce our unique renditions of:

Ave Maria (Gounod)

Ave Maria (Schubert)

Canon (Pachelbel)

Air On G String (Bach)

Barcarolle (Offenbach)

Gymnopedie and Gnossienne (Satie)

Waltz (Brahms)

Musetta’s Waltz (Puccini)

Vocalise (Rachmaninoff)

As well as classical pieces by Debussy, Dvorak, Holst and many more composers Charles and I were very pleased to record our last CD at a great studio – Oktaven Studio in Yonkers – that specializes in producing classical recordings. Oktaven Studio has an outstanding engineer and exceptional Steinway grand piano with a beautiful tone that we plan to use again for our project.

Read more here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/641430015/timeless-classical-melodies-played-on-the-japanese

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