Ichiro Seki

Born in Tokyo in 1949, Ichiro Seki graduated from the NHK Japanese Traditional Music School in 1973. He privately studied Western compositions, his interest being in bringing traditional Japanese instruments together with Western instruments. He wrote, among other pieces, a piece for shakuhachi and harpsichord (found on his CD Contrasts) and another one for shakuhachi and female voice. In 1975 he received the first prize for Japanese traditional music at the Pan-Music Festival. Since then he has performed widely in Japan and overseas. In the 1990s, he received several awards f...