James Nyoraku Schlefer

Called "A Master of the Shakuhachi" by the New York Times, James Nyoraku Schlefer is a leading performer and teacher of shakuhachi in New York City. He received the Jun-Shi-Han teaching license from Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin in 1991 and the Shi-Han Master's Certificate in 1996. In Japan he has worked with Aoki Reibo, Yokoyama Katsuya, Yoshio Kurahashi, and Mitsuhashi Kifu. Schlefer performs regularly in New York City and other parts of the U.S., and has appeared as a soloist in Japan, Canada, and France. His first solo album Wind Heart was aboard the Russian Space Station MIR for...