Yoshikazu Iwamoto

Shakuhachi master Yoshikazu Iwamoto studied the traditional Japanese bamboo flute with masters Baisen Onishi and Katsuya Yokoyama, subsequently earning national notoriety through his regular concert appearances as well as his performances on television and radio. As his fame spread internationally, in 1975 he mounted a series of performances in Denmark before spending a year as artist-in-residence at Connecticut's Wesleyan University; during the early '80s, Iwamoto additionally toured everywhere from Brazil to West Germany to Ireland. From 1982 onward, he served as artist-in-r...