Teachers – 15th International Shakuhachi Festival Prague

World famous Japanese arched zither koto virtuoso, Vice President of the Seigen Koto School in Akita, Japan

A unique shakuhachi star player with a purely distinct sound of his own

Shakuhachi performer of the Kinko school and the third iemoto of the Kominato school of minyō (folksong)

Outstanding shakuhachi player, composer and a director of musical plays

Laureate of the first prize at the Kumamoto National Hōgaku Competition

Laureate of the first prize at the International Shakuhachi Competition in London in 2018

Kinko-ryū Shakuhachi Shihan (Chikumeisha) MA in Kinko-ryū Shakuhachi (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku) PhD in Japanology (Stockholm University)

A Czech leading shakuhachi player, composer and musicologist and the cofounder of the International Shakuhachi Festival Prague

A multi-instrumentalist, teacher of the flute, saxophone, clarinet and shakuhachi

A Czech master player of the shakuhachi