In the News
Bruno Deschênes in Japan.
Bruno Deschênes will attend the 2012 World Shakuhachi Festival, that is held in Kyoto, Japan, from May 31st to June 4th. He will perform during one of the concerts of the festivals (date and time to be confirmed), as well as during a special event on June 5th.
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The Matsu Take Ensemble on the Web
Come and hear us at the following Web sites:
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The Matsu Take Ensemble launch its first CD
on March 12, 2007, in Montréal
Produced by Québec label 123jam.com
On March 2007, the Matsu Take Ensemble will launch its first CD. You will hear on this CD, titled The Mysterious Sound of the Wind in the Bamboo, Michel Dubeau and Bruno Deschênes on shakuhachi. They present shakuhachi solos and duets. They are accompagnied by Kayo Yasuhara on taiko (a Japanese drum) in 2 Japanese folk songs. Emiko Toguchi presents an improvisation on koto with Michel Dubeau playing the shinobue, a small Japanese bamboo transverse flute. You will hear folk songs, classical pieces, original pices by Michel Dubeau and Bruno Deschênes. Most of the duets are arrangement by Bruno Deschênes.
You can buy the CD by visiting the following web site: www.123jam.com.
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Critics of our CD, in Montreal's Le Devoir, Friday, March 30, 2007
by Yves Bernard
Here is a first critics of our CD by Montreal's Le Devoir critic yves Bernard, published Friday, March 30, 2007.
Unfortunately, it is only in French.
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Technical Needs
In the "Instruments" menu, a new page on our technical needs for those who would like to book us.
