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25 November 2026 · New York

Shakuhachi & Cello: Odyssey

James Nyoraku Schlefer and cellist Sahara von Hattenberger play duos and solos for two instruments that turn out to suit each other unusually well.

25November2026
Concert05:00 PM
FormatConcert
PeriodAutumn 2026
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CapacityOpen
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Shakuhachi & Cello: Odyssey

James Nyoraku Schlefer and cellist Sahara von Hattenberger play duos and solos for two instruments that turn out to suit each other unusually well.

“It takes a lifetime to learn the shakuhachi, so the sooner you start the longer it takes.”
James Nyoraku Schlefer
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Meet James Nyoraku Schlefer.

Zen Shakuhachi

James Nyoraku Schlefer

Shakuhachi grand master and composer in New York, trained in the Kinko school and certified dai shihan in 2001. He teaches the solo honkyoku, the repertoire the komusō monks of Fuke Zen played as suizen, blowing zen, where the breath is the practice rather than the performance, and he brings the bamboo flute into Western chamber music.

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Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.

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New York, United States

Tenri Cultural Institute

43A W. 13th Street
New York, United States

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