Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s (SBMA) Friends of Asian Art will present a Japanese gagaku performance, 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 27 in SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St. The event is presented ...
JAPAN’S Westernisation is only skin-deep. For musical proof of this, consider the eagerness with which the Japanese periodically forsake their high-tech existence and immerse themselves in their ...
Fabio Rambelli holds an odd relic in his hands. It’s a sho, an ancient reed instrument played in Gagaku, the music of Japan’s Imperial Palace. It looks a bit like someone lashed a couple of pan pipes ...