Trained from age four by renowned masters in classical piano, Japanese shakuhachi and Hindustani classical vocal music and tabla, also in Javanese gamelan and Korean music, T M Hoffman is an Honors graduate in music and humanities of four universities in USA, Japan and India. He has spent past 39 years in Asia, 18 years lecturing in ethnomusicology at Tokyo's Musashino Music Academy and Keio University while researching musico-linguistics, music therapy, etc. He performs Indian and Japanese vocal and instrumental music in major venues, festivals, nationwide TV and radio throughout South Asia, Japan, USA.
His most compelling innovation has been to pioneer the use of Japanese instruments shakuhachi and koto and poetry in Indian music. Through this, he promotes intra-Asian exchanges through cooperative projects with respected artists and scholars throughout Asia and the world.
Discover the pure synthesis between Indian ragas and Japanese music at his workshop-lecture and performance.
T M Hoffman will be accompanied by Jatinder Singh Bedi on the tabla, dhol and kirtan.
For more information about T M Hoffman / Indo-Japanese Musice Exchange Association, please log on to www.ijmea.com.
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