Jumei Tokumaru

Born in Tokyo, 1961

Shihan (Master) in the Chikumei-sha branch of Shakuhachi Kinko School

Member of Sankyoku Kyokai (Koto-Shamisen-Shakuhachi Ensemble Association)

Member of Kinkoryu Kyokai (Shakuhachi Kinko School Association)

Education

- M. M., Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, 1988

- B. M. in Japanese Music (Shakuhachi), Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, 1984

Teaching Career

- Instructor of the Shakuhachi at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, present-1999, 1995-93, 1991-89

- Instructor of the Shakuhachi at "Culture Centers" (Yomiuri, Sankei, Asahi), present-1990

Awards

- Winner of JVC** Japanese Musicians' Audition, 2000

- Winner of NHK*** Japanese Musicians' Audition, 1987

Selected Recent Performances

- Shakuhachi Honkyoku Recital in Padova, Italy, 2004

- Concerts (organised by Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Oct. 2003

- Concerts (organised by Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Mar. 2003

- Concerts (organised by Japan Foundation) in Germany, Italy, Belgium, 1998

- Concerts (organised by Japan Foundation) in Russia, Kazakhstan, 1998

- World Shakuhachi Festival, Boulder, Colorado 1998

- Concerts (granted by Japan Foundation) in the U.S., 1996

- Concerts (organised by Japan Foundation) in Tanzania, Ghana, South Africa, Sudan, 1994

- Concerts as a Japan-India Friendship Mission in Delhi, Madras, Bombay, 1993

- Concerts (granted by Japan Foundation) in Turkey, Hungary, 1993

- Concerts in Sevilla, Spain, 1993

- Concerts (organised by Japan-New Caledonia Association) in New Caledonia, 1989

Kinko-ryu Shakuhachi: Tokumaru Jumei, Victor Company of Japan VZCG-176