Hana Hibiki Duo
Kozue Matsumoto, koto, and Rachel Rudich, shakuhachi, meld their love of traditional Japanese music with their expertise in contemporary and experimental forms. Their fusion of traditional, modern, and improvisational music creates an incredibly vibrant and exciting showcase for Japanese culture through music.
[Our Name]
Our duo name consists of two Japanese words.
Hana-花: Flower, also beauty of arts (from 風姿花伝-Fushi Kaden*)
Hibiki-響: Resonate
*風姿花伝: Fushi Kaden' is a 15th century text by Zeami on Noh theatre. However, the work has a wider appeal as a philosophical treatise on the nature of art in general. In this text, the word Hana is used meaning “beauty of arts.”