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Horacio Curti

Vita

Horacio Curti studied the shakuhachi in Japan where he got his shakuhachi shihan, master’s degree. He later completed a PhD thesis with the title ‘Aesthetics of sound in Japanese hōgaku. Ethnomusicology and Artistic Research in dialogue.' He works on artistic research with a focus on the transdisciplinary and the audio-visual as a tool to create and communicate knowledge. He has performed and taught in North and South America, Europe and Japan and currently is associate professor at Catalonia College of Music (Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya) in Barcelona. His activities had included performing as soloist with the Spanish National Orchestra, the edition of the book “Eolssigu”, the publication of two solo albums, the curation of the yearlong exhibition on South Korean musical practices and the production (with Ariadna Pujol) of over a dozen audio-visual pieces including ‘Eolssigu’ which got best short film prize at Kathmandu 8th International Folk Music Festival. 

Website: http://www.shakuhachi.es/en/homepage.html

Summary reel of his artistic projects: https://youtu.be/5cGqx81CQHU