Having first encountered the shakuhachi in his teens, and moved by its wonderful qualities Pavel became inspired to begin practicing himself. He went on to study at the World Music Center department of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory governed by Karatygina Margarita, and started to study under Kouhei Shimizu, Iwashin Alexandr and to perform at the “Folk Music Festival”, “Nihon no Kokoro”, then later was to make many appearances on Moscow radio and television, etc. as Moscow’s foremost shakuhachi player.
After arriving in Japan In 2013, he began studying under Toshimitsu Ishikawa and at the same time began his Japanese performances. His diverse range of performances includes those at the Agency for Cultural Affairs; Cultural Ambassador Forum (in Roppongi, Tokyo), the Hirakawachō Spring Performance, the Echizen Kizuna Evening Concert, Toppan Hall, and the Okayama Symphony Hall, as well as museums and temples throughout Japan. With the Moscow Conservatory Takemitsu Toru’s “November Steps” was performed in Great Hall.
He was also accepted for an audition for NHK’s Hōgaku (traditional Japanese music) and won two biggest Classical Japanese Music competition in Kumamoto in 2016 and 2019.
In 2019 he was graduated from the Tokyo University of Arts, where he got his masters degree at shakuhachi performing faculty.
Pavel is the only foregn member of Japanese Professional Shakuhachi Network and the head of “Honkyoku-kai” the organization concentrated on keeping the classical shakuhachi repertoire.
Bringing the musical qualities of the shakuhachi closer to a greater number of people Pavel sees as a great joy, and is thus greatly motivated to also be performing at schools and workshops throughout Japan. The belief is that music is a communal experience that one can partake of regardless of nationality, race, or age.
And further, in the understanding that the roots of music are one, Pavel aspires to perform not only ancient music, but works replete with variation such as classical, contemporary, and recited music, to name but at few.
Concerts
Y: Awakening Project
Date: May 17th
Time: 20:00
Avenue: Ground-Solyanka
Organ and Shakuhachi Concert
Date: May 20th
Time: 19:00
Avenue: Kchabarovsk Philharmonic
Music of the Universe
Date: May 23th
Time: 21:00
Avenue: Moscow, St. Peter’s and Paul’s Cathedral
Moscow Shakuhachi Center Concert I
Date: June 14
Time: 14:00
Avenue: Moscow Gorky Park
Organ and Shakuhachi Concert
Date: June 26th
Time: 19:00
Avenue: Tretyakov Gallery
White Nights Music
Date: July 6th
Time: 19:00
Avenue: Saint Petersburg, Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Japanese Classical Music Concert
Date: September 7th
Time: 19:00
Avenue: Moscow State Conservatory, Rachmaninoff Hall
Yamaji Miho Moscow Recital
Date: September 13th
Time: 19:00
Avenue: Moscow State Conservatory, Rachmaninoff Hall
The Universe of Sound
Date: October 23th
Time: 21:00
Avenue: Moscow St. Peter and Paul Cathedral
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