Sukeyasu Shiba’s Gagaku Universe: The Reigakusha Ensemble

Published: Feb. 24, 2010, 5:22 p.m.

Japanese composer Sukeyasu Shiba leads his Reigakusha ensemble in a performance of original and reconstructed music for the ancient royal ensemble known as gagaku. A longtime member of the gagaku orchestra for the Imperial Household Agency, Shiba composes works that revitalize a highly ritualized musical repertoire rarely heard in the West. This performance was part ...