T M Hoffman & IJMEA

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2011
India tour of 15 December 2010 - 20 February 2011
= December 2010 =
17 * concert in City Pulse Institute of Film & Television, Ahmedabad
19 * concert for Saptak Club, Ahmedabad
23-26 * Christmas celebrations in Mumbai and Chennai
27-31 * attend concerts & prepare music with artists & students, Chennai
29 * lecture-demonstration and recital in The Music Academy, Chennai
= January 2011 =
early Jan * interaction with artists and institutions in Tamil Nadu
15 * performance & workshop for Dakshina Chitra culture park, Chennai
16-20 * guest lecturer and concert in American International School, Chennai
19 * lecture-demonstration for International Rotary Club of Chennai
20 * workshop for Shashank and other young maestros of Chennai
21 * shakuhachi lecture launching Institute of Ethnomusicology, Bangalore
22-26 * concert & lecture in ISS In'tl Music Conference, Bangalore
27 * concert in India-Japan exhibition, Bangalore
28-30 * with Attakkalari artists (of Iran, Sri Lanka, Korea, etc), Bangalore
31 * meeting with professors at Manipal University, Udupi
= February =
1 * concert in Sri Krishna Mutt temple, Udupi
4-6 * workshops & performance in Rishi Vidyalaya Gurukulam, Vizag
7 * performance for Lebenshilfe Institute for Mentally Challenged, Vizag
11 * seminar & recital in TERI at Habitat Centre, New Delhi
13-19 * escort of visiting Japanese musicians through northern India
19 * return to Japan (arrive 20 Feb)

late February-early September in Japan: teaching Spring semester courses in Keio University, leading intercultural training seminars at three universities; performances and practical music training workshops; IJMEA 2011-2012 project planning for Asia, Europe & USA

19 September --- 10 November in USA
= September=
24 International Christian University Alumni conference (Berkeley, California)
28 Syracuse Arts Academy (Syracuse, Utah) – lecture-recital for middle school
<> www.syracuseartsacademy.org
= October =
07 video recording at York Emporium (York, Pennsylvania)
13 jazz sessions at Victor's (York)
14 workshop-recital at Dallastown Middle School (Dallastown, PA)
16 piano accompaniment & shakuhachi solo at nursing home (York)
19 Maryland Institute and College of Arts MICA (Baltimore, MD) – lecture-recital
<> http://www.galleriesmagazine.com/?p=972
22 Towson University Asian Arts Festival (Towson, MD) – concert
<> http://www.towson.edu/asianarts/events/index.asp
27 Ben's Restaurant (38th St & 7th Ave, Manhattan) - live performance
28-31 private teaching and consulting (New York City)
Columbia University, Tenri Cultural Institute, Intl Christian Univ Foundation, etc
29 East-West Center Asia-Pacific Leadership Program meeting (3rd Ave)
= November =
01 collaboration in early Western music concert @ Nyack College (Broadway)
02 Rubin Museum of Art (NYC) – concert <> http://www.rmanyc.org/
05 Chhandayan Music (NYC) – concert <> http://www.tabla.org/concerts/
08 UCLA Ethnomusicology Dept (Los Angeles, CA) – lecture-recital
10 return to Japan
.......in Japan........
15 & 16 performances in 7 stages for AVEDA ayurvedic product launch (Tokyo)
30 workshops for S American & Asian immigrant children in
Int'l Community School; for Japanese students in public school (Isezaki)
= December =
05 & 06 India-Japan Dialogue conferences at Int'l House of Japan (Tokyo)
07 workshops for immigrant children & Japanese students (see Nov 30, above)
18 performance for Tomioka Int'l Association (Tomioka, Gunma)

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2010
*10 January – 03 March 2010 (all-India) :
music festivals, int'l conferences & university events
=January=
14 IITB - lec-dem: "Trad Japanese hardware & Indian software" (Mumbai)
16-17 NCPA - participation in ITC/SRA Music Conference (Mumbai)
20 Rajarani Music Festival - concert: "Classical Crossroads" (Bhubaneswar)
21 Xavier Institute of Management - SPIC-MACAY concert (Bhubaneswar)
23-27 exchanges with musicians and institutions (Puri)
30 A.P. Gov't College of Music - concert: "Tyagaraja Festival" (Warangal, A.P.)
31 Bala Vikas - perf in Kakatiya Psychological Assn Int'l Conf (Warangal)
=February=
04 Ananda Vanam Ashram of Sivananda Murthy - concert (Bheemili, A. P)
07 Lebenshilfe Institute for the Mentally Challenged - class (Visakhapatnam)
08 Andhra University - exchanges with profs and students (Visakhapatnam)
11 Queen Mary's College Intl Conference - special guest lecture (Chennai)
14 Sivakami Pettarchi Auditorium - concert w/Ravikiran+4 (Chennai)
16 Recording with Danish artist Henrik Andersen in cathedral (Pondicherry)
18 Live at Blue Frog Club - performance with Amit Mishra & others (Mumbai)
20 Interview for Harbourfront Films on MUST Radio, Mumbai Univ (Mumbai)
22 IITB – special lecture in new Japanese language course (Mumbai)
26 India Int'l Centre - lec-perf "Going regional in a global world" (New Delhi)
27 Manzil Youth Empowerment & Learning Center consultations (New Delhi)
28 Feb-01 Mar Holi with Guru Pandit Ganesh Prasad Mishra family (Lucknow)
02 Conference w/Dr T V Sairam, NADA Centre for Music Therapy (New Delhi)

*March-April : performances & workshops for schools and public in Japan
Mar 8-20 Intl Community School music course for immigrant youth (Gunma)
Mar 14 World cuisine & music center Sangam - concert (Takasaki)
Apr 15 Lecture-workshop for Global Indian International School (Tokyo)
*April-July : Keio University courses, performance events in Japan
August 7-8 & 14-15: Intensive teacher training in musico-linguistics
　 (9 hrs x 2 days x 2 courses) for Tokyo University of Social Welfare (Tokyo)
20 & 21 Aug 'Music of India & Japan' concerts in Shimonita & Karuizawa
*September 15 - November 15: USA performance & lecture tour
*December-January 2011 : India performance & lecture tour
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2009
*February-March (Sri Lanka & India), supported by SriLankan Airlines :
charity concerts, lectures, international conferences
[Embassies of USA, India & Japan; national universities of Sri Lanka & India; health and welfare co-projects with int'l NPOs]
*April-July (Japan) : Keio University course, writing, performance, Vietnam visit
*September (Vietnam) : joint projects with artists and institutions
*October-December (Japan) : Keio University courses, writing
October : performance and education events (12) with Amit Mishra
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2008
*Dec 07-Feb 08 (all-India) : workshops/performances in AIIS "Japanese koto in Indian music" Stage III of American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowship
*12 February (Chandigarh, India) : T M Hoffman titled 'Sangeet Acharya' by
two national arts associations
*08-22 March (S India/4 cities) : official India-Japan Friendship Year concert
tour of Japanese troupe & Indian artists, for Ministry of Foreign Affairs & AOTS
*April-July (Japan) : teaching "Listening to Asia" course (Keio University,
Tokyo), workshops & performances
*11-16 July (Bangalore, India) : "Africa Meets Asia" International Music
Conference & Festival
*July-August (all-India) : 9 concerts organized by Embassy of USA, support of Air India; workshops, teacher training in universities; research & vocal training
*October (USA) : performances, lecture-demonstrations, lectures;
Society for Ethnomusicology Conference (Wesleyan University); York College, Tufts University, Boston College, Amherst College; Wash DC & NYC events
*November-December (Japan) : performance and education events; Asiatic
Music Research Society National Conference
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< for India-Japan Friendship Year 2007 & earlier, see website www.ijmea.com >

T M Hoffman

* 38 years in Asia (Japan 27, India 6, other) as student, performer, scholar, professor, writer, translator, producer, NPO director, activist for intra-Asian exchange in music and language; honors graduate of four universities in three nations; 18 yrs lecturer & professor in Japan, India & USA (ethnomusicology)
* Write, teach & sing in Japanese, Hindi & English languages, and perform Indian & Japanese classical and original music; trained extensively under Pandit Ganesh Prasad Mishra (India/vocal), Living National Treasure Yamaguchi Goro (Japan/shakuhachi), Grace Mundorf Myers (USA/piano), other native masters (Indian sitar, tabla, Javanese gamelan, Korean music, Sri Lankan music)
* Visharad (5-year) degrees in Hindustani classical music in N India’s premier music college (1992):
in classical vocal (later introducing Japanese poetic texts in thumri & khyal forms); in flute, with
gov’t permission using Japanese shakuhachi (now officially an instrument of Indian music).
* American Institute of Indian Studies AIIS Senior Performing & Creative Arts Fellow 2006-2008:
R & D project “Asian Classical Crossover – Indian classical music on the Japanese koto” including placement of instruments in University of Delhi, University of Madras, Bhatkhande Music Institute
*These ‘classical crossover’ applications are based on extensive research and trials, and authenticated by performances in prestigious venues and broadcasts throughout Asia & in the West (University of Chicago, Princeton U, Cornell U, Center for World Music, VOA, London University, etc)
* Awards: U.P Chief Minister Trophy (India, 1987), East-West Center Associate (USA,1989-91), Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan Deroy Award (2003), ‘Sangeet Acharya’ title (India, 2008) etc

*in Chandigarh Tribune
"US maestro enchants music lovers"
S D Sharma Chandigarh, February 24, 2007
The US-born performer T M Hoffman amazed the crowd with his command over the Indian vocal and instrumental music at a musical concert held at the Gov’t Museum auditorium as a part of the ongoing Rose Festival. The event was organised by the Administration in association with the Kaifi Azmi Foundation.

*on Indiaedunews / National Network of Education
http://www.indiaedunews.net/
"Avant Garde of Oriental Music"
Ruchira Ghosh New Delhi, April 2, 2003
His passion for music must be seen to be believed!! And the depth of his knowledge of music is bound to stun the strongest of critics into silence. Meet T. M. (Timothy Michael) Hoffman, leading exponent of what may be called Asian 'classical crossover', a new genre of music that is set to counteract the growing Western influences on the diverse oriental schools of music by providing opportunity for intra-Asian innovations without diluting the distinctive flavours of the originals.
...it was a sheer delight to hear him play on the Japanese vertical bamboo flute shakuhachi while elaborating on the subtle nuances of Indian and Japanese classical music. One could not help marveling at how the man has painstakingly mastered the essentials of Indian classical music and studied the Devanagari and other Asian scripts in order to research the respective music systems. It was indeed amazing to hear him demonstrate effortlessly one raga after another. It is amply evident that the gentleman has imbibed the quintessence of music in his heart, mind and soul…

*from Ralph W. Nicholas Chicago, February 29, 2008
President, American Institute of Indian Studies AIIS
Professor (Anthropology) University of Chicago
Yours is a fabulous report. You must be tireless. I am very much impressed, not only by all that you were able to accomplish, but also by your adaptation to the Indian cultural environment. There is a kind of law among anthropologists that the culture of the first fieldwork is the one you love, and subsequent ones always prove less lovable and, often, downright obnoxious. Given the strong contrasts between Japan and India, I think you are to be congratulated on your accomplishments in India.

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IJMEA profile

Indo-Japanese Music Exchange Association is a private, non-profit organisation founded in Tokyo in June 1989 for the purpose of promoting opportunities for Japanese and Indian musicians to observe, study and appreciate the classical music of their counterparts, both as performing art and subject of theoretical and historical study. Founding members of this Association have, through research and applied studies, ascertained that significant structural and stylistic correlations exist between Indian and Japanese musics, and that interaction between musicians of the two cultures can enhance mutual understanding and development within the respective traditions and in the broader context of Asian music.

The Indo-Japanese Music Exchange Association is guided by an advisory board comprised of fourteen respected cultural figures in Japan and India. Over fifty Association members in Japan and India are performing artists, teachers and advanced students of Japanese or Indian music. Performance, education and developmental projects are often carried out in conjunction with other organizations, including embassies, agencies and ministries of governments of Japan and India (also USA, Sri Lanka, others), Japan Foundation, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, American Institute of Indian Studies, Unesco, national universities and other educational institutions, and various NPOs. IJMEA has been honored with awards from national arts associations, Uttar Pradesh state gov’t, Foreign Correspondents Club, etc

Committee Members:
Honorary Chairperson: Hideo Tanabe (ret. Chairman, Society for Research in Asiatic Music)
Vice-Chairperson: Shinji Tajima (Director, International Center for Literacy & Culture; author)
Director: T. M. Hoffman (Lecturer, Keio University; performing artist)

Advisory Board:
(Japan)
Dr Shigeo Araki (Professor Emeritus, Obirin University)
Kazushi Ishida (music critic; Music Dept Head, Kurashiki Sakuyou University)
Dr Masakata Kanazawa (Professor Emeritus, International Christian University)
Keiko Nosaka (internationally renowned koto artist)
Fumio Tanaka (Editor-in-Chief, Japanese music monthly Hogaku Journal)
Tsuneo Yamada (Deputy Manager, Yomiuri Newspaper Publishing Co.)
Katsuya Yokoyama (internationally renowned shakuhachi artist)
(India)
Dr. Varsha Das (Director, National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi)
Dr. S. A. K. Durga (ethnomusicologist; Lecturer, Madras Music Academy)
Ganesh Prasad Mishra (vocalist; ret. Principal, Bhatkhande College, Lucknow)
Madhup Mudgal (vocalist; Principal, Gandharva Music College, New Delhi)
Premlata Puri (Director, NGO Gyan; ret. Director-General, CCRT, New Delhi)
A. Ramachandran (internationally renowned artist)
Dr Vidyadhar Vyas (vocalist; SNA Awardee)

Sample activities by the Indo-Japanese Music Exchange Association

Workshops on Indian raga for Japanese instruments and/or voice
Asao Culture Center, Kawasaki (6/89); Japan Culture & Information Centre, New Delhi (12/91); Kenchoji Zen Temple, Kamakura (9/93); Embassy of India, Tokyo (12/92 & 7/94); Kala Chhaya, Pune & India Int'l Centre, New Delhi (3/96); Japan Foundation, Tokyo (5/95, 10/98); Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Delhi (3/02, 3/03), Gokokuji Temple, Tokyo (6/04), Int’l Christian University, Tokyo & New York University (7/04); University of Delhi, BHU, Santiniketan, University of Madras, Brhaddvani (7-9/06); Nat’l Center for Performing Arts NCPA (1/07); Boston College, Wesleyan Univ, etc (10/08); Sri Lanka (2/09)

Performances
Bhatkhande Music College 60th Anniversary Music Festival, Lucknow (12/86); Tama Hall, Tokyo (11/89); ST Spot, Yokohama (6/90); Xebec Hall, Kobe (9/90); East-West Center, Hawaii (9/91); Int'l House of Japan, Tokyo (10/91 & 9/93); Ambedkar Auditorium, New Delhi (12/91); India Int'l Center IIC, New Delhi (4/92); San Diego State University (9/92); Ongaku-no-tomo Hall, Tokyo (9/93); Int'l Shakuhachi Festival, Okayama (8/94), Tokyo (8/02), New York City (7/04); NCPA, Bombay; Lok Kala Mandal, Udaipur; Embassy of Japan, New Delhi; Shilpakala Acadamy, Dhaka (all 3/95); Embassy of India, Tokyo (4/95, 7/03); Tilak Smarik Mandir, Pune; Lok Kala Mandal, Udaipur; IIC Delhi (2-3/96); Allauddin Khan Music Festival, Maihar (4/96); National Council of the Arts, Islamabad; London University (3/98); German Culture Center, Tokyo (5/01); University of Oregon (9/01); Indo-Japanese Relations 50th Anniversary Festival at Honganji, Tokyo (10/02); IIC, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Delhi; Bhatkhande Music Institute & UP Sangeet Natak Akademi, Lucknow; Allahabad Museum (all 3/03); Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (2/04); University of Chicago (3/04); Delhi University, IIT, Guru Nanak Dev University (India 3/05); Princeton University, etc (USA, 9/05); Andhra University (2/08, 3/09); Society for Ethnomusicology Intl Conference (USA 10/08); US Embassy, JNU, charity concerts etc (S Asia 2009-10); national TV/radio, from 1991 (India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Japan, USA, VOA International)

Organization (samples) of visits for cooperative projects – sponsored by:
To Japan: G P Mishra+two (15-30 Sep 93) – Gov’t of Japan, Unesco, Air-India
Probir Mittra (Feb 04) – Air-India & Town of Shimonita, Gunma
Vinod Kumar Mishra & Girdhar Prasad Mishra (Oct-Nov 04) – IJMEA
Sudhir Gautam & Probir Mittra (May 06) – IJMEA & Air-India
4 Benares gharana artists (June 07) – IJMEA & Govt Agency for Cultural Affairs
To India: T. M. Hoffman (numerous working tours since 1991) – IJMEA, other
8 Japanese musicians (25 Feb-9 Mar 96) – ICCR & Japan Foundation
3 Japanese musicians (12-31 Mar 03) – Japan Airlines & India Center
3 Japanese musicians (08-22 Mar 08) – Ministry of Foreign Affairs & AOTS
T M Hoffman+India artists (Jul-Aug 08) – Embassy of USA & Air India
T M Hoffman+Sri Lanka & India artists (16 Feb-30 Mar 09) – SriLankan Airlines

Related articles and reports published in Japan (Japan Times, Hogaku Journal, Yomiuri Weekly, etc), India (Times of India, Hindustan Times, Pioneer, Sangeet Natak, etc) and elsewhere; music and interviews on broadcast media (NHK, VOA, AIR, Doordarshan, SS Music TV, NDTV, etc)

+ music instruction and consultation for cooperative research and practical music projects