Hiros Nakagawa


Born in Yamagata, Japan in 1950, Hiros Nakagawa studied Indian music theory at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in northern India from 1981 to 1984. In addition to his formal studies, he studied vocal music with the Dhrupad singer Ritwik Sannyal, and bansuri with Gorakhnath Das.
After returning to Japan, he began giving bansuri performances, and since 1988, he has been a pupil of the world-renowned bansuri player Hariprasad Chaurasia. Nakagawa’s current activities include not only live performance, but also the planning and production of Asian music and Shomyo (Buddhist chanting) events throughout Japan and Europe in his capacity as director of Tengaku Productions. He has given lectures, made appearances on television and radio, and translated and published works on Indian music theory in a continued effort to promote the performing arts of Japan as well as other Asian countries. He has toured recently and gave concerts to the UK in 2008 and Holland, Belgium and Austria in 2009.

Hiros Nakagawa’s trip to India for Baajaa Gaajaa 2011 has been supported by the Japan Foundation.



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