Catherina Kogaku Gassoudan

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Formed: 1973

Genre: Classical

Introduction:

Catherina Kogaku Gassoudan is a Japanese music ensemble who mainly plays music from the Renaissance and middle ages. They have been performing in the so called "Roba House", which is a classical music hut located in Tachikawa, Tokyo.

Members:

Garyu Matsumoto (松本雅隆) – plays the hurdy-gurdy, psaltery, bag pipe, crumhorn, cornet, rackett, pan flute, recorder, etc
Tessey Ueno (上野哲生) – plays the santoor, psaltery, lute, bağlama, etc
Junnosuke Chiba (千葉潤之介) – plays the viol, recorder, crumhorn, etc
Kazuaki Nagai (長井和明) – plays the serpent, sackbut, crumhorn, recorder, etc
Kazuhisa Saitou (斉藤和久) – plays the fiddle, viol, etc
Sarasa Matsumoto (松本更紗) – plays the voil and tromba marina, in addition to dancing, etc
Reo Sai (蔡怜雄) – plays the santoor, tombak, goblet drum, daf, medieval drum, etc
Kei Okada (岡田啓) – plays the qatar, rackett, crumhorn, etc

Former Members:

Takahiro Kitasato (北里孝浩) – plays the shawn, recorder
Kimihiro Matsumoto (松本公博) – plays the cister, viol
Haruo Shinakawa (品川治夫) – plays the qatar, crumhorn, recorder
Masaaki Kawamura (川村正明) – plays the shawn
Fumiharu Yoshimine (吉嶺文晴) – plays the recorder, crumhorn
Yoshimichi Hamada (濱田芳通) – plays the zink, crumhorn
Christopher Hardy (クリストファー・ハーディ) – plays percussion instruments
Yuuji Kamata (畑田祐二) – plays the recorder
Masamichi Sanguu (三宮正満) – plays the shawn