尺八 パフォーマンス
Shakuhachi
ウベ・ワルタ
Uwe Walter
    
    
1953 born in East Germany
Studies Cello with Frau Lorant, a Cello player at the Philharmonika Hungarica in Marl.
1975 Debut as an actor in : "Faust", a Circus Maximus Production in Marburg

1976

Studies Pantomime with Lindsay Kemp at Covent Garden and Jazzvoice /Jazzdance
at the Ovalhous Theater London
1978 Tours Germany with the Circus tent-theater  Hundertfleck
1980 Starts studying No-play at the Kongo No-School in Kyoto and Shakuhachi with Izu Hiroshi,  master of Tozan school
1985 Debut at the  Kongo N0-Theater  with : "Musume Dojoji" (original dance)
Teaches actors and singers at the "Traditional Theatre Training" inKyoto organized by Utaka Michishige of the Kongo N0-School and J.Salz, (sponsored by the Japan Foundation.)
1986 Plays in Aztecs Dream at the Sound Symposium in St.John's,Newfundland

1987

Solo-conzerts at Schlachthof Freiburg. Monsun Theater Hamburg, and  Packhaus Theater Bremen.
1993 Composes "Tauta" for three Celli, Guitar, Shakuhachi und No-chants on CD "TAUTA"
1994 Plays for the brother of theTenno mikasa no miya his original "TAUTA"
1995 Concert Tour"Global Rider Meeting"with Okura Shonosuke through Japan und China.
Autumn
1997
Organizes from now on every year the international Musicfestival "Kawaramono" in the mountains north of Kyoto, which was broadcasted by the NHK TV
1998 Session with Gert Anklam, a saxophon player from East Berlin. On air in Radio Berlin (Rias) and NDR Hamburg.
1999 Participates at  the komuso gathering at the Shitennoji Tempel in Osaka with "San-An" after Watazumi Do Roshi.
Sommer Tours Germany with Guitar player Nakamura Yoshimitsu  and Japanese drum (Taiko)-player Iwakichi Yamashita
Herbst Is on NHK Radio Kyoto
2000 Works as a reporter for the NHK TV Osaka
2001 Release ot the CD "Begegnung" for Live Conzert in German Ambassy in Tokyo
(with Kakei Masaru, classical guitar)
2002 Organizes study travels for European University teachers.
Tea ceremonies,No theatre workshops,broadcasted by CATV Osak
2003 organizes a tour for Shakuhachi playing Zen monks to Germany and Auschwitz.
Plays at the international music festival in Kiew ias part of the japanese Group "Kirara"
2004 Tour in Japan with saxophon player Gert Anklam,Beate Gatscha (Dance)
and Holger Mantay (Piano).
2005 Is an actor in the Movie " Baruto no Gakuen" with Bruno Ganz
2006 Mise en scene of his play "Phoenix" with his own compositions for No chant and dance and shakuhachi in the Hachiman Shrine in Matsyama
2007 Plays as a representant of Japanese classical music at the concert for old and new cmusic from Japan and Korea at the villa Stuck in Munich.
This was braodcasted by national german TV Bayrischer Rundfunk.
2008 Starts lecturing with the tile "Time and space in Japanese music and No Theatre"
at universities and schools in Japan and abroad.
2009 Produces and directs his play "Ube no Ubeteki"Tales of Hikari Genji at the prefectoral
cultur hall in Kyoto.
2010

Tours swiss with percussionist Barni Palm and later Japan with Pianist Holger Mantay.Is lecturing at Kyoto University,Tokushima University,Doshisha University,Nagoya City Senior Highschool,GakushuIn Daigaku university Tokyo
and starts workshop for kids in No theatre.