European Shakuhachi Society

26/07/2026

Greetings from Athens!
ESS Summer School 2026.

08/07/2026

Athens 2026 passes arrived .... still time to join us in Athens 🙂... ESS Shakuhachi Summer https://summerschool.shakuhachisociety.eu/about-athens/

Under the auspices of the Embassy of Japan in Athens.

03/07/2026

ESS Summer School in Athens ...20 days to go... 8 concerts, 108 hours of workshops... 23-26. July 2026... see you there!?

https://summerschool.shakuhachisociety.eu/about-athens/

23/06/2026

The ESS Athens 2026 Summer School is now only one month away!
Join us at Europe's largest shakuhachi event taking place from 23. to 26. July!

Summer School website: https://summerschool.shakuhachisociety.eu/about-athens/

Hope to see you in Athens!

10/06/2026

The Spring / Summer 2026 edition of BAMBOO, the ESS Newsletter, has now been published on the main ESS website/

You can download/view the newsletter here:
https://shakuhachisociety.eu/

Happy reading!

18/05/2026

We are very excited to announce a special Watazumido exhibition as part of the ESS Summer School in Athens. Oud maker, shakuhachi player and Watazumi enthusiast Dimitris Rapakousios will present part of his collection of Watazumi memorabilia – rare photographs, original scores and books, as well as some of the actual flutes Watazumi used in his recordings – during the Summer School days (23 to 26. July 2026) at our main workshop venue The New York College.

Find out more about the ESS Shakuhachi Summer School at the event website: https://summerschool.shakuhachisociety.eu/

Hope to see you there!

10/05/2026

Recording of the ESS Athens 2026 Summer School overview and teachers' introductions. Hope you can join us at Europe's largest shakuhachi event taking place from 23. to 26. July 2026.

The ESS "Brunch" event was originally on Zoom on Sunday 3. May.

Summer School website: https://summerschool.shakuhachisociety.eu/

Presentation about ESS Summer School in Athens, Greece. Join us at Europe's largest shakuhachi event taking place from 23. to 26. July 2026.Zoom recording fr...

20/04/2026

Please join us for a special ESS ATHENS 2026 Sunday Brunch on 3. May 2026.

We will meet the guest teachers and their teaching programme for Athens as well as getting a glimpse of the school or style they will represent. Some of our guests will also teach a few representative extracts/lines of relevant pieces or demonstrate what participants can expect to be covered in Athens.

ESS Sunday Brunch with Athens 2026 invitees
3 May 2026 Event
10h00 – 12h00 CEST

Info and free registration (at the bottom of the page) here:
https://events.shakuhachisociety.eu/event-5/schedule-5/

Just sign up and see you there!

ESS events are open to everybody and welcome people of all playing levels including people who want to start up shakuhachi.

Summer School website: https://summerschool.shakuhachisociety.eu/about-athens/

13/04/2026

All day Beginners' Workshops at ESS Summer School in Athens! Great time to discover and get the fundamentals of shakuhachi taught by our invited teachers and performers. Check out our schedule here:
https://summerschool.shakuhachisociety.eu/schedule/