Oliveros has been as interested in finding new sounds as in finding new uses for old ones — her primary instrument is the accordion, an unexpected visitor perhaps to musical cutting edge, but one which she approaches in much the same way that a Zen musician might approach
the Japanese shakuhachi.
Not exact matches
You hear taiko drums and
shakuhachi, instruments that are recognizable elements of traditional
Japanese music.
A testament to his work's enduring engagement with music, the artist has filled the galleries with the sounds of the koto and
shakuhachi of traditional
Japanese court music.