Seldin, Ronnie Nyogetsu

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Name (Latin)
Seldin, Ronnie Nyogetsu
Other forms of name
Reishin Seldin, Ronnie Nyogetsu
Seldin, Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin
Date of birth
1947-07-03
Date of death
2017-05-30
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 228061325
Wikidata: Q7365947
Library of congress: no 00010012
Sources of Information
  • Trance. 3, Zen shakuhachi ; Mbira spirit ceremony ; Sacred tembang sunda [SR] p1999:container (Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin, Japanese shakuhachi flute) insert (studied with Kurahashi Yodo Sensai in Kyoto, Japan; received the name Nyogetsu in 1975; received his Dai Shi-han (Grand Master's license) in 1980; lecturer on shakuhachi at CUNY)
  • New York Shakuhachi Festival. Concert 6 [VR] 2004:title sequence (Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin presents)
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Wikipedia description:

Ronald Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin (Japanese: ラニー 如月 鈴心 セルディン, romanized: Ranī Nyogetsu Reishin Serudin July 3, 1947 – May 30, 2017) born in Brooklyn, New York, was a noted shakuhachi player. Seldin studied theology at the New School for Social Research, then went to Japan where he studied the shakuhachi, receiving the name Nyogetsu in 1975. By 2001 he received his Grand Master's license at the level of Kyu-Dan and was given the name Reishin ("Heart/Mind of the Bell"). He performed on the soundtracks for A Family Gathering (1989), Civilization VI (2016) and also appeared on the Grammy Award-nominated "The Planet Sleeps." He was of the Tenrikyo faith and lived with his wife Brenda in New York City. His wife is a practicing Chan Buddhist. He was the founder and director of the Ki-Sui-An Shakuhachi Dojo, taught shakuhachi regularly in New York City, Philadelphia, Syracuse, and Boston, and led regular intensive shakuhachi retreats at Zen monasteries in upstate New York.

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