Radha Prasad
Radha Prasad was born and raised in India and taught himself to play the bamboo flute at an early age. He studied for 18 years as an apprentice to Pandit Hariprasad Chaurais, India’s foremost flutist. He has toured extensively throughout India, Europe and the United States. He moved to the U.S. in 1992, and has […]
Katsuko Teruya
Katsuko Teruya began studying kutuu (Okinawan koto, a stringed instrument), at the age of 18 under master Nae Kochi of the Naha Koyokai in Japan. Katsuko moved to Hawai'i in the mid-1950s, and earned a Senior Teaching Certificate in 1965. In 1975 she established the Hawai'i chapter of the Teruya Shokyoku Kenkyukai. She has served [...] Dong Suk Kim
Dong Suk Kim plays and teaches the kayagum, a Korean zither-like, 12-stringed instrument. Born in North Korea, Mr. Kim moved to South Korea when he was a year old and began his studies in kayagum, folk music, court and folk dance. After graduating from Seoul National University in music theory and composition, he came to […]
Manoochehr Sadeghi
Manoochehr Sadeghi began to study classical Persian santur (a 72-string hammer dulcimer) in Tehran when he was seven years old under the master Ustad Abol Hassan Saba. When he was 17, he joined Saba’s orchestra, and enjoyed many years as a master performer and teacher in Iran before coming to the U.S. in the late […]
Mai Lee Vue
Mai Lee Vue was born in Laos. She is a master of kwv txhiaj (pronounced "kew tsee ya"), the sung poetry of the Lao-Hmong, and also performs on the hmoob raj or Hmong flute. Vue learned the flute at age eleven from her mother. Both her grandmother and mother were famous in their village for [...] Jorge Lechuga
Jorge Lechuga is the founder and lead singer of the Wildhorse Singers and Dancers, a Native American northern traditional pow wow ensemble that performs and tours throughout Southern California, the United States and internationally. Mr. Lechuga began singing and playing the traditional Native American drum over 25 years ago with the help of other community […]