Tony Clark

Musician, composer born in Seattle, WA, active in Germany. Credited for vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, sitar, shakuhachi, percussion.
A long time friend of the International Shakuhachi Society, Tony studied at Florida State with Dale Olsen and then with Iwamoto Yoshikazu in England. Tony plays frequently throughout Europe with his group, the "Shingetsu Japanese Music Ensemble", which includes some very fine koto players. Apart from that he also does alot of other music, including singing, playing sitar, and guitar. Tony “TaiAn” Clark is a shakuhachi player of the Kinko lineage – he studied first with Dr. Dale Olsen Bai-o at Florida State University, later with the famous player Iwamoto Yoshikazu. Tony plays traditional Zen pieces – “Honkyoku”, as well as classical and new music. He has performed with the Ensemble Online Vienna, the New Philharmonic of Nordrhein Westphalen, at the ECLAT Festival and März music, among others. Tony also plays guitar and sings and is involved in many different projects, including Tony Clark and Killing Time.