Photos: World Shakuhachi Festival Brings Artists From Around The World To Aggieland
The 2025 World Shakuhachi Festival was a success. For four days in April, hundreds of shakuhachi artists and aficionados traveled from around the world to Aggieland to celebrate the shakuhachi — a traditional end-blown bamboo flute — and its hundreds of years of impact on music and culture in Japan and beyond.
Attendees enjoyed 10 concerts, more than 75 workshops and classes, three open-mic sessions, two competitions and a research symposium. The event was organized by Dr. Martin Regan, professor in the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts.
Here are some photos from the festivities, taken by Justin Kling.








