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Cornelius Boots | |
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![]() Cornelius Boots playing a Taimu shakuhachi bamboo flute. | |
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Occupation | Composer |
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Website | http://corneliusboots.com |
Cornelius Boots (Cornelius Shinzen Boots) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. [1] Best known for founding and leading Edmund Welles, the only composing bass clarinet quartet in the world[ citation needed ], he now mainly plays and composes for the shakuhachi flute having retired from bass clarinet in 2015. [2]
He received his shakuhachi master teaching’s license (Shihan) [3] from Grand Master Michael Chikuzen Gould [4] in 2013. He has recorded five albums and performs internationally. [5] He played on stage during Sony's E3 2018 conference, prior to the reveal of Ghost of Tsushima , a samurai-based video game.
Boots mostly plays taimu shakuhachi, which are long, wide-bore flutes noted for their deep tones. [6]