Handmade Ocarina
MAKER
Biography
Shun Yonemura
Ocarina maker from Japan. Born in 1989 and raised in Tokyo.
| 2024 | Started producing my own ocarina. |
| 2021–2023 | Worked at a manufacturer of western concert flute, making flute foot joints. |
| 2020 | Started making pottery. |
| 2016–2019 | Living in Lugo, learning from Manuel Barreiro "Paparolo". |
| 2014–2015 | Visit Santiago de Compostela for the third time. There, I encountered the ocarina I had been searching for, and finally met the maker, Paparolo. |
| 2010 | First visit to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, to find the ocarina Carlos Núñez was using. |
| 2006 | Warched an animation film "Tales from Earthsea" in the theatre. After hearing Carlos Núñez's performance in the music, I became interested in the ocarina. |
WORKS
Work shops
3rd March 2018 Manuel Bareiro, Shun Yonemura "Monography of Ocarina" a Central Folque, Galician Center for Traditional Music (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
26th May 2015 Manuel Bareiro, Shun Yonemura "Presentation of New Ocarina with Gaita fingering" Escola Municipal de Música Folk e Tradicional (Vigo, Spain)
Recording
2025 Fuxan os Ventos "Cantiga de Desamor" Recording session (ocarina)
Performances
13th July 2017 Opening concert, Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World (Ortigueira, Spain) with Xacobe Lamas (violin), Shun Yonemura (ocarina)
2014–2018 (approx.) A Banda das Crechas's live performances at A Casa das Crechas (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) Performed as a guest musician (ocarina), several occasions