Randy Raine-Reusch

Randy Raine-Reusch is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and composer specializing in wind and string instruments from around the world, particularly those from East and Southeast Asia. He has studied many of these instruments with master musicians in the nations in which they are used.

Instruments on which Raine-Reusch is proficient include the Chinese "guzheng", the Japanese "shō" and "ichigenkin", the Korean "kayagum", the Australian didjeridu, and the Appalachian dulcimer.

Raine-Reusch has recorded with Pauline Oliveros, Aerosmith, The Cranberries, Yes, and Raffi, as well with as his own intercultural quartet, ASZA. He also performs as a duo with his wife, the Chinese "guzheng" virtuoso and scholar Mei Han.

He was the co-founder of the Rainforest World Music Festival held in Malaysia. He is currently the Artistic Director.

He was the former Director of Acquisitions for the Musical Instrument Museum, which is scheduled to open in 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Discography

With Aerosmith

*1989 - "Pump"

With The Cranberries

*1996 - "To the Faithful Departed"

With Mei Han

*2001 - "Distant Wind: New Direction For Chinese Zheng"

With Pauline Oliveros

*1998 - "In the Shadow of the Phoenix"

With Raffi

*1994 - "Bananaphone"

With Yes

*1999 - "The Ladder"

External links

* [http://www.asza.com/r3hm.shtml Randy Raine-Reusch official site]
*allmusicguide|11:dvftxq9gld6e|Randy Raine-Reusch

Interviews

* [http://newoldmusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/randy-raine-reusch-interview.html Randy Raine-Reusch interview]