Catherina Kogaku Gassoudan

__[Website](http://www.roba-house.com/cathe.html)__ | __[Profile (Members)](http://www.roba-house.com/robapro.html#men)__ __Formed:__ 1973 __Genre:__ Classical __Introduction:__ Catherina Kogaku Gassoudan is a Japanese music ensemble who mainly plays music from the Renaissance and middle ages. They have been performing in the so called "Roba House", which is a classical music hut located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. __Members:__ - Garyu Matsumoto (松本雅隆) – plays the hurdy-gurdy, psaltery, bag pipe, crumhorn, cornet, rackett, pan flute, recorder, etc - Tessey Ueno (上野哲生) – plays the santoor, psaltery, lute, bağlama, etc - Junnosuke Chiba (千葉潤之介) – plays the viol, recorder, crumhorn, etc - Kazuaki Nagai (長井和明) – plays the serpent, sackbut, crumhorn, recorder, etc - Kazuhisa Saitou (斉藤和久) – plays the fiddle, viol, etc - Sarasa Matsumoto (松本更紗) – plays the voil and tromba marina, in addition to dancing, etc - Reo Sai (蔡怜雄) – plays the santoor, tombak, goblet drum, daf, medieval drum, etc - Kei Okada (岡田啓) – plays the qatar, rackett, crumhorn, etc __Former Members:__ - Takahiro Kitasato (北里孝浩) – plays the shawn, recorder - Kimihiro Matsumoto (松本公博) – plays the cister, viol - Haruo Shinakawa (品川治夫) – plays the qatar, crumhorn, recorder - Masaaki Kawamura (川村正明) – plays the shawn - Fumiharu Yoshimine (吉嶺文晴) – plays the recorder, crumhorn - Yoshimichi Hamada (濱田芳通) – plays the zink, crumhorn - Christopher Hardy (クリストファー・ハーディ) – plays percussion instruments - Yuuji Kamata (畑田祐二) – plays the recorder - Masamichi Sanguu (三宮正満) – plays the shawn