the Sakai International Piano Competition in Japan and the International Piano Duo Competition in Tokyo. Writing Cavaye is the author of Music Education of the Japanese (in Japanese): Shinchosha, Japan and has written articles for the Edinburgh Festival, the Paris Autumn Festival and The Times newspaper, London. Kabuki and bunraku An expert on the kabuki theatre of Japan, since 1982 he has been a translator/narrator for the Earphone Guide in use at Tokyo's Kabuki-za and National Theatres. He is the author of – "Kabuki – A Pocket Guide" – Charles E. Tuttle, USA and Japan. "A Guide to the Japanese Stage" – with Paul Griffith and Akihiko Senda, Kodansha International, Japan. He has translated for "Kabuki Plays on Stage Vol. III – Darkness and Desire" – University of Hawai’i Press. DVD translations and narrations include – "Kabuki Meisaku Shu" – "The Best Selection of Kabuki", published in Japan by Shochiku Home Video/NHK DVD. Subtitles for the complete Bunraku performance of Kanadehon Chūshingura – "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers" (with Paul Griffith). Kabuki-za Sayonara Kōen – "Farewell to the Kabuki-za – All the Performances", 8 volumes of about 95 DVDs of all the performances given in the 16 months before the demolition of the old Kabuki-za in Tokyo. All the DVDs were translated by Ronald Cavaye and Paul Griffith and narrated by Paul Griffith – published in Japan by Shogakkan. References The Times Newspapers, London; Hawai'i University Press; Kodansha International, Tokyo, Japan; Shinchosha Publishers, Tokyo, Japan; K.K. Earphone Guide Co. Ltd. Tokyo, Japan – Earphone Guide – The English language Earphone Guide Shochiku Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan – Kabuki Web – Shochiku Official Kabuki Website in English Steinway Pianos, London 1951 births Alumni of the University of Southampton British classical pianists Male classical pianists Classical piano duos British writers Kabuki Living people Musicians from Aldershot People educated at Alderwood School Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover alumni 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century British male musicians