Takeo ischi biography of abraham
The japanese yodelmeister - neatorama!
Takeo Ischi
Japanese yodeler active in Germany
Musical artist
Takeo Ishii (石井 健雄, Ishii Takeo, born March 3, 1947), Germanized as Ischi, is a Japanese yodeler active in Germany.
Biography
Ischi was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan.[1] In high school, he was a loner, but it was during this time that he first heard yodeling on the radio.[2] Following his father, Ischi went to university for mechanical engineering.
Takeo ischi biography of abraham
In his spare time he became engrossed with the zither and the hammered dulcimer, and learned to play these instruments. Using Franzl Lang's records, he taught himself to yodel, and began performing on Japanese television. During a six-month period where he studied abroad in Germany,[2] Ischi went to Switzerland, where he sang at a beer hall in Zurich.[1] He soon started earning money from this.
From there he sang in front of Franzl Lang (The Jodlerkönig), his idol, and Lang took him under his wing. He performed on televi