Darius Kauffman performs a wide range of wind instruments: in addition to the Persian nay, the Japanese shakuhachi, and the Native American Navajo flute, he has concertized and recorded with the Irish whistle, bagpipes, the Western classical flute, and the didjeridu. Drawing on backgrounds in classical, folk, and ethnic musics, he has created and recorded compositions which incorporate these instruments with glass harmonica, voice, keyboards, and percussion. 

Mr Kauffman has appeared at the New York Open Center and at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; he has collaborated with David Darling and Paul Horn, and his recordings include Tom Chapin’s Grammy-nominated disc Around the World and Back Again, as well as Ryuichi Sakamoto’s opera Life. Mr Kauffman was recently seen on the 1999 MTV Music Video Awards.