Eitetsu Hayashi
After 11 years of performing in a group, Eitetsu started performing solo in 1982. In 1984, he debuted at Carnegie Hall as the first Japanese taiko drum soloist and gained international acclaim. In 2000, he performed with the Berlin Philharmonic in Waldbühne, Germany, and overwhelmed an audience of over 20,000. Since then, he has performed with many symphony orchestras and artists of different genres worldwide.
Eitetsu has pioneered the field of traditionally unprecedented taiko solos, including the Odaiko solo techniques and the creation of original techniques using a set of multiple taiko drums. He has developed a new genre of "Taiko Music" to be transmitted from Japan to the world, and is active in Japan and overseas. In 2018, he performed 6 concerts in 4 cities in the Japan-Canada Friendship 90th Anniversary Tour in Canada and in October performed in the official performance of the Japan-France Friendship 160th Anniversary Japan Expo “Japonisum 2018”. This year, he worked for production and recording as a concept video production staff for the “Tokyo 2020 NIPPON Festival”.
Eitetsu contributes to a large number of large-scale dispatches for introducing Japanese drum music and culture for each International Friendship and Exchange Year for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Relations Foundation, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
He has authored many publications, including the newly refurbished version of "Ashitano Taiko Uchie" (Hatori Shoten), autobiography "Taiko Hizuki-Dokuso no Kiseki" (Kodansha), and many other articles in journals and magazines. He has received the 1997 Minister of Education Prize for Arts and Culture, the 2001 Japan Traditional Culture Promotion Award, and the 2017 Matsuo Entertainment Awards.
#TaikoCelebration2021
Presents
太鼓の祝祭
2021.11.6 SAT
OITA, JAPAN
Streaming Available!
The Taiko Celebration 2021 concert will be available to view from kaDON.com!
Streaming Period:
Dec. 17, 2021 ー Jan. 17, 2022 (PST)
Dec. 18, 2021 ー Jan. 18, 2022 (JST)
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A concert featuring some of the most profound taiko performers in Japan!
It’s been a year since WTC2020 was held online, but we are not done yet! Putting into perspective an in-person global taiko conference in the future, we will be hosting a concert this year called TAIKO CELEBRATION 2021, in one of the most popular areas for taiko in Japan.
This concert will feature some of the artists who took part in our TALK videos from WTC2020, sending a cheerful message to the world, as we keep the fire burning. This special concert will send our ki from Oita, Japan, resonating together with each and every one of you.
A special ensemble of passionate and powerful female performers called HERbeat Japan, will come together specially for this concert. HERbeat was a project introduced by Jennifer Weir’s PREMIUM TALK from WTC2020, that highlighted the project creation and performance that happened that year. The cast includes Kodo’s Distinguished Member, Chieko Kojima, and GOCOO’s Kaoly Asano, who were both panelists in the WTC2020 LIVE TALK series, and other amazing artists from around Japan for this special occasion.
Shogo Yoshii and Taishi Yamabe , who were also part of the PREMIUM TALK and LIVE TALK series,
will be performing as Waraku Soden, to express their unique taiko musicality on stage. They will be accompanied by other taiko performers to perform in the Kyushu area of Japan for the first time ever as an ensemble.
Last but certainly not least, Tadashi Hasegawa represented the local taiko community of Oita Prefecture
and the Kyushu area of Japan for the LIVE TALK in WTC2020. He will be performing with his group, Toyonokuni Yufuin Genryu Taiko.
ARTIST
CONTACT
Email: World Taiko Conference Committee
wtctokyo@gmail.com
Tel: HIBIKUS Tenjin (Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten）
(+81) 092-717-7388
Presented by
Supported by
Nippon Taiko Foundation
In cooperation with
All Kyushu Taiko Association, Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten
文化庁「ARTS for the future!」補助対象事業
Sound
Yasuyuki Tanaka
Lighting
Satoru Suzuki
Stage Director
Miho Saito
Taiko Tech
Otonari Tomozo Kikaku
Production Managers
Yui Kamiya, Ami Akimoto
Assistant Production Manager
Reiko Sekine
Producer
Nobuyuki Nishimura