Next up: Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble
This month Shoji will be traveling to Mongolia as part of the Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble, a collaboration featuring khoomei (throat singing), taiko, Japanese flutes, morin khuur (horsehead fiddle), Mongolian jaw harp, long song and matgaal (praise) songs. The idea of a larger collaboration that would explore the cultural connections between Japan, Mongolia and the United States was born out of a 2007 collaborative performance between Kaoru (fue, noh kan), Shoji (throat singing, taiko) and Zulsar (throat singing, morin khuur) held at the American Museum of Natural History.
The Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble features Miki Maruta (koto) and Tetsuro Naito (taiko) from Japan, Khongorzul Ganbaatar (long song), Teserendorj Tseyen (praise song), Shinetsog Dorjnyam (khoomei singer) from Mongolia and Shoji Kameda (taiko throat singing) and Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese flutes and Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble Artistic Director) from the United States.
Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble 2009 Tour:
Thurs, Oct 8th – Japan Information & Cultural Center, Washington, DC
Fri, Oct 9th – John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
Fri, Oct 16th – Symphony Space, New York, NY
Sat, Oct 17th – Charles B. Wang Center Theatre, Stony Brook, NY
Sun, Oct 18th – Taiko Workshop with Tetsuro Naito, Japan Society, NY
Tues, Oct 20th – Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Thurs, Oct 22nd – Japanese Music performance/converstaion, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA
Fri, Oct 23rd – Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee, Wenatchee, WA
Sun, Oct 25th – Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA
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