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.
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PRE/POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS
About Pre/Post-Conference Events
We want to help people enjoy taiko-related events in Japan immediately before and after WTC by listing selected events on our website as “Pre/Post-Conference Affiliated Events.”
If you have an idea for an event for taiko lovers from around the world, and you are happy to organize and run it in Tokyo or further afield in Japan, then please tell us about it! Selected events will be shared on the WTC website and social media channels so participants can sign up and add them to their itinerary before and after the main conference dates.
*These events must be organized and run entirely by an individual or organization other than WTC Committee.
*There are no restrictions on the dates for WTC Affiliated Events, but we recommend holding them soon before or after the WTC core dates: November 20–23, 2020.
*WTC will review all proposals. Only approved proposals will be listed as “WTC Affiliated Events.”
Please use the inquiry form to submit WTC Affiliated Event ideas and proposals.
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