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
EUROPE
(Taiko Events)
WTC 2020
Event Name:
Live Taiko Drum Teaching with Ingu & Mel - KIONline
Event date/time: 3-4 dates/month. Check Kion-Dojo.de for next session!
Location: Online, broadcasting from Hamburg/Germany
ONLINE
Description: Join this live teaching session with Ingmar (Kion Dojo) and Mel from the Taiko Bastards. Grab your bachi (taiko sticks) and some surface to play on (a drum if available) and learn about a way of playing taiko that is relaxed, flowing and grooving! Broadcast live from the Soundhafen Studios in Hamburg/Germany, these sessions explore new ways of learning taiko in pandemic times and beyond. Language is English (with some German thrown in here and there). Sessions in November will be FREE. Registration through EventBrite required!!
https://kion-dojo.de/
https://moveflowgrow.wordpress.com
Contact: info@kion-dojo.de
Event Name: European Taiko Conference
Event date/time: February-April, most years since 2016
Location: Europe. Thus far, in the UK and in Germany
Description: The European Taiko Conference is about "Developing the community... developing the art form." People who come to the ETC believe that there are multiple benefits in getting together in a structured and yet relaxed, friendly, collaborative and supportive environment. These benefits include, but are not limited to: • the sharing of ideas and experiences • take-aways that are either conceptual, practical or both • skill-development • making new friends and meeting old ones • building networks that provide encouragement, support, and ideas for future projects ETC is created by taiko players, with the participation of taiko players, for the benefit of taiko players.
Website: www.eurotaiko.org
Contact: Jonathan Kirby: jonathan@eurotaiko.org
Event Name: International TAIKO Concert nights 2021
Event date/time: 4th + 5th June 2021 in Duesseldorf (since 2016 every year)
Location: Robert-Schumann-Saal im Museum Kunstpalast (Germany)
Description: Hot on the heels of the preceding Taiko concerts, which met with great acclaim, the unique "Taiko Concert nights 2021" in Duesseldorf will feature superb Taiko artists from Japan and Europe. The event promises exuberant driving rhythms in the style of Japanese Matsuri festivals, breathtaking drum solos, and captivating, passionate beats, both traditional and modern. Experience Taiko drumming in its full breadth, power and elegance when pure energy and emotion engulf the hall and the audience. Gooseflesh is guaranteed! tickets@kaiser-drums.de KAISER DRUMS © proudly presents the TAIKO Concert nights 2021 on 4th and 5th June 2021 in Düsseldorf. Interesting Taiko workshop take place in the WADOKYO Dojo.
Website: https://www.kaiser-drums.de/taiko-concert-nights-2020-in-duesseldorf.htm
Contact: info@kaiser-drums.de / tel: +49-211-4370715
