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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SOUTH AMERICA
(Taiko Events)
WTC 2020
Event Name:
NIKYOKAN LIVES - The story of ASANO TAIKO US
Event date/time: Saturday 7th, November 2020
Location: ONLINE (Brought to you from Buenos Aires, Argentina - Los Angeles, US)
Description: NIKYOKAN LIVES is a series of live broadcasts on topics of Japanese music and performing arts carried by NIKYOKAN in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As the activities are focus mainly to the Spanish speaking community, most of the broadcasts are in Spanish, and the ones performed with other language speakers (like Japanese, Portuguese and English) are being translated during the live streaming so both speaking communities can enjoy the transmission. NIKYOKAN LIVES broadcasts are totally free of charge and all transmissions are broadcasted simultaneously in YouTube, Facebook and Twitch accounts of NIKYOKAN. Please join and enjoy the next NIKYOKAN LIVES.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/akvTuVrAfuI / Website: https://www.nikyokan.com/nikyokanlives/
Contact: info@nikyokan.com
ONLINE
Event Name:
NIKYOKAN LIVES - MEET kaDON - Creators of the online Taiko & Fue learning platform
Event date/time: Saturday 14th, November 2020
Location: ONLINE (Brought to you from Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, and Tokyo)
Description: Join NIKYOKAN LIVES to meet kaDON, the revolutionary online platform to learn taiko and shinobue by some of the leading performers in Japan and the US. Nikyokan LIVES is a series of live broadcasts on topics of Japanese music and performing arts carried by NIKYOKAN in Buenos Aires, Argentina. NIKYOKAN LIVES broadcasts are totally free of charge and all transmissions are broadcasted simultaneously in YouTube, Facebook and Twitch accounts of NIKYOKAN. Please join and enjoy the next NIKYOKAN LIVES.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nikyokan
Website: https://www.nikyokan.com/nikyokanlives/
Contact: info@nikyokan.com
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