Internationally renowned Taiko Drumming group, Wadaiko Ensemble
Tokara from Japan is once again exploding onto the european arts scene
with a full concert called "Tenchi Shinmei" at St. John's Church on
Princes Street from August 9 - 20, 2010 - each day, except thursdays,
at 7:30p.m.
Also, at Exeter Barnfield Theatre in Exeter, Devon at 7:30 (with
workshop at 12p.m. to 2p.m.)
The group tours internationally four to five times each
year...enchanting audiences in their native Japan, as well as
highlighted tours Off Broadway in New York and throughout the United
States, Canada, Taiwan, and India. The group has also performed in
many festivals throughout Europe, including the 5th U.K. Taiko
Festival in Exeter which sold out for the first time. This year,
however, will be their first full concert here on the European
continent.
The groups list of accolades is daunting given how young the group
is. Art Lee and Wadaiko Ensemble Tokara has performed at: special
performance at the Japan Expo, two-week run Off Broadway in New York
and Carnegie Hall, the Taiko All-Star Concert in Tokyo Aoyama,
headlined at the Taipei City 120th Anniversary and Kelowna City 100th
Anniversary, and many others. Of particular note is Tokara's
invitation to perform at the single most influential taiko event of
this century: The Asano Taiko 400th Anniversary Concert in June 2009.
The leader of Wadaiko Ensemble Tokara, Art Lee, is renowned as one of
the leading taiko artist of our generation. Art Lee is the first and
still the only person in the world to be awarded an unsponsored artist
visa by the Japanese government to live in Japan as a professional
taiko performer, teacher and composer. He is also the only
non-Japanese person in history to ever win First Place at the Tokyo
International Taiko Competition.
Concert Details:
SCOTLAND:
Title: Tenchi Shinmei
Date: August 9 - 20, 2010 (except thursdays)
Place: St. John's Church Venue 127 - Edinburgh, Scotland
Time: 7:30p.m.
Tickets: £12.00
Ticket Details on the Festival website:
http://www.festivalofspirituality.org.uk/
Tokara Website: http://www.tokara.net/
ENGLAND
Title: Tenchi Shinmei (concert and workshop)
Date: August 27, 2010
Place: Exeter Barnfield Theatre (Devon County)
Time: 7:30p.m. (Workshop 12p.m. - 2p.m.
Tickets: £15.00 (concessions £10.00)
Ticket Details on the Theatre website:
http://barnfieldtheatre.org.uk/Shows/2010/August/Wadaiko%20Tokarae.html
Tokara Website: http://www.tokara.net/
Quotes from previous performances:
They communicated such joy...that I was absolutely enchanted...I felt
pure primal joy as the beat reverberated through my body... -
NipponDaze
"Catch them while you can. If you don't, you'll probably either live
to regret it or probably never know what you missed" - Edinburgh
Fringe Review
For more information, please contact Sakura Kinoshita at:
info@tokara.net or Tel:81-265-59-8768.
