Internationally renowned taiko performing arts ensemble KODO is ready to drum its way from Japan to North America in 2025 – bringing heart, history, and high-energy taiko drumming to more than 30 ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's a traditional Japanese art form rarely seen in the U.S. Christie Ileto has more on Tsuzumi performance in this week's 6abc Loves the Arts. The KODO drummers are putting on ...
Experience the power and majesty of Taiko drumming as the internationally celebrated Kodo Drummers bring this ancient art form to Canada. The Toronto engagement comes during the North American leg of ...
In its latest creation, Warabe, famed taiko troupe Kodo explores the most basic and authentic of musical impulses, the "desire to play the drums with the simple heart of a child." The living bearers ...
Washington City Paper is giving one lucky winner a pair of tickets to see the Kodo Drummers at DAR Constitution Hall, presented by Washington Performing Arts Society. Enter below for a chance to win!
Prepare to resonate. When the 14 sinewy men and women of Kodo, the renowned Japanese drumming troupe, appear at Hill Auditorium on Friday, pounding away on drums as large as the 800-pound o-daiko, ...
The drum is often considered the first human instrument. But in the hands of the performers of Kodo, drums are not primitive but powerful — emotionally expressive and even spiritual. The large ...
Many theories exist to explain the popularity of Japanese taiko drumming. Moe Niiyama, a member of Kodo, a professional taiko drumming troupe from Japan, ascribes to one in particular. “It’s said the ...
The Kodo drummers from Japan were in Toronto, part-way through their North American tour, when the earthquake and tsunami struck. Members of the traditional drumming and dance ensemble were devastated ...
The Japanese word “kodo” can be translated two ways — “heartbeat” and “children of the drum” — both of which embody the essence of the renowned taiko drumming troupe Kodo, whose flawless performance ...
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