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Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble

The Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble is a collaboration between Mongolian and Japanese musicians who play traditional musical forms with improvisational exploration methods to create a unique Mongolian-Japanese cross-cultural repertoire.

Thursday, July 30, 2009



Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble Musician Tserendorj on World Music Institute 25th Anniversary 2009 Programs Cover.
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Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble Concert Schedule

Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble Concert Schedule
Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble Concert Schedule

Tserendorj

Tserendorj
Magtaal Praise Songs

Khongorzol

Khongorzol
Urtyn duu Singer

Shinetsog

Shinetsog
Khoomei

Tetsuro

Tetsuro
Taiko

Miki

Miki
Koto

Shoji

Shoji
Taiko

Kaoru

Kaoru
Fue & Noh kan
 

The Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble Project History

After a 2007 concert cross-cultural concert in New York with fue flutist Kaoru Watanabe, taiko drummer Shoji Kameda, and a Mongolian khoomei singer Zulsar, that was organized by Teddy Yoshikami; Aziz Rahman, creator of the Festival of Mongolia, suggested creating a larger international group called the Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble which would include traditional folk musicians from Mongolia and Japan, as well as Shoji Kameda and Kaoru Watanabe from the U.S.

Aziz proposed a KTE tour of Mongolia, United States and Japan and suggested transporting taiko drums to Mongolia to start a taiko music school in Mongolia.

With support from our well-wishers we hope to carry out these goals of the Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble.

Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble wishes to thank the following people and organizations who helped us in many ways during our Mongolian and United States tour:

The Trust for Mutual Understanding, Asian Cultural Council, Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN program.


The Embassy of Mongolia in Washington, D.C., the Japanese Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan in the United States, Arts Council of Mongolia, Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten, Mongolian Japan Center for Human Resources, Embassy of Japan in Mongolia, Music and Dance College, Khan Bank in Mongolia.


Masaye Nakagawa/Yushi Daiko, Stan Shikuma, Erik Keefer, Spider Kedelsky, Linda Ando, Gankhulug Battumur, Kris Bergstrom, Deborah Bloom, Robert Cater, Nominjin Cater, John & Bernie Fagan, Judy & Lester Goldman, Peter Morrow, Mari Nakano, Chie Otsuka, Byambasaikhan TS, the Tserendorj Tseyen family, Andrew White, Maria Yoon, Michiko Zentoh, and the many friends of Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble.