Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble: Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble at Symphony Space, New York

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble at Symphony Space, New York

Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble at Symphony Space, New York

The October 16th, 2009 Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble concert at Symphony Space in New York was warmly received by an enthusiastic audience. There was great appreciation shown for the individual performers’s solo pieces, the duets and the collective ensemble’s performances. The evening finale was greeted with great applause and a standing ovation.

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.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble at Symphony Space, New York

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