Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble: September 2009

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble United States Debut Performance

Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble U.S. debut concert at Kennedy Center for the Arts, October 9th, 2009. This very well received KTE performance at the Millennium Stage was a standing room only event.

Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble at Japan Information & Culture Center lecture-demonstration program taking questions from the audience.

Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble musicians unite in Mongolia for musical collaborations and upcoming concert in Ulaan Baatar on October 3rd.

Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble on Mongolian National Television studio set taping session.

Khongorzol on Mongolian National Television studio set taping session.

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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