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TAIKO LEGACY 18 TSUKASA TAIKO’s 25th Year Journey 2:00 pm Sunday, December 19, 2021 Tsukasa Taiko celebrates the 18th anniversary of the Taiko Legacy concert and now we are back in live at Edlis Neeson Theater at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. This year’s special program features the youth and adult community members alongside National Gintenkai Project performers and Chicago’s creative mu...

TAIKO LEGACY 17 TSUKASA TAIKO’s 24th Year Journey Sunday, December 20, 2020 | Watch on: stream.airmw.org Tsukasa Taiko celebrates the 17th anniversary of Taiko Legacy concert with a world premiere livestream presentation from the Edlis Neeson Theater at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. This year’s special program features the youth and adult community members alongside National Gintenkai Pro...

Tsukasa Taiko Gintenkai Premier Performance Unit members had the honor of performing at a Chicago Symphony Orchestra's African American Network event on February 29, 2020. Composed and directed by friend & collaborator Renée Baker, Gintenkai played alongside the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project and the members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. We were grateful for th...

On January 30, 2020, Asian Improv aRts Midwest's Tsukasa Taiko and Shubukai presented a special cultural seminar at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School in Chicago, IL. The roots behind ozashiki (chamber) music was explained through the use of shamisen and shime daiko by Tsukasa Taiko executive director Tatsu Aoki and Gintenkai performers while Grandmaster Yoshinojo Fujima demonstrated...

Reduction 5 Saturday, December 16 • 7:30pm Directed by Tatsu Aoki, Reduction is a creative response to the popularity of mainstream taiko drumming, which is stripped of its musical and theatrical elements. This year, Reduction will feature a rare and special debut appearance of traditional Kuruma Ningyo puppetmaster : Koryu Nishikawa V. Performances will incorporate nihon buyo (Japanese classic...

Tsukasa Taiko 21th year Journey The unmistakable sound of Taiko (Japanese drums), typically heard only at seasonal festivals and temples in Japan, is elevated to a new level on the MCA Stage this year . The fourteenth anniversary performance features two distinct programs. Taiko Legacy 14 Sun, Dec 17 @ 2:00 pm Taiko Legacy 14 Sunday, December 17 • 2:00pm Celebrating over two decades of artist d...

Taiko Legacy 13 Sat & Sun, Dec & 20, 3pm Celebrating two decades of community drumming, Taiko Legacy is a perennial celebration of heritage forms as experienced by leading contemporary performers. The multigenerational ensemble Tsukasa Taiko anchors the traditional musical relationship between shamisen, dance, and taiko. The musical depths of taiko ensemble performance are explored using origin...

Fri, Dec 16 & 17 7:30pm Director Tatsu Aoki conceived Reduction as a creative response going against the norm of popular taiko drumming. Recent generations have embraced ensemble taiko (kumi-daiko) performance, characterized by spectacle, with drums played hard and fast, using multiple rhythmic and pattern-oriented movements. In contrast, Aoki chooses to explore more nuanced taiko incorporating...

The unmistakable sound of Taiko (Japanese drums), once heard only at seasonal festivals and temples in Japan, reaches a new level at MCA Stage this year. The twelfth anniversary performance features two distinct programs. Buy tickets online: www.mcachicago.org/performances or call the MCA Box Office, 312.397.4010 MCA members $16 Nonmembers $20 Students $10 Taiko Legacy 12 Sat & Sun, Dec 19 & 20...

Taiko Legacy at MCA December 19 & 20, 2015 www2.mcachicago.org/event/tsukasa-taiko-taiko-legacy-12/ Taiko Legacy 12 Sat & Sun, Dec 19 & 20, 3pm Taiko Legacy 12 is a matinee and perennial favorite of families. It is performed by Tsukasa Taiko, celebrated for convening three generations of drummers in its ensemble and representing today’s vibrant pan-Asian heritage. The core Japanese aesthetic in...

December 19, 2015 7:30 pm Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago www2.mcachicago.org/event/tsukasa-taiko-reduction-2/ Reduction forefronts taiko’s central role in the musical experimentation of 1970s Tokyo. Directed by creative artist Tatsu Aoki, this hybrid program owes much to Aoki’s roots in a well-known artisan family and his role in Tokyo’s new wave of performance art. In contrast to the popul...

December 20, 2014 at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago www.taikolegacy.com

Annual Taiko Legacy Concert at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago by Tsukasa Taiko and GenRyu Arts December 20 and 21, 2014 www.taikolegacy.com

Tsukasa Taiko 2014 Season

Fred Anderson Trio at Norhsea Jazz Festival

Tsukasa Taiko / Taiko Legacy