An Evening of “Edo Sato Kagura” – Shrine Music & Dance of Old Tokyo a performance/demonstration featuring: Kyosuke Suzuki (Edo Sato Kagura musician and dancer) Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble (musical accompanists) Saturday, September 2, 2017, 6:00 pm Izumo Taishakyo Mission, 215 N. Kukui Street, Honolulu, HI 96817 This event is free. Reservations required at edolion.brownpapetertickets.com […]
Taiko Center of the Pacific presents 16th annual Summer Taiko Intensives from Aug. 28 – Sept. 1 in Honolulu, Hawaii. A variety of classes will be offered including: shrine dance movement, small rope-lashed taiko, transverse bamboo flute, upright taiko, Japanese Festival taiko ensemble music, and the Korean Changgo (hour-glass shaped drum). This year, special guest […]
Orange County Buddhist Church Presents| ENNY ENDO & Friends in Concert Sunday October 30, 2016 at 2:00 pm Orange County Buddhist Church 909 S. Dale Avenue Anaheim, CA 92804 One of the leading personas in contemporary percussion and rhythm, KENNY ENDO is at the vanguard of the taiko genre, continuing to carve new territory Japanese drumming. […]
The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center’s Aratani World Series presents “Kenny Ebdo Contemporary Ensemble 40th Anniversary Tour” at Aratani Theatre on Saturday, March 5, at 7:00PM. Reserved seat tickets are $25 and $35. Aratani Theatre is loacated at 244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (Little Tokyo). For tickets, visit this link: […]
Taiko Center of the Pacific presents “TEN TEN” Kenny Endo’s 40th year Anniversary Celebration Concert Master Taiko Artist, Kenny Endo, celebrates 40 years of Taiko drumming Hawaii Theatre / 1130 Bethel Street in downtown Honolulu Saturday, October 10, 2015 / 7:00 pm featuring Kenny Endo & Friends Hiromitsu Agatsuma, Tsugaru Shamisen wizard from Tokyo […]
Los Angeles — Legendary Taiko Artist Kenny Endo celebrates 35 years of artistry with a star-studded cast of drummers and musicians “In Concert” on Saturday, April 3 at 8 pm at the Japan America Theatre in downtown Little Tokyo. At the forefront of the taiko movement for the past three decades, Endo is most notably […]
Kenny Endo is one of the leading personas in contemporary percussion and rhythm. A performer, composer, and teacher of taiko with numerous awards and accolades, Kenny Endo is a consummate artist, blending Japanese taiko with rhythms influenced from around the world into original melodies and improvisation. His thirty-five year career began as he embarked on […]