KODO, taiko performing arts ensemble

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Photo by Takashi Okamoto

KODO, taiko performing arts ensemble

Exploring the limitless possibilities of the traditional Japanese drum (the taiko), Kodo is forging new directions for a vibrant living art-form. In Japanese, the word “Kodo” coveys two meanings: Firstly, “heartbeat,” the primal source of all rhythm. Read in a different way, the word can mean “children of the drum,” a reflection of Kodo’s desire to play the drums simply, with the heart of a child. Since the group’s debut in 1981, Kodo has given more than 3,700 performances on five continents, spending about two-thirds of the year touring overseas and in Japan while the remainder of their time is spent cultivating a peaceful coexistence between humanity and nature lived through the “Kodo Lifestyle” on Sado Island, taiko drumming’s home of reflection and retreat.

ONE EARTH TOUR 2023: TSUZUMI

Program subject to change

Dyu-Ha (Composed by Maki Ishii, 1981)

Kono Mine No (Composed by Yoko Fujimoto 2003)

Hayashi-bayashi (Composed by Masayasu Maeda and Yuta Kimura)

Hitohi (Composed by Masayasu Maeda, dance arranged by Koki Miura, 2019)

Hayate (Composed by Ryotaro Leo Ikenaga, 2020)

Zoku (Composed by Leonard Eto, 1989)

Monochrome (Composed by Maki Ishii, 1976)

Uchoten (Composed by Yuki Hirata, 2019)

P.P.C. (Composed by Yuichiro Funabashi, Mitsuru Ishizuka, Yosuke Oda, 2005)

Ayumi (Composed by Yuta Sumiyoshi, 2020)

Izumogaku (Traditional, arranged by Kodo)

O-daiko (Traditional, arranged by Kodo, Mitsuru Ishizuka)

Yatai-bayashi (Traditional, arranged by Kodo)