Since the appearance of the troupe in 1981 at a festival in Berlin, Kodo has been spending about a third of the year overseas In the presence of Japanese Ambassador Takehiro Kagawa, nine drummers in ...

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The drum is often considered the first human instrument. But in the hands of the performers of Kodo, drums are not primitive but powerful — emotionally expressive and even spiritual. The large ...

In the Japanese language, the word " Kodo" has two meanings. It can mean "heartbeat" — the fundamental source of all rhythm. However, the characters used for the group's name have a different meaning, ...

Which musical ensemble has performed some four thousand times, spent a third of each year overseas and another third touring around Japan before returning to their home base on the island that gave ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There are rare musical or theatrical performances that are so transcendentally excellent that you leave the ...

Japanese drumming ensemble Kodo will perform in Hong Kong in early September, kicking off the Leisure & Cultural Services Department's Great Music 2023 programme. Kodo will present to Hong Kong ...

From August 18-20, the lush island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture will once again resound with the beat of taiko drums, song, dance, and (for the first time since 2019) the joyful voices of ...

On Thursday, March 9, the world-famous Japanese drum troupe Kodo brought a stunning performance to Jorgensen Center. As a celebration of its 42-year anniversary, Kodo put on a North American premiere ...