An apprenticeship with Kodo is not for the faint of heart. To join Japan’s premier taiko (drum) ensemble you first have to sit exams and go for interviews and auditions. If you pass, you must then ...

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 ...

Kodo – the world’s foremost professional taiko company, which has played a major role in popularizing modern taiko drumming – will present its newest program, DADAN, across the United States for the ...

When compared to a standard Kodo performance, Dadan is unique with its absence of singing, dancing, ?utes, and female performers. This production uses taiko drums of all shapes and sizes accompanied ...

Sado, Japan, is not an easy trip. After a 14-hour flight to Tokyo, you’ll have to hop a two-hour bullet train ride followed by a two-and-a-half-hour ferry trip to get there. But on this isolated ...

Once they echoed across Japan's temple grounds and battlefields, but today taiko drums, dubbed the country's ancient heartbeat, send out a message that has resonated around the world. The primal beat ...

The Virginia Arts Festival will bring internationally beloved troupe Kodo on Sunday, March 19, playing traditional taiko drums that range in size from 12 inches to 6 feet in diameter. Audiences will ...

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 ...

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 ...

Review, Zoe C, pics, Simon White - site users. Japanese musicians Kodo are a worldwide phenomenon. With room-shaking drums, subtle strings and delicate flutes, reviewer Zoe couldn't fail to be ...

Having performed all around the world, the taiko (drum) ensemble Kodo is back in Japan, ready to conclude its "One Earth Tour 2012: Legend" with a Christmas Eve show in Tokyo on Dec. 24. The big news ...