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HANOI: Wed 22 Aug 2012, 8 pm
Youth Theatre
11 Ngo Thi Nham Str, Hanoi
HOIAN: Fri 24 Aug 2012
Song Hoai Square, Hoian
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents a drum performance by OSUWADAIKO on Wednesday 22 August 2012 in Hanoi.
OSUWADAIKO is a professional Japanese drum troupe founded in 1951 by the Grand Head Master, Daihachi Oguchi (1924 – 2008). Listed in one of the top 3 Taiko (Japanese drum) troupes, OSUWADAIKO has been actively conducting performances and workshops all over the world, supported by 600 local supporting teams in Japan and international branches in the US, Canada, France, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand and other areas overseas.
In 2009, OSUWADAIKO conducted their performance on the auspicious occasion of the National Celebration for the 20th Anniversary of His Majesty The Emperor’s Accession to the Throne in Japan. In 2011, they participated in the 1st International Tea Festival in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam and caught the highest attention in the festival.
The feature of OSUWADAIKO is its usage of multiple drums in an orchestral style. They took ancient rhythms but broke them down and created new arrangements and compositions to accommodate an ensemble of drummers.
The highlight is the tune entitled “Ashura” which is ogre God in Indian mythology but later became the guardian deity of Buddhism, having three faces and six arms. OSUWADAIKO embosses the daring, brave and bold Ashura with its rhythms and beating rhymes.
In their coming-back tour in Vietnam, OSUWADAIKO will conduct a performance in Hanoi at Youth Theatre (11 Ngo Thi Nham) on Wednesday 22 August, followed by the participation in Hoian – Japan Festival 2012 from 24 – 26 August in Hoian. The performances are free of admission in both cities.
In Hoian, a performance will be on the opening day of Hoian – Japan Festival 2012 Friday 24 August 2012 at Song Hoai Square (Hoian City)
Free of admission. Advanced free tickets are required in Hanoi.
Free ticket distributions: from Fri 10 Aug, 2 pm at
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi (TEL 04-3944-7419)
[Opening hours] 09:00 – 18:00
For more information, please contact at:
Ms. Ha Nguyen (Ext. 113) / Mr. Yoshioka (0123-384-4138)
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam TEL 04-3944-7419 www.jpf.org.vn
About artists
Makoto Yamamoto
Born in the head family of Osuwadaiko who hands down Daidai Kagura (Sacred music and dance) of Suwa Taisha Shrine over generations. Makoto started to play drums at two and half years old under great masters, Daihachi Oguchi (his grandfather, the Great Grand Master of Osuwadaiko) and Mikio Yamamoto (his father, the Principal of Osuwadaiko Gakuen drum school). He grew up while traveling a lot for performance tours inside and outside of Japan. He served as the Head and Chairman of Osuwadaiko Children’s Troupe and appeared in the feature film “Heaven and Earth” (1990). He has been also actively performing as a drum solo player and performed the long tune “Ashura,” in which Makoto plays five different drums at the same time, jointly with the worldly famous synthesizer player KITARO. He is active in collaboration with many different genres such as bamboo flute, koto, piano, tap dance, and Japanese ancient court music, in order to explore new harmonizing sounds. He also served as the Headmaster of Nihon Taiko Juku [lit. School for Japanese Drums]. From 2009 to 2011, he toured in the US and Canada with big applause and standing ovation.
Kasumi Oguchi
An Osuwadaiko player with 29 years’ experience. Kasumi is a daughter of the Great Grand Master of Osuwadaiko, Daihachi Oguchi and a mother of Makoto Yamamoto. Accompanying Daihachi Oguchi and Makoto Yamamoto, she actively performs not only in Japan but also in over a dozen of countries. She has been highly acclaimed as a drum player who can express femininity and who has great hands to play 7different percussions properly in advanced style.
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