Kenny Endo is a leading artist in contemporary percussion and rhythm, who at the vanguard of the taiko genre, continues to pave new paths in this Japanese style drumming even after forty years as a career taiko player.  A performer, composer, and teacher of taiko with numerous awards and accolades, Endo is a consummate artist, leading an ensemble blending Japanese taiko with rhythms influenced from around the world into original melodies and improvisation. 

The Kenny Endo Ensemble members are Kenny Endo (taiko), Abe Lagrimas (vibraphone, drums, ukulele) and Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese flutes, taiko.)

Presented as part of Boneyard Arts Festival and International Week. 

Hosted by: Global Arts Performance Initiatives and Robert E. Brown Center for World Music

In conjunction with: Asian American Cultural Center, Asian American Studies, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Department of Dance, Division of Musicology, Percussion Division, Japan House, Spurlock Museum 

Additional support from Bruno and Wanda Nettl

Thanks to the Center for Advanced Study for this information item.

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