Taikoza

East Winds Inc. presents a unique concert by two amazing masters of Japanese music Marco Lienhard and Michiyo Koga. An afternoon of Shakuhachi, Koto and Taiko that will dazzle your senses. A concert of timeless Japanese music that you will not want to miss. The concert will include traditional as well as modern compositions. Kristy Oshiro will be also performing with Marco Lienhard on Taiko.   When: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at 2 PM  

Venue: Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church, Sanctuary

   6929 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95823, (916) 421-1017 Tickets: $15 available at SJUMC, at shakuhachikoto.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006          A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Stop Hunger Now.   Marco Lienhard was the lead performer of the legendary Ondekoza in Japan (1981-1998) performing on Taiko, Shakuhachi, Nohkan and Shinobue.  He mastered the Shakuhachi (5-holed bamboo flute) in Japan under Katsuya Yokoyama. Marco Lienhard is the founder and director of East Winds Ensemble and Taikoza both based in New York City. He has recorded many CDs including the critically acclaimed debut solo CD: Shakuhachi and Taikoza: Beginnings. Lienhard has performed worldwide including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, Hammerstein Ballroom, Boston Symphony Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall and House of Music in Moscow, Bolshoi Circus, Osaka Castle Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Center and Suntory Hall. He was the featured Shakuhachi player in the Temple of the Golden Pavilion with the NYC Opera. He has recently toured and given Taiko and Shakuhachi workshops in Italy, France, Switzerland, Russia, Republic of Georgia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Japan. Marco Lienhard and Taikoza are very active in the arts in Education programs on the East Coast. He is on the roster of many Young Audiences chapters. Marco Lienhard can be heard on the soundtrack of the award Nintendo Wii game: Red Steel 1 & 2. He has composed music for the re-release of a classic silent movie: The Wrath of the Gods. He has composed music for the Shakuhachi, the Taiko, the Shinobue and the Koto, which has been performed internationally. He was the recipient of: the Rockefeller Foundation, NEA, NYSCA, LMCC, Department of Cultural Affairs of NYC, Japan Foundation, Puffin Foundation, etc.  For more info. go to Taikoza.com or MarcoLienhard.com   Michiyo Koga received her Ikuta Koto Teacher's license in Japan, and graduated from the NHK Japanese Ensemble Course. She obtained her undergraduate and graduate degrees in music at the Senzoku Gakuen University of Music in Tokyo. Michiyo Koga has also performed in Japan, Germany, and the US, including Hawaii. She has also lectured and performed at top universities, including Stanford University. She has recorded many albums, including "The Ongaku Masters: An Anthology of Japanese Classical Music" produced in Germany. She has performed with many artists and ensembles, including Isaac Stern and the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra. Michiyo Koga teaches the piano and the Koto in Sacramento and Davies. Kristy Oshiro started playing taiko at age 9 in Kona, Hawai’i with Kona Daifukuji Taiko. While getting her bachelor’s degree in Music Performance in Percussion at Portland State University, she was an instructor and touring member of Portland Taiko (2000-2007). For the past 7 years Kristy has been an instructor and youth programs director at Sacramento Taiko Dan. She has performed and given taiko workshops across the US and in Canada, Japan, Switzerland, Italy, Russia, Australia, and New Zealand and is currently Creative Director of Placer Ume Taiko and a touring member of Taikoza.       Quotes from the Media: “ An amazing Shakuhachi player Marco Lienhard has come out with a new CD, truly a very gifted and wonderful sense of musicality. Not since “ National Treasure” Yamaguchi Goro’s rendition of Kinko Honkyoku music have I felt the need to listen to more of his music. His rendition of Honkyoku form the Watazumi style is incredible and everyone studying the style should listen to it. His powerful and heartfelt rendition of Amazing grace reminded me of such gospel singers as Mahalia Jackson. ” Hogaku Journal, Tokyo   This performance is made possible in part by funds from East Winds, Inc