Asian Improv aRts Midwest’s most anticipated event of the year Taiko Legacy is celebrating two decades of one of the largest taiko concerts in the midwest built on the efforts of community activism in Asian American and Japanese American performing arts across the country. Led by Chicago’s renowned taiko group, Tsukasa Taiko presents a conceptually diverse and dynamic musical performance full of original arrangements that pay homage to ozashiki (geisha chamber music), ohayashi (classical/folk/theater music), and matsuri taiko (festival taiko music). Long standing partner Grandmaster Chizuru Kineya and Chicago Grandmaster Yoshinojo Fujima joins Tsukasa Taiko with new guests; koto and shamisen performer Yoko “Reikano” Kimura, Japanese classical dancer Kanshichinao Fujima from Japan.
For tickets visit: tl20.eventbrite.com
More information at airmw.org/taikolegacy
Location:
Edlis Neeson Theater at Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago (220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611)