Powerful New Sound of Japan

KOJI YAMAGUCHI - Tsugaru Shamisen x YOSHIHIKO FUEKI - Taiko

2015 North American Tour Toronto Concert

@ JCCC Kobayashi Hall

April, Koji Yamaguchi will be back with his shamisen at the JCCC along with international taiko performer Yoshihiko Fueki.

Date: Thursday April 16, 2015

Time: 7:00pm

Tickets: $25 for members and students

$30 for non-members

Tickets on now sale at the JCCC reception or ticketweb.ca

http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId;=5630975&pl;=jccc

Yoshihiko Fueki - Studied Japanese musical instruments from a young age, and was involved in the start up of the taiko group, Dacunto. Since then he has been introducing Japanese taiko within and outside of Japan through solo concerts and workshops. He belongs to various Japanese musical groups and enjoys collaborating with musicians from different music genres.

Koji Yamaguchi - Under his grandmother’s (shamisen teacher) influence, he become a performer not only celebrated in Japan but also internationally, and teaches Shamisen at his own school, Yamaguchi Koji Sangenkai all over Japan. Yamaguchi has been the recipient of numerous awards throughout Japan. He is also a member of the famous shamisen group Hayate, with Kenichi Yoshida of international superstar Yoshida Brothers as its producer.