History

2011〜2015

■2011
Release of CD “Power and Patience” Japan Tour and Anniversary Live Tour in Japan
Release of 2nd DVD “Power of Blendrums” and Anniversary Concert (Tokyo/Japan)
Leonard Eto “Blendrums” Charity Live (Tokyo/Japan)
Leonard Eto “Blendrums” East Africa Tour w/ Taiko and Tap Ensemble (Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Djibouti) Sponsored by Japan Foundation

 

 

 

■2012
Leonard Eto “Power and Patience” Japan Tour and “Blendrums” Japan Tour
Leonard Eto “Blendrums” Central Asia Tour w/ Taiko and Tap Dance Ensemble (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Georgia) Sponsored by Japan Foundation
Leonard Eto “Operation of Blendrums” Live (Tokyo/Japan)

 

 

 

■2013
Leonard Eto “Theater Blendrums” Japan Tour
Juno Reactor Japan Tour

 

Leonard Eto was appointed as a “Japan Cultural Envoy” for one year from August in 2013 to July in 2014. Sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

 

Switzerland
CIME Festival (Evolene), “Taiko Jula” w/ Samba Diabate, Vincent Zanetti
Luzern Street Festival w/ Ganjin & Michiyo Yagi

 

Tunisia
Leonard Eto “Blendrums” w/ Roxane Butterfly at Acropolium de Carthage (Tunis)

 

France
Leonard Eto “Blendrums” w/ Kaori Ito, Gaspar Claus at Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris

 

Portugal
Leonard Eto “Blendrums” w/ Ana Sofia Leite at Museu do Oriente (Lisbon)

 

Italy
Leonard Eto was appointed as a “Residence Artist” for the Teatro della’Arte in Milano.
Leonard Eto “blendDRUMStheater” w/ Compagnia Susanna Beltrami at Triennale Teatro dell’Art

 

India
Zambhala Festival (Goa)
Jaigarh Fort Special event (Jaipur)
Shilpgram Ustav Festival (Udaipur)

 

 

 

■2014
India
Upvan Arts Festival
w/ Ustad Zakir Hussain, U. Sriniwas, V. Selva Ganesh, Rakesh Chaurasia (Thane)

 

Italy
Leonard Eto “Blendrums” w/ Roxane Butterfly at Circolo deli Artisti (Roma), Teatro Sannazaro (Napoli)
Leonard Eto “blendDRUMStheater #2” w/ Compagnia Susanna Beltrami at Teatro dell’Arte
Spoleto Festival “blendDRUMStheatre #3” w/ Compagnia Susanna Beltrami at San Nicolò Teatro (Umbria)
Festival Orestiadi “blendDRUMStheatre #3” w/ Compagnia Susanna Beltrami (Gibellina)

 

France
Leonard Eto “Blendrums” w/ Budgie, Roxane Butterfly at Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris
“TAMAGO” w/ Ballet National de Marseille at Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris
Festival Silo “TAMAGO” w/ Ballet National de Marseille (Marseille)
Marseille Festival “TAMAGO” w/ Ballet National de Marseille
– “TAMAGO” Music by Leonard Eto, Choreograph by Yasuyuki Endo –

 

Netherlands
“Encounter” w/ Jacob Lekkerkerker, Roxane Butterfly at Oude Kerk (Amsterdam)
Julidans 2014 “TAMAGO” w/ Ballet National de Marseille at Grote Zaal (Amsterdam)

 

Germany
Leonard Eto “Blendrums” w/ Budgie, Roxane Butterfly at The Japanese Cultural Institute in Cologne
“Tanz.Fabrik!zwei” w/ Theater Regensburg Tanz at Velodrom (Regensburg)
Leonard Eto “Blendrums” w/ Budgie at Japanese-German Center (Berlin)
“TAMAGO” w/ Ballet National de Marseille at Muffatwerk (Munich)

 

Hungary
Leonard Eto Live w/ Bazseva at Fono Budai Zenehaz (Budapest)
Leonard Eto was engaged in a mission as a Japan Cultural Envoy visiting nine countries for 351 days.

 

“TAMAGO” w/ Ballet National de Marseille at Muffathalle (Munich / Germany)