Leonard Eto live “Miracle Cheetaland”
The original work “Kemono Michi” premiered in Italy in 2024 and won the Audience Award as the most enthusiastically loved work. The concept of the work is a forest experience that gave birth to a new creative world called “Cheeta Land.”
Enveloped by deep lighting and Leonard’s ideal sound system, this is a miracle world where the potential charm of Japanese taiko drums is maximized.
Please look forward to it!
 
Fri. July 18th Densho Hall (Shibuya)
Open 18:30 Start 19:00
Leonard Eto (taiko)
Natsuki Kido (gt.)
Michiko Yamada (Bamboo flute)
Miho Uesugi (taiko)
Takeru Matsushita (taiko)
Iori Tadokoro (dance)
 
ticket 4,800 yen

 
Shibuya Densho Hall
Access
 
info.leo@leoeto.com

 
Leonard Eto Live “Shodo”-Impulse
 
Sun. June 1st. Ganouji temple / Zenkouji temple betsuin
Open 15:30 Start 16:00
 
Leonard Eto (taiko)
Iori Tadokoro (dance)
Tatsuya Kobayashi (taiko)
Shiori Sakurai (marimba)
Mari Murayama (taiko, bamboo flute)
 
ticket: 4,500 yen
U-25: 2,500 yen
Mail order: otosouko@gonna.org
Tel. 052-506-8955（working time 9:00-16:00）
 
Ganouji temple / Zenkouji temple betsuin
1-377, Nakaodai, Nishiku, Nagoya city
 
 

 
Leonard Eto Live “Kemono Michi”
 
Fri. June 20th Kyoto TAKUTAKU
Open 18:00 Start 19:00
 
Leonard Eto (taiko)
Takeru Matsushita (taiko)
Yuki Tabara (taiko)
Masaya Teramachi (bamboo flute)
 
ticket
advance: 4,500 yen
door: 5,000 yen
info@takutaku.jp
 
Kyoto TAKUTAKU Official site
tel. 075-351-1321
 
 

“Kemono Michi” which was presented in Milan, Italy in May 2024, was recognized as the work most enthusiastically loved by audiences and won the Audience Award in November 2024.
 

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The third single “Straight Ahead”
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Video streaming

The second single “Pancomelen Forever”
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The first single “DON DEN”
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WTC Premium Talk
Leonard Eto talks about “TAIKO as a PERFORMING ART”

Taiko as an Expression on Stage: Its Development and Future

kaDON “Exploring Katsugi with Leonard Eto”
kaDON is a new online venture dedicated to producing high quality instructional videos for taiko and fue. Simply out, kaDON is the world’s best place to learn taiko and fue online. In this introductory course, taiko legend Leonard Eto teaches the ins and outs of Katsugi Okedo from its history to the development of the modern playing style, roping and maintenance to step-by-step lessons on how to play the Katsugi Okedo while controlling and becoming one with taiko.
http://kadon.com/course/exploring-katsugi/

Cultural Envoy Year 2013-2014
Leonard Eto has accomplished the mission as the Japan Cultural Envoy for one year from August in 2013 to July in 2014. This movie is only a part of his activities. Please enjoy it!

3.11 Message
The Japanese people have held a sense of fear against nature from ancient times, so we held festivals and prayed for abundant harvest and sound health. The core of the festivals have been the Japanese taiko and dancing. Japan is now in a serious situation, but as a musician, my role stays the same as before. I continue to communicate aggressively through music with people who possess different values, search for something we have in common and arrange it in a form of music and performance. Now, we must seriously accept messages from nature which support human activities and move on. I believe that this leads to being creative. Stay positive.

2011 Leonard Eto