サンフランシスコ太鼓道場主催のインターナショナル•太鼓フェスティバルが今年も二日間に渡って今週末開催されます。  今回、二日目土曜日８時からの公演で、サクラメント太鼓団とのコラボレーションでライブ書道パフォーマンスを披露することとなりました。

迫力ある太鼓に囲まれ、かなり大きな規模でのパフォーマンスを予定しています。会場はYerba Buena Center for the Arts内、Lam Research Theater。ぜひ皆様お誘い合わせの上、お越し下さいませ。

I'm excited to announce that I was invited to perform a LARGE-scale live calligraphy with Sacramento Taiko Dan at the International Taiko Festival, hosted by San Francisco Taiko Dojo.

Surrounded by numbers of powerful Japanese taiko drums, I will be writing a large piece with mop-sized calligraphy brush. I'll be dedicating this calligraphy piece to the spirit of traditional Japanese taiko, and one of the members of Sacramento Taiko Dan who's fighting with cancer. Wishing to bring you all the positive inspiration and joyful energy though this amazing collaboration.

Photo: Sacramento Taiko Dan

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Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka & the San Francisco Taiko Dojo International Taiko Festival

@ Lam Research Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Friday, November 16th  •  8:00pm $38 & $32
Saturday, November 17th  •  8:00pm $38 & $32
Matinee Saturday, November 17th  •  2:00pm $25

San Francisco Taiko Dojo, one of the nation's foremost taiko drumming performance groups & schools under the direction of Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka, will bring the exuberance & the dynamic excitement of taiko drumming at its very best to Bay Area audiences. The 44th annual International Taiko Festival will be presented the Lam Research Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Also performing are special guests artists, including the acclaimed Wako Daiko drumming ensemble from Japan, Tiffany Tamaribuchi, Sacramento Taiko Dan, Dance Brigade & the San Francisco Taiko Dojo Rising Stars.

Special guests for the matinee include Wako Daiko, San Francisco Taiko Dojo Junior Rising Stars, Grass Valley Taiko, Maikaze Daiko, Enshoza, CAL Raijin Taiko, UC Davis Bakuhatsu Taiko Dan, Philip Gelb (Shakuhachi), Rachel Ebora & Walter Tsushima.

Photo: Francisco Villaflor

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"The collaboration between Baybayin (pre-Spanish Filipino script) artist Christian Cabuay and calligraphic performer Aoi Yamaguchi demonstrates the history and culture of Japan and the Philippines. Cabuay and Yamaguchi explore the differences and similarities of their art and struggle. By embracing traditions, rituals, and roots, they are pushing the boundaries and creating something anew, integrating international cultural ideas, styles, and forms. Meaning "beginning/origin" in Tagalog and Japanese, Simula and Gen symbolize the artists asserting identity through their calligraphy traditions."

先月のアジア美術館での書道デモンストレーション＆プレゼンテーション、New Traditions: Simula x Genのビデオを美術館がYouTubeにアップしてくれました。コラボレーターのクリスチャンはフィリピン語で"Simula"「始まり、起源」を、私は日本語で「源」を、大きなキャンバス地に書きました。比較的新しい馬の毛の筆で書きましたが、まだまだ特訓が必要です。。

見に来てくださった皆様、有り難う御座います。

Video by Asian Art Museum

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