12月のブログにも書きましたが、3人のプロの太鼓[たいこ]奏者[そうしゃ]が今週、日本から来ました。この人たちは、今月21日(土)、ハミルトン公園[こうえん]でコンサートをします。きっと素晴[すば]らしいコンサートになると思います。みなさん、是非[ぜひ]来てください。
このコンサートの前にもいくつかパフォーマンスをします。詳[くわ]しくは英語で書いたので、以下の英語文を読んでください。そうそう、もし2月6日ワイタンギー･デーにロトルアにいるのならば、ロトルアでもパフォーマンスがあります。このロトルアのパフォーマンスについては http://www.waitaiko.com/taiko_fusion.htm lを見てください。
Three taiko (Japanese traditional drum) masters arrived in Hamilton from Japan this week. Their ultimate purpose of this visit is the appearance at Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival – so if you have not arranged anything for the night of Saturday the 21st of this month, I recommend you to go to their concert entitled "Ichi Go Ichie: Once in a Lifetime". You could find the details of this concert at http://www.hamiltongardens.co.nz and/or http://www.waitaiko.com/IGI.html . A Japanese film will follow this concert (the admission for the film is included in the ticket), so it will be a great Japanese-theme night out!
There are some other occasions you could enjoy their music.
Busking & HGSF preview performance
Actually they did the first one today – I attach some photos here – the fourth photo shows "bachi" which is a tool to play that banjo-looking like instrument called “shamisen”.
Thursday 5 Feb 2009 – 12pm~
Monday 16 Feb 2009 – 11.30am~
Wednesday 18 Feb 2009 – 1pm~
The venue for all of these busking & Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival preview performance is Garden Place in town, Hamilton.
Concert with Maori group
Concert: Taiko Maori
Date & Time: 7-9pm on Monday 9 February 2009
Venue: TE WHARE TAPERE ITI (in WEL Energy Performing and Arts Centre, at University of Waikato)
Featuring: Mangakotukutuku, Waitaiko, Wasanbon
NB. Wasanbon is the name of a group of the three awesome professional musicians appeared in the photos above.
Admission: $5 for adult, $2 for students