Master Japanese Artist Kyosuke Suzuki visits Ho Etsu Taiko

April 2018. Ho Etsu held a 7-day residency with master Japanese musician and dancer Kyosuke Suzuki of the acclaimed Tokyo-based troupe Wakayama Shachu. Suzuki held group workshops as well as one-on-one lessons, sharing 300 year old traditional Tokyo festival music (Edo Matsuri Bayashi) as well as the music and movements of his troupe's lion dance (Edo Kotobukijishi, or "Shishimai"). The rare opportunity to work with Suzuki-sensei was made possible by musician and long-time Suzuki-sensei student Eien Hunter-Ishikawa. Ho Etsu was honored to perform alongside Suzuki-sensei and Hunter-Ishikawa in a sold out culminating performance at Chicago's Midwest Buddhist Temple.
For more information, please visit the below links:
www.eienhunterishikawa.com/kyosukesuzuki
www.hoetsu.org/blog-edo-bayashi