Yamato: The Drummers of Japan

November 08, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
Fisher Auditorium, 亚色影库 Performing Arts Center

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Performing on a mind-altering array of traditional percussion instruments large and small, the men and women of Yamato promise a heart-pounding spectacle of athleticism, precision, and exhilarating musical expertise.

Founded in 1993 in Nara鈥攃onsidered the birthplace of Japanese culture鈥攖he master drummers of Yamato are young, modern, and brimming with infectious energy as they take the ancient art of taiko drumming and bring it to the present. Selling out all over the planet, Yamato is, according to the London Telegraph, 鈥淪imply breathtaking.鈥