Yamato Ensemble Kozo Masuda | de

In January of 2009, lifelong brothers Jon Lambert and Jordan Taylor sat down in a small house in Olympia, Washington US and discussed the idea of playing shows as a two piece temporarily. Once people saw them playing live, the "right" person would want to join the band, right? It only took the first show, to realize that there's something special about this band as a duo. Kozo's most recent album "kozo" was recorded in 23hrs by Jack Endino. The band decided to tune up to an F standard at the last minute, very much the opposite of what alot...

Wadaiko Yamato ist eine Gruppe von japanischen Taiko- und Wadaiko-Trommlern. Sie wurde 1993 von Masa Ogawa in der Präfektur Nara, das als das Land der Yamato bekannt ist und als Wiege der japanischen Kultur angesehen wird, gegründet. Für den Gruppennamen wird das Kanji-Zeichen 倭 (gesprochen: Yamato) benutzt, welches in der Schriftsprache soviel wie „das ursprüngliche, historische Japan“ bedeutet und eine Anspielung auf die Wurzeln ist, auf die sich die Gruppe bezieht. Die Philosophie der Gruppe ist, dass der Trommelschlag, wie der Herzschlag, der eigentliche Takt der Lebens ist ("the drumbeat, like the heartbeat, is the very pulse of life"). Yamato...

The group consists of: Annette Maye, clarinets Gürkan Balka, oud, singer Murat Coşkun, percussion, singer .

The Eastman Wind Ensemble is America’s leading wind ensemble. Its core of about 50 performers includes undergraduate and graduate students of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. Frederick Fennell first formulated the general concept of the wind ensemble at Eastman more than 50 years ago. Under his leadership the group became known as the pioneering force in the symphonic wind band movement in the United States and abroad. A. Clyde Roller served as conductor between 1962 and 1964, continuing the tradition established by Fennell. Donald Hunsberger became conductor in 1965 and led the ensemble for 37...