Kiyoshi Nagata - Selected Solo Collaborations
Past Highlights 2004
- 2008
Past Highlights 1998 - 2003
Nagata Shachu Collaborations
Educational Programs and Workshops
Drum Nation featuring: Debashis Singha (darabuka, sintir), Patrick
Graham (frame-drums), Mark Duggan (marimba, mbira), Ravi Naimpally (tabla),
Rick Lazar (Brazilian percussion) and Kwasi Dunyo (Ghanaian percussion).
Concert at the Lula Lounge (Toronto) presented by Small World Music.
Humdrum (cross-cultural
percussion/music group) featuring: Ritesh Das (tabla), Patrick Parson
(Afro-Caribbean drums), Zhou Wei (Chinese flutes) & Jurij Konje (Classical
percussion). Concerts at Toronto's St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts,
the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, Markham Theatre for Performing
Arts and Pantages Theatre (Winnipeg).
Tabu (world percussion ensemble) featuring: Cheol-Hwa Hong (Korean
drums), Joseph Ashong (African drums), Subashini Sankaran (South Indian
percussion/vocals), Jurij Konje (Classical percussion), Zhou Wei (Chinese
flutes). Concerts at the Guelph Jazz Festival, McMaster University's
Convocation Hall (Hamilton) and Music Gallery (Toronto).
Nishikawa Ensemble (global chamber music group) featuring leader
Kohei Nishikawa (Japanese flutes: shinobue & nohkan and Western flutes),
Hideko Nara (piano), Liu Fang (Chinese pipa), Takinojo Mochizuki (tsuzumi/taiko),
Patrick Graham (percussion/taiko). Concerts at Chapelle Historique du
Bon-Pasteur (Montreal), Café-Spectacles du Palas Montcalm (Quebec
City), Music Gallery (Toronto) and Embassy of Japan (Ottawa).
John Wyre's "Heartbeat: World Drum Extravaganza" featuring: Nexus,
Trichy Sankaran, Randy Crafton, Kakraba Lobi, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Valerie
Naranjo, Paschal Yonge, Salvador Ferreras, Rolando Morales-Matos, Evergreen
Club Contemporary Gamelan and Alan Hetherngton. Concert at the Percussive
Arts Society's International Convention, Columbus Convention Center,
OH
Green Tea Dance Collective "Dai Don Den 2"
Commissioned work composed and performed with Aki Takahashi, in
collaboration with choreographer Naoko Murakoshi (Japan) and dancers
Mayumi Akeo (Japan) and Danielle Baskrville (Canda). Winchester Street
Theatre, Toronto.
"Kojiki" featuring
Japanese/Bengali dancer Shakti and world flutist Ron Korb. Concert at
Toronto's Music Gallery.
Toronto Tabla Ensemble/Kathak dancer Joanna Das: several collaborations
including concerts at the DuMaurier Theatre Centre (Toronto), the National
Art Gallery (Ottawa), Fashion Cares (Toronto Convention Centre) and
the double Gemini Award nominated video, "Asahi".
Liu Fang: Collaboration
with renowned virtuoso pipa musician. Concert at Performance Hall, Japanese
Embassy, Ottawa.
Earth Spirit Orchestra
featuring: director Donald Quan (piano/viola), George Gao (Chinese erhu),
Rick Lazar (world percussion), Don Ross (acoustic guitar), Ron Korb
(world flutes) and Steve Lucas (electric bass). Concert at the Earth
Spirit Festival, Ontario Place (Toronto)
Ballet Creole contemporary Afro-Caribbean dance company: performances
at the DuMaurier Theatre Centre (Toronto) and Premiere Dance Theatre
(Toronto)
Calligraphy performance artist Chung Gong Ha: performances at
Gallery Gong (Toronto) and ZYPR Gallery (Toronto) with Oliver Schroer
(violin) and Nilan Perera (electric guitar).
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