Date Composed: 2025 Composer: Kiyoshi Nagata Arrangement: Kiyoshi Nagata Premiere Performance: Harbourfront Centre Theatre Recording Title: N/A Eight is considered lucky number in Japanese as the physical shape of the kanji character, 八 , which broadens gradually at the bottom, symbolizing expanding or growing fortune and prosperity. In this piece, eight drummers are arranged on...
Date Composed: 2024 Composer: Kiyoshi Nagata Arrangement: Kiyoshi Nagata Premiere Performance: June 21, 2024 - Fleck Dance Theatre Recording Title: N/A This piece incorporates different pitched taiko, atarigane (bronze hand gongs), hyoshigi (wood blocks) and gongs, playing rhythms in various time signatures. The rhythmic patterns mix and mingle with each other creating a shifting soundscape...
Date Composed:2018Composer:Kiyoshi NagataPremiere Performance:Saturday, November 24, 2018 This composition is based on an original story by Rui Umezawa about the childhood of one Japanese boy growing up in the US in the aftermath of Pearl Harbour Day. The composition has two parts i) Anger ii) Hope. ...
Date Composed:2018Composer:Kiyoshi NagataPremiere Performance:Saturday, November 24, 2018 This composition is based on the often-told tale of Japanese legend of the great samurai warrior Tsukuhara Bokuden. The composition has two parts i) The Battle ii) Enlightenment. Dance and choreography by Yuichiro Inoue. ...
Date Composed:2017Composer:Kiyoshi NagataPremiere Performance:November 18, 2017 Powerful rhythms and bold movements played across three O-daiko depict the passage of the moon through the night sky. ...
Date Composed:2017Composer:Kiyoshi NagataPremiere Performance:April 7, 2017 - Aki Studio Theatre ...
Date Composed:2015Composer:Kiyoshi NagataPremiere Performance:November 28, 2015 - Fleck Dance Theatre “Day and Night” (Hiru to Yoru in Japanese) is an expression often used to refer to two things that in stark contrast to one another. In this case, the two drummers on stage beat the taiko with...
Date Composed:2007Composer:Kiyoshi NagataArrangement:Kiyoshi NagataPremiere Performance:December 1, 2007 - Ryerson TheatreRecording Title:Tsuzure CD In Japan, the taiko has always been played in times of celebration and joy, especially during ‘matsuri’ or festival time. This song attempts to convey the state of ecstasy and rapture (UCHOUTEN) one feels...
Date Composed:1998Composer:Kiyoshi NagataArrangement:Kiyoshi Nagata - Choreographed by Aki Takahashi (2006) and Kiyoshi Nagata (2011)Premiere Performance:November 28, 1998 - Music GalleryRecording Title:Stone Path CD Taiko are naturally constructed in a circular shape. Devoid of all corners, the simplicity of this shape mirrors that of the moon and...
Date Composed:2006Composer:Kiyoshi NagataArrangement:Kiyoshi NagataPremiere Performance:October 13, 2006 - Al Green TheatreRecording Title:Tsuzure CD / 10th Anniversary Concert DVD The word TSUZURE conveys a number of different meanings such as to write or to weave. It also implies the taking of one’s time in each step of...