Kigi no Kaikwa
| Date Composed: | 2003 |
| Composer: | Paolo Pietropaolo |
| Arrangement: | Paolo Pietropaolo |
| Premiere Performance: | November 14, 2003 – Brigantine Room Harbourfront Centre |
Kigi no Kaiwa is a playful musical conversation featuring the most basic part of the taiko ensemble – the miya taiko; drums made out of a single tree trunk. Each tree (or taiko) has a different personality in this conversation, which is carried out over a series of shifts in groove and feel. The trees persuasively try to win over their interlocutors, but eventually arrive at a happy consensus.