In May, Kodo will travel to Austria for performances with Vienna’s Tonkünstler Symphony Orchestra and conductor Yutaka Sado. This auspicious collaboration will feature two pieces created for taiko ensemble and orchestra, Call of Sacred Drums and Inochi, performed at Vienna’s Musikverein Golden Hall and Festspielhaus St. Pölten.

Call of Sacred Drums is a work by Estonian composer Peeter Vähi, commissioned by Grafenegg Festival and Vienna Tonkünstler Symphony Orchestra. Inochi was composed by former Kodo member Ryotaro Leo Ikenaga.

Featuring: Kodo (Kenta Nakagome, Yuta Sumiyoshi, Yuta Kimura, Yuki Hirata, Shun Takuma, Sho Nakatani), Tonkünstler Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Yutaka Sado

Programme:
Yui (Yuta Sumiyoshi)
Konzert für Taiko-Ensemble und Orchester ‘Call of Sacred Drums’ (Peeter Vähi)
Rhapsodie für Orchester (Revidierte Fassung 2001) (Yuzo Toyama)
Inochi (Ryotaro Leo Ikenaga)

※Cast is subject to change.