TOKYO TAIGA + Tara Holloway
Date:
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Performance:
7:30pm Tickets available from the National Arts Centre box office
The A B Series hosts the North American debut of world music power trio TOKYO TAIGA. Preceding the trio’s appearance at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle in Victoriaville, Québec, the three members – Makigami, percussionist Massa Sato (Japan), and Altaic throat singer and multi-instrumentalist Bolot Bairyshev (Russia) – perform in an unprecedented concert in Ottawa, Ontario on May 18, 2011 at the National Arts Centre’s Fourth Stage.
Ten percent of ticket sales support the Canadian Red Cross Japan Earthquake/Asia-Pacific Tsunami Appeal
TOKYO TAIGA members
Koichi Makigami is a vocalist known for his virtuosic range and profound expressivity in linguistic and musical forms. Master of a dizzying array of vocal techniques and innovator of previously inconceivable vocal acrobatics, Makigami fuses the avant garde with Tuvan throat singing, sound poetry, theatre, performance art, cartoon music and Japanese traditional music to create a universe of sound and silence.Massa Sato is a Japanese percussionist and guitairst. He plays in his own bands Massa’s Jammer and Creole a massA as well as Hikashu. In addition to his work as a music producer and composer, Masaharu has participated in major international music projects, such as Drumsique in Singapore and JapanFest in Atlanta, U.S.A.
Bolot Bairyshev is an Altaic throat singer and multi instrumentalist. He plays the Khomus (Jew’s harp), Topshuur (traditional Altaic lute), and Shoor (flute). Bairyshev has won several awards and has performed in numerous festivals across Europe and Asia. He currently works at the State Philharmonic of the Republic of Altai, Gorno-Altaisk.
A Short History of Tokyo Taiga
- 1998 Makigami and Bairyshev meet at jewsharp Festibal in Austria and begin collaborating
- 2000 Bairyshev visits Japan for the first time and continues working with Makigami
- 2007 Sato joins the group and Tokyo Taiga is formed
- 2010 first album “Tokyo Taiga” is released on John Zorn’s label Tzadik
Introductory set by Tara Holloway.
When Miss Holloway opens up, you immediately get the sense that there's someone real here. You remember what it's like to FEEL music rather than listen to it. She's been compared to some of the more esteemed female artists of the present and past… to the confessional style of Lucinda Williams, the haunting wail of Stevie Nicks, the broken charm of Shelby Lynne. But there is no mistaking that this is a truly original voice - someone new. A troubadour by nature and adventurer at heart, she’s been singing and playing her songs across Canada extensively and started hitting south of the border into Nashville, Austin and Los Angeles. Her ep "Sins to Confess" was released in 2010.
Videos of the Performers
Another Bolot Bayrishev performance
With the assistance of the Japan-Canada Fund, a gift to the Canada Council for the Arts from the Government of Japan
