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Welcome to East Winds, Inc and Taikoza. East Winds, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization that sponsors Asian art forms. Taikoza, a Japanese music and dance group, founded by Marco Lienhard, has dazzled audiences worldwide with its electrifying performances since 1995.

Friday, May 2nd, at Symphony Space in NYC, 7:30pm, East Winds Ensemble will present an exciting evening of new and traditional Japanese music performed by international masters of the shakuhachi and koto: Marco Lienhard and Masayo Ishigure. The program of soulful music will take you on a journey to old Japan.

To bring Taikoza or The East Winds Ensemble to your area for concerts, recitals, workshops or lectures, please e-mail us. Classes in taiko, shakuhachi and fue are also available.

   
   
Marco Lienhard      
     
     
 
East winds presents its newest CD
EAST WINDS ENSEMBLE
THEME MUSIC FROM H. MYAZAKI ANIME

which includes music from movies by
H. Myazaki, Spirited Away, and Totoro

and
Beginnings

nominated in the Asian Ethnic/Language Album Division
for the Just Plain Folks 2004 Music Award.

 

Left: Marco Lienhard, artistic director
Top to bottom: Alasdair Denvil; Chikako Saito (Japanese Folk Dance Institute); Marguerite Z. Bunyan; Malika Duckworth: Barbara Merjan

 
 
         
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All CDs are available as MP3 on most digital download servies, such as Napster, itunes
               
CDs available at CD BABY COM, AMAZON.COM and TOWERS.COM
CD Poeme du BambouCD TaikozaCD shakuhachi
or call 1-800-BUY-MY-CD
     
   

This site is made possible through a 2002 grant from Chase
through the Asian American Arts Alliance

 

Last updated October, 2007

web design
Marguerite Z. Bunyan

 

     
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