January 21, 2011 in Features
The beat starts here
Kodo kicks off its One Earth Tour at the Fox
Jim Kershner The Spokesman-Review

Kodo will open its One Earth Tour at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox and close it two months later at a prestigious address: Avery Fisher Hall in New York’s Lincoln Center.

In between, this Japanese taiko drum ensemble will play L.A.’s Walt Disney Concert Hall and Boston’s Symphony Hall, to name just two.

In other words, one of Japan’s top cultural institutions will spend two months filling America’s top cultural institutions.

And Spokane gets to see the show first – meaning local audiences will get to see the debut of Kenta Nakagome, 25, …