Joji Hirota & The Taiko Drummers

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Harvest 07:38 Tools
Pageant 00:00 Tools
Haru - Ichiban 00:00 Tools
Musashi Mai Uchi 00:00 Tools
Heart Beat 00:00 Tools
Chido-Setsu 00:00 Tools
Hokkai II 00:00 Tools
Suisei - Hanabi 00:00 Tools
Yuki Jizoh 00:00 Tools
Haru-Ichiban 00:00 Tools
Yuki Jizoh (An Old Tale) 00:00 Tools
Chido‐Setsu 00:00 Tools
Suisei - Hanabi (Comet - Fire Works - Shooting Star) 00:00 Tools
05 Hokkai II 00:00 Tools
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Hirota was born in North Japan. At the age of eleven, he began a lifelong study of percussion and has been composing from the age of thirteen. He studied at the Kyoto City University of Arts. In 1972 he was invited by STOMU YAMASHITA to be the musical director and percussionist of the RED BUDDHA THEATRE. In 1977 he became the musical director and percussionist for the LINDSAY KEMP DANCE COMPANY. Hirota toured extensively throughout Europe, Mexico, Canada and the USA, South America and Japan. He has released four solo albums, "SAHASUHARA", "WHEEL OF FORTUNE" "RAIN FOREST DREAM" and "THE GATE". In 1991, THE LINDSAY DANCE COMPANY won the TIME OUT Award for best dance company for their production of "ONNAGATA" for which Hirota wrote and performed the music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.