Yamato

The Yamato ensemble is renowned for its visually spectacular shows in which it demonstrates the art of playing traditional taiko drums. The performance, during which the artists demonstrate their immense physical prowess using several dozen drums, with diameters reaching five metres and sticks weighing up to 3.5 kilograms, is an experience that leaves the audience breathless. The performance by artists from Japan is an unusual combination of the sound of drums with the sounds of traditional stringed instruments (koto, chappa, shino-bue, samisen, kane). Yamato interprets musical traditions that have been linked to the culture and religion of the Land of the Cherry Blossom for centuries.