Ryuji Hamada
Biography
Over the past 25 years Taikoz has developed an original repertoire of works and
productions that has seen them perform on the stages of Australia's finest concert
halls, and in leading theatres and concert halls worldwide.

We have collaborated with composers Sandy Evans, Gerard Brophy, Andrea Molino
and Michael Askill, and artists as diverse as Kodo, John Bell and the Bell
Shakespeare Company, taiko greats Eitetsu Hayashi, Yoshikazu Fujimoto, Chieko
Kojima, and Kaoru Watanabe, the Sydney Improvisers Composers Kollektiv
Orchestra (SICKO), as well as distinguished choreographers Meryl Tankard and
Anandavalli.
The group has appeared in concerto works with the Sydney, Melbourne, West
Australian and Queensland Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Dresden
Sinfoniker in Europe. In February 2018, they were featured soloists with the Sydney
Symphony Orchestra, performing their own works for the ensemble and orchestra,
culminating in a newly commissioned work by Lachlan Skipworth called The Breath
Of Thunder.
Presentations