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Het bespelen van de Taiko vraagt fysiek veel van een drummer. Gelijk aan Martial Arts vereist het fysieke flexibiliteit, kracht en souplesse.
Sinds 1984 traint Circle Percussion onder leiding van de Taikomeesters van KODO op haar bijzondere en originele Japanse instrumentarium. Ons instrumentarium is gebouwd door de bekende en meest gewaardeerde Japanse trommelbouwer “Asano Taiko Company”.

Check out the visually spectacular Japanese taikos all around.

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A summary of the highlights over the years, from the founding in 1973 when it was still called 'Circle Ensemble' up to the present day. More than 45 years of percussion history.

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Circle Percussion has been in existence since 1973. Back then a modern music ensemble, now a percussion group playing all over the world.

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NAGADO DAIKO
This is a barrel-shaped drum and is basically made of one piece of wood. In the past, the beautiful wood species Zelkova or Keyaki was used, among others. For environmental reasons, nowadays more common glued wood is also used. These very expensive drums are strung with ox skins by means of metal rivets, which makes it difficult to adjust the tension. Such a medium-sized drum easily weighs 85 kg.

MIYAKE STYLE

Miyake is one of the seven islands of Izu, south of Tokyo. Here, drums often accompany the folk song "Kiyari Uta", which literally means "song for moving a huge tree". The song was therefore used to coordinate the work of workers in dragging large trees.

In this piece, the drum is positioned low, which requires an unusual and strenuous posture for the player. This technique, in which the player rotates from the hips and plays the drum suspended above the ground, makes this piece at least as exciting to see as it is to hear.

YATAI BAYASHI STIJL

Every year on 3 December, in Saitama province, in the area called Chichibu, a night festival is held in which richly decorated carts are pulled into the middle of the village. The Yatai Bayashi can be heard from the small room under the cart, invisible from the outside.

To give an idea of the atmosphere in which crowds of people pull huge carts, Tagayashu Den chose three larger Nagado Daikos played in a lower tuning than is usual in Chichibu. This is the version Circle Percussion learned from KODO: very powerful and loud but still in the original rhythm.

The rhythm of Yatai Bayashi is very complex, while great attention must be paid to the sound and the way of playing, emphasising, as in KODO, the spectacular visual aspect.

This makes Yatai Bayashi the most popular but also the most feared piece in the Circle Percussion repertoire.
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THE OKEDO O DAIKO

The Okedo O daiko (Okedo = made of staves, O = large, Daiko = drum) by Circle Percussion is the largest taiko outside Japan and was built especially for the ensemble as an experiment. This giant has a diameter of 1.95 m and a length of 2.55 m (275 kg). This makes it, as far as we know, the largest ODaiko outside Japan that can be played. The rhythm of the O daiko is simple. On one side, a player beats a basic accompanying rhythm, to which the player on the other side is free to improvise. When sound and rhythm become one, both players and listeners are involuntarily drawn to the O daiko.
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OKEDO O DAIKO STYLE

Playing this colossus demands a lot from the player, both mentally and physically. Few are able to handle and control this enormous drum of almost two metres in diameter. There are therefore few taiko players, even at KODO, who can and do play this giant. The drum can be played on both sides or on one side. Depending on the choice, the audience sees the taiko drummers from the side or from the back.
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OKEDO DAIKO

This is a cylindrical Japanese drum that, like its big brother the Okedo O daiko, is made of staves. The drum heads are stretched with ropes. Depending on the diameter of the drum, which can vary from 30 to 100 cm, the drum produces a powerful high to deep dry sound and, compared to other Japanese drums, sounds warmer and more melodious and is less 'penetrating'.

KATSUGI STIJL

The Katsugi Okedo style (slender Okedo) has become extremely popular in the last 10 years. The style was adopted from the Korean Samulnori instrument called "Changgo". It is festival music, danceable and with a nice virtuoso swing. The Okedo, hanging around the shoulder, is played only by the left stick on both sides. The right stays on one side of the sheet. Very impressive!
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SHIME DAIKO

Shime Daiko' is a general name for shallow Japanese drums. These can be both the more delicate drums used in Kabuki and Nòh theatre and the sturdy and heavy drums played by KODO and Circle Percussion. This drum produces a high, bright sound. The skin of the drum is relaxed after playing, because otherwise the permanent stringing will stretch the skin too much and eventually tear it.
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2018

A tour of Belgian coastal towns during the summer with Drums Around! Flying Drummers and Taiko Drummers, together with dance, street theatre, laser and fire. A grand spectacle! @De Panne, Diksmuide and Blankenberge.
Grand reopening of a shopping mall in Antwerp.

2017

Circle Percussion recorded the music of Horizon Zero Dawn; Holland's most successful and most expensive game production ever! Composer Niels van der Leest, a former Circle Percussion player, made the compositions on behalf of SONY.
Various performances by the Air Drummers in Germany and the Netherlands.
Dutch premiere Splash Drummers! in Utrecht and world premiere in Germany.
Last performance of the successful theatre tour BANG! That Drum.
Wonderful events for Asics, Sligro, Night of the Proms and De Efteling, among others.

2016

Events for Leiden University, VDL, Desperados and LXRY, among others.
We opened the NVZ annual conference with our multimedia concept 'The Beating Heart of...' Always a special production, always tailor-made.
2 days Gymgala Belgium with our solo act Drums Around!
Theatre production BANG! That Drum premieres.

2015

Big event for Adecco. In an intensive training programme, the 5 board members were prepared for a grand performance together with 6 percussionists of Circle Percussion in Studio 21, Hilversum.
Premiere small-screen show CRASH TEST DRUMMERS.
Corona SunSets Tour – zomer 2015 – UK, Rimini & Ibiza. Bekijk video ‘After Movie Ibiza’. Bekijk video ‘After Movie UK’.

2014

In October and November, the final performances of the extremely successful show BIG! MEN! DRUMS! will be performed.
16 October, opening of the Golden Televizier-Ring Gala in the Royal Theatre Carré, broadcast live by AVROTROS. Watch video
On 10 October, 25 percussionists will open 'Oudewater 750 years city' with a percussion show on three stages floating on the canal.
During Den Haque Festival Classique Circle Percussion will play an arrangement of the phenomenal and virtuoso Marima Spiritual by Minoru Miki.
The opening night of CityProms Leeuwarden, one of the biggest festivals in 'the North', will be closed spectacularly with a swinging and pounding festival set.
Japan Festival Amstelveen can no longer do without Circle Percussion. Just like previous editions, Circle Percussion was the big crowd puller.
In June and July Circle Percussion went to Luxembourg several times, where we introduced some 60 students to the Japanese art of drumming.

2013

The international group Booking.com organises its annual employee meeting in the RAI. The employees enjoy the spectacular aerial act 'Air Drummers' in combination with the largest drum Circle Percussion owns, the 'Okedo Odaiko'.
Circle Percussion plays in TV show 'Join The Beat'. watch video
The National School Breakfast is opened by Circle Percussion and concluded with a workshop drumming with cutlery by 170 children. Streamed live at thousands of Dutch primary schools.
Various performances at high-profile sold-out dance events such as Qlimax (Gelredome, Arnhem), Weiter #2 (Paradiso, Amsterdam) and Tommorowland (Belgium).
Opening act 'Lied op Maat' with Alma Nieto and symposium with 3 entr'actes during the official opening of Bernhoven hospital on 31 October and 1 November.
On 19 September Circle Percussion, together with singer Alma Nieto, opened the Paleis van Justitie in Amsterdam with a custom-made song, while Mayor Eberhard van der Laan and King Willem Alexander unveiled the new logo.
13 May saw the opening of the new FIFPro office with the spectacular aerial act 'Air Drummers' and football international Didier Drogba.
On 30 April Circle Percussion, in cooperation with IDTV, will take care of the production of the final percussion act of the Kingsvaart on 't IJ in Amsterdam to celebrate the inauguration of King Willem Alexander. The combination of drums, fireworks, fireboats and fighter jets will ensure a grand spectacle, broadcast live by the NOS.
spectacle, broadcast live by the NOS. The premiere of the show BIG! MEN! DRUMS! is a fact. On Sunday 24 March Circle Percussion played its premiere in the Stadsschouwburg Velzen. The performance was exceptionally well received by colleagues, media, theatre makers, programmers, friends and family.

2012

Circle Percussion speelt een bijzonder verrassende act voor de Shell Marathon in Rotterdam Ahoy.
Een groots Taikospektakel tijdens de opening van DefQon.1 op het festivalterrein van Biddinghuizen. DefQon.1 is ‘het’ Hardcore-dance-event van Europa!
Een enorme bosbrand nabij Valencia (Spanje) treft Finca Forata, de workshoplocatie van Circle Percussion. Crew en instrumentarium worden veilig gesteld. De materiële schade is enorm.
Circle Percussion opent het grootste dance-event van Nederland, ‘Mysteryland’. In samenwerking met DJ Olivier Weiter produceert en speelt zij de opening van dit wereldberoemde dance-event.
Taiko performances van de hoogste niveau worden vijf keer per dag, 2 dagen lang, verzorgd op het terrein van bouwmachine-leverancier Luyckx in België. Duizenden mensen genieten van de zon, lekker eten en mooie muziek!
Offshore gigant ‘Heerema Fabrication Group’ huurt Durbuy in België af. 2000 gasten vieren feest in het kleinste stadje van Europa ter gelegenheid van een jubileumweekend dat Multimagnaat Pieter Heerema op poten heeft gezet. Circle Percussion verzorgt samen met Alma Nieto een prachtige zang -en slagwerkperformance.

2011

Circle Percussion is back in the theatres with its latest performance 'Down To Earth'. The premiere of this new theatre performance took place on Saturday 8 January 2011 in Theater De Purmaryn in Purmerend and was a resounding success.
In November, Circle Percussion will travel to Germany to play the premiere of the groundbreaking aerial act 'Air Drummers' at dance event 'Glamotion', to announce world DJ Chuckie. watch video
On Wednesday 13 April 2011, Circle Percussion contributed to the national action day 'Netherlands Helps Japan' in the Amsterdam ArenA. This grand concert was broadcasted live on TV in several countries. With this benefit concert they showed their support for the people in Japan and tried to raise as much money as possible for the Red Cross in the disaster area in Japan. Circle Percussion is closely linked to Japan through its strong connection with the internationally renowned Japanese percussion group KODO, and therefore did not hesitate when asked to contribute. watch video
Circle Percussion plays at the benefit concert for KWF Cancer Relief. Friends of Alpe d'Huzes is committed to the KWF Cancer Foundation. Besides the small-scale actions, they are organising a big benefit concert in collaboration with Siemens Power on Friday 27 May 2011 in the Flora theatre in Boskoop. Circle Percussion supports this initiative by performing entirely selflessly.

2010

Eiichi Saito, Japanese Taiko master of KODO, will give master classes to the Circle Percussion players on 25 and 26 June 2010. Those who are interested can also sign up for a workshop. A unique opportunity to get lessons from this Taiko master.
Circle Percussion visits KODO in Opéra de National Paris to attend the performance "Kaguyahime".
Circle Percussion played at a grand event in Ahoy Rotterdam to mark the 100th anniversary of Royal Boskalis Westminster nv, the largest maritime services provider in the world. With 10 percussionists, the opening was magnificent.
In October, the Circle Percussion players left for Dubai for the most prestigious international ICT event "Gitex Bussiness Solutions" of the Middle East, Africa, India and South Asia. Circle Percussion was invited by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to open this event with its unique Japanese instruments. They also performed during the gala that was organised after the event.
On Monday 6 December 2010, Electrabel officially took the new Maxima power station in Lelystad into use. Over 60 percussionists played to music specially arranged by Circle Percussion, with a large part for singer Alma Nieto. In a pyramid, built from scaffolding parts, singing, percussion and a video directed by Lotte Zuijdwijk came together in a beautiful way. watch video
On 31 December 2010, IDTV provided the live television registration of the Staatsloterij Oud en Nieuw Feest: "Nederland telt af" (The Netherlands counts down), for which 50,000 people had gathered on the Museumplein in Amsterdam. The countdown to the last minute in the year 2010 was accompanied on the video screen by players of Circle Percussion. A spectacular fireworks show followed to usher in the new year. watch video

2009

CLT20 Champions League Cricket Opening Ceremony in Bangalore India. watch video
Circle Percussion and artist Norman Perryman travel to Qatar in the United Arab Emirates to present their unique performance "Kinetic Painting" during the launch of Vodafone's network in Qatar. watch video
A High Definition CD is recorded in the Circle Percussion studio on behalf of Kharma Loudspeakers.
Recordings are made for the very first DVD release of 'Drums of the World 4′ in Theater de Storm in Winterswijk.

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2008

Cutty Sark starts event series in Madrid at the end of 2007. After this successful performance for Cutty Sark, Circle also plays in Barcelona, Valencia and Seville.
During the thrilling finale of the search for the new Uri Geller, Circle Percussion provided an exciting act with the mentalist duo Rob and Emiel. The show was broadcasted live on SBS6.
Circle Percussion was - on invitation of Kodo - present during the rehearsals in Kamperland. These rehearsals were in preparation for the concert series of Blof and Kodo in the Heineken Music Hall (March 2008). Circle Percussion was present during one of the impressive concerts as "Special Guest" of Kodo.
The AVRO invited Circle Percussion to open the prestigious Prinsengracht concert. This concert was also broadcast live on television.
Circle Percussion opens the very first Dutch Taiko school. More information can be found on www.houseofcircles.nl.
In December Circle Percussion will open the annual NOS / NSF* Sports Gala with a great performance. During this gala the sportsman, sportswoman, disabled sportsman and sports team of the year will be chosen. Presented by Mart Smeets and broadcasted live on television. watch video
Circle Percussion and Corpus Acrobatics will perform the opening show "Planet Researcher" for HP Software in close cooperation. The show will take place in Vienna.

2007

Premiere of 'Drums of the World 4', the latest theatre production by Circle Percussion.
Circle Percussion goes to Seville, Valencia and Barcelona (Spain) and plays the opening of an event for Cutty Sark (the whisky brand). Number of visitors: 30,000.

2006

Circle Percussion goes to Madrid (Spain) and plays the opening of an event for Cutty Sark (the whisky brand). Number of visitors: 30,000.

2005

Premiere of the family performance 'Tuitende Oren' in co-production with youth theatre group Stella Den Haag, directed by Hans van der Boom.
On 4 October 2005, Circle Percussion played at the invitation of War Child during the ´Friends for War Child´ benefit concert in Ahoy. Alongside Trijntje Oosterhuis, Guus Meeuwis and Marco Borsato, Circle Percussion gave a spectacular performance for an audience of 10,000.

2004

Circle Percussion travels to Dubai and gives an outrageous performance in combination with a huge water curtain, a multimedia spectacle and a laser show at the opening of the Adventure Summer Surprise festival.
Circle Percussion plays in Brussels for a Microsoft event.
As a follow-up to the "Monochrome" and "Monoprism" concerts, Circle Percussion, in cooperation with the Gelders Orchestra, will play the 'Afro Concerto' by the Japanese composer Maki Ishii.
World premiere 'Sakurajima' in cooperation with Corpus Acrobatics during the opening of the Waasland shopping centre in St. Niklaas, Belgium.

2003

Circle Percussion plays the legendary compositions "Monochrome" and "Monoprism" by the Japanese composer Maki Ishii, who died in 2003, in cooperation with the Gelders Orchestra.
Circle Percussion will perform a mega spectacular opening act for ABN AMRO in a packed stadium at the Gelredome in Arnhem. With 40 percussionists, this is one of Circle Percussion's biggest event productions ever.
Circle Percussion plays at 'Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2004″.

2002

At the beginning of January 2002, Gijsbert Zwart hands over the role of business and artistic director to Erwin Oudshoorn.
TV recording of the Classic Brit Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Circle Percussion opens the 'Peugeot Experience' with 'Kinetic Painting' together with Norman Perryman.

2001

Premiere of "Drumtracks". This performance, featuring guest performers Willem Jansen and Hans Hasebos, brings a new and fresh perspective to the concept of 'percussion performance'. A progressive performance that underlines the pioneering character of Circle Percussion.
Introduction tour of Prince Willem Alexander and Maxima, The Hague.
TV registration 4 Japanese fairy tales, Villa Achterwerk, VPRO.

2000

Standard Bank Festival in Grahams Town, South Africa. At this international festival, where about a hundred acts from all over the world performed, Circle Percussion was one of the big crowd pullers. The percussionists played four times to a sold out crowd.

1999

German and Austrian premiere of "Drums of the World" followed by a short German and Austrian tour.

1998

Circle Percussion presents its 25th anniversary performance.

1997

During Extasia in Japan, Circle Percussion will be performing "Drums of the World".

1996

Circle Percussion was also active during the jubilee year of the 100th Olympic Games in Atlanta, both with the Nederlands Dans Theater as part of the performance "Kaguyahime" during the Olympic Arts festival and with its own production "Drums of the World".
Circle Percussion created the theatre show "Drums of the World" in 1996, together with fellow group Anumadutchi. This successful percussion performance, which has been performed in various versions around the world some 250 times over the years, was one of the trendsetters in the field of percussion performances.
In cooperation with the Nederlands Danstheater, Circle Percussion will perform the ballets 'Falling Angels' and 'Start to Finish' in Edinburgh, Melbourne and Los Angeles.

1995

Gijsbert Zwart is appointed business and artistic director of Circle Percussion.
Tour with Nederlands Dans Theater including performances in Israel.
Percussion festival during the Aktion Augarten Festival, Vienna, Austria.

1994

1st Tag der Deutsche Einheid in Bremen, commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall, where concerts were performed in front of tens of thousands of spectators.
‘Kaguyahime’ in Straatsburg, Rome en Bregenz.
Concert Bad Gleichenberg Festival, Oostenrijk.
Project ‘Floating Silhouettes’ op het IJ, Amsterdam.
Première van ‘The Percussion Club’.

1993

Opening Frankfurter Buchmesse, Duitsland.
‘Kaguyahime’, tournee door Nederland en in Stockholm, Zweden.
Kaguyahime' and 'Falling Angels', tour of Japan with NDT and concerts at the traditional Gujo Hachiman Percussion Festival.
Tv opname van het ballet ‘Kaguyahime’.

1992

Drums of the World' concerts at the World Expo '92, Nueva Musica Festival in Seville, Spain.
Opening Holland Festival met ‘Con Luigi Dallapiccola’ van Luigi Nono.
Muziektheaterproducties ‘Pierrot Lunaire’ van Arnold Schonberg en ‘Through Roses’ van Marc Neikrug m.m.v. acteur Henk van Ulsen.

1991

Musical theatre production 'Dancer Danger' with Taller Amsterdam.

1990

World tour with Nederlands Dans Theater with the performance 'Kaguyahime'.
Drums of the World' concerts with marimba virtuoso Keiko Abe in England and the Netherlands.

1989

The Circle Ensemble is renamed 'Stichting House of Circles' and with this the band name changes to 'Circle Percussion'.

1988

Opening of Holland Festival with 'Kaguyahime' by Jiri Kylian with Nederlands Dans Theater.
A fire at the Utrecht Conservatory destroys most of the Circle Ensemble's instruments and Michael de Roo's private collection.

With help from, among others, the Prince Bernard Fund, new instruments are purchased.

1987

A five-week tour of Japan at the invitation of the Tokyo Summer Festival.

1986

First Japanese percussion workshop by the Circle Ensemble and Japanese master drummer and Odaiko virtuoso Yoshikazu Fujimoto.
Concerts with marimba virtuoso Keiko Abe and master drummer Eitetsu Hayashi.

1984

Dutch tour with the famous Japanese percussion group KODO.

1983

Performances during the Holland Festival, the first ever concert performed on Japanese instruments by non-Japanese percussionists, with works by Yoshihisa Taira and Maki Ishii.
Performance at the Festival D'Automne, Paris, France.
World premiere of the symphonic version of 'Kaguyahime' by Maki Ishii in collaboration with percussionists of the Berlin Symfonic Orchestra and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

1982

Holland Festival performance with music theatre production 'Olifantje Babar' by Scapino with music by Francis Poulenc, specially arranged for the Circle Ensemble Steelband.

1980

Performance at the Holland Festival with music theatre production 'The Two Fiddlers' with music by Peter Maxwell Davies.

1979

Action Painting with painter Norman Perryman and mime artist Rene Bazinet. Action Painting later became Kinetic Painting.

1978

Muziektheater ‘Olifantje Babar’.

1977

Performance of New Music Festival with works by Busotti and Georg Crumb.
Holland Festival performance with opera 'Houdini' by Peter Schat, produced by the Netherlands Opera in collaboration with Circle Ensembles Steelband.

1973

Establishment of the then still named 'Circle Ensemble' by Michael de Roo. At that time, the ensemble was still mainly occupied with contemporary music, focusing on percussion. The name is derived from the composition 'Circles' by Luciano Berio, with which the ensemble won an important prize in 1974 during the International Gaudeamus Competition.

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How it started

Circle Percussion, founded in 1973 by Michael de Roo under the name 'Circle Ensemble', has been led by business and artistic director Erwin Oudshoorn since 2002. The ensemble was named after the first piece it performed, 'Circles' by Italian composer Luciano Berio. With this performance, the ensemble won a major prize at the international Gaudeamus Competition in 1974. Thus the ensemble determined its guidelines for the future: high-quality performances of contemporary music with a central role for percussion.

The development

An important development for the ensemble came from its introduction to the visually and musically spectacular Japanese percussion. This resulted in the first concert ever performed on Japanese instruments by non-Japanese percussionists (Holland Festival 1983).

In 1984, the ensemble organised a Dutch tour with the famous Japanese percussion group KODO as its guest. During this tour, both groups combined the specific qualities of western and Japanese percussion. During this time, Circle built up its own Japanese percussion instruments, of which the 'Okedo O Daiko' in particular is very special. This drum was specially built for Circle Percussion and measures 2.55 metres long and 1.95 metres in diameter.

Another highlight for the ensemble was a more than five-week tour of Japan at the invitation of the "Tokyo Summer Festival" (1987).

The Fire in '88

1988 was the year of the major fire in the annex of the Utrecht Conservatory at the Mariaplaats in Utrecht. On 12 March of that year, this historic building and the Circle Ensemble's instruments were almost completely destroyed by fire. Thanks to a benefit concert, in which Jasper van 't Hof and Slagerij van Kampen participated, and generous donations by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the collection of special percussion instruments could be rebuilt. To this day, Circle Percussion still speaks of 'before' and 'after' the fire...

The Okedo O Daiko, our biggest Taiko, was the only Japanese drum to emerge from the blazing fire thanks to the alert response of roadies and firemen.

Colaboration

In the same year, the company was invited by Nederlands Dans Theater to take part in the performance of the now world-famous ballet 'Kaguyahime' by choreographer Jiri Kylian.

Besides the cooperation with Nederlands Dans Theater, the ensemble has played a major role in various other important productions. Concerts were given in Japan, Israel, Argentina, America, during the World Expo in Seville (Spain) and in Bremen (Germany) as part of the celebration of the first 'Tag der Deutsche Einheid' (Day of the German Unity) (in memory of the fall of the Berlin Wall).

Circle Percussion was also active during the anniversary year of the 100th Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, both with the Nederlands Danstheater as part of the performance of Kaguyahime during the Olympic Arts festival, and with the theatre show 'Drums of the World'.

Circle Percussion produced the theatre show 'Drums of the World' in 1996, in collaboration with Anumadutchi. This successful theatre show, which was performed in various versions around the world some 250 times, was a trendsetter in the field of percussion performances. This was the starting point for a successful career in theatre.

With the performance of 'Drums of the World' and the cooperation with the local Taiko trio 'Honoo Daiko' during the Extasia 97′ in Japan, the ensemble was among the absolute highlights of the evening.

India, Zuid Afrika, Qatar, New York, Dubai…

Over the years Circle Percussion has played on many major world stages. In India during the opening act of the CLT20 Champions League Cricket in front of 275 million television viewers. In Qatar with artist Norman Perryman with the beautiful production 'Kinetic Painting' and at many festivals and events in for example New York, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Dubai, London, Seville, Tel Aviv, Madrid, Valencia and GrahamsTown (South Africa).

Theater

Sinds 1996 begeeft Circle Percussion zich in het theater.

Vele voorstellingen zijn voorbij gekomen:

Seizoen ’96/’97 – ’97/’98: Drums of the World

Seizoen ’98/’99 – ’99/’00: Drums of the World; De Jubileumvoorstelling

Seizoen ’98/’99: The Rhythm of Life

Seizoen ’99/’00: Kinetic Painting

Seizoen ’00/’01 – ’01/’02: Drumtracks

Seizoen ’02/’03 – ’03/’04: Drums of the World, Special Edition

Seizoen ’04/’05: Drums of the World, Super Special

Seizoen ’05/’06 – ’06/’07: Drums of the World, The Wild Edition en ‘Tuitende Oren’ (kindertheater)

Seizoen ’07/’08 – ’09/’10: Drums of the World.4 en ‘Tuitende Oren’

Seizoen ’10/’11 – ’11/’12: Down to Earth!

Seizoen ’12/’13 – ’14/’15: Big! Men! Drums!

Seizoen ’14/’15 – ’15/’16: CRASH TEST DRUMMERS!

Seizoen ’15/’16 – ’16/’17: Bang That Drum

Circle Percussion has been under the leadership of business and artistic director Erwin Oudshoorn since 2002.
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The history of taiko

For centuries, the Japanese drum, the taiko, has been an indispensable instrument in Japanese life and culture. However, interest in this instrument declined sharply around the middle of the Meiji era (1868 - 1912). Fortunately, traditional percussion has been enjoying great popularity again in Japan for decades, where groups such as Kodo, and previously Ondekoza, are now flourishing.

The Japanese drum was used in ancient times for hunting, communicating, luring or scaring away wild animals and for encouraging soldiers in battle. The drum was also played by ordinary citizens to add lustre to festivities. Even today, drums still have various functions in Japan.

Around 1965, Tagayasu Den developed a new way of playing the traditional Japanese instruments. At first, he was not interested in the music. He founded a commune with mainly young people, where great physical and mental discipline prevailed.
For years, the Circle Percussion players have patiently mastered the unique Japanese playing styles developed by the famous Kodo group. These playing styles differ fundamentally from the western styles and are experienced as very spectacular by both the players and the audience.

At first, Circle Percussion limited itself to the traditional pieces such as: 'Yatai-bayashi', 'Miyake' and 'Odaiko solo'. They turned out to require a different kind of dedication than western musicians were used to. It has always been the balance between power and beauty that made Japanese drumming so difficult and intriguing at the same time.

As the group of players succeeded in mastering the discipline that Japanese percussion demanded, individual freedom became greater both physically and musically.
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In addition to their own special musical background, our musicians have all received internal training at Circle Percussion. Circle Percussion trains its players in the tradition of the Japanese taiko group KODO.
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How it started

The development

The Fire in '88

Colaboration

India, Zuid Afrika, Qatar, New York, Dubai…

Theater

The history of taiko

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