Traditional Japanese drums (Taiko) performer Eitetsu Hayashi will hold a concert in Bucharest on October 20, 19,00 hours, together with the George Enescu orchestra at the Sala Palatului hall in Bucharest. A second show will follow in Sibiu, on October 23.  Hayashi will perform compositions of George Enescu, Ciprian Porumbescu, Béla Bartók, Doru Popovici, Tiberiu Olah and Grigoras Dinicu.

The event is organized by the Japan Embassy in Romania, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Japan Foundation. Ticket prices vary between RON 50 and 180 and can be bought from Diverta, Germanos, Carturesti, Humanitas, Domo, Orange and Vodafone stores, as well as online from eventim.ro and myticket.ro

Eitetsu Hayashi, the internationally acclaimed Japanese musician ranked as the world’s leading taiko player and one of Japan’s foremost living cultural assets, has over the past 34 years led an international musical revival of these instruments.

Eitetsu Hayashi, was born in Hiroshima in 1952 where he grew up in a Buddhist temple, hearing his father’s daily recitation of the sutras. At 19, he was playing drums in a western band and in 1971, Eitetsu was a founder of the legendary taiko group, Sado-Ondekoza or “The Demon Drummers of Japan” renowned for its near fanatical 60km daily marathon runs and training sessions in freezing conditions.