Marco Lienhard and East Winds Ensemble

Autumn in Japan with music of Studio Ghibli enjoy the colors and sights Music by East Winds Ensemble Marco Lienhard Facebook/ Marco Lienhard Twitter.MarcoLienhard Taikoza.com MarcoLienhard.com [email protected] Marco Lienhard was the lead performer of the legendary Ondekoza in Japan (1981-1998) performing on Taiko, Shakuhachi, Nohkan and Shinobue. He mastered the Shakuhachi (5-holed bamboo flute) in Japan under Katsuya Yokoyama. Marco Lienhard is the founder and director of East Winds Ensemble and Taikoza both based in New York City. He has recorded many CDs including the critically acclaimed debut solo CD: Shakuhachi and the JPF award nominated CD, Taikoza: Beginnings. He has composed music for the release of a classic silent movie: The Wrath of the Gods. His compositions for the Shakuhachi, the Taiko, the Shinobue and the Koto have been performed internationally. Marco Lienhard can be heard on the soundtrack of the award Nintendo Wii game: Red Steel 1 & 2. Lienhard has performed worldwide including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, Hammerstein Ballroom, Boston Symphony Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall, the House of Music in Moscow, Bolshoi Circus, Osaka Castle Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Center and Suntory Hall. He was the featured Shakuhachi player in the Temple of the Golden Pavilion with the NYC Opera. In 2015, he premiered a new composition with the Juilliard New Music Ensemble. Marco Lienhard and Taikoza are very active in the arts in Education programs. He was the recipient of many grants: the Rockefeller Foundation, NEA, Japan Foundation, and Puffin Foundation. He has toured internationally with Japan’s Monbusho (Japanese Ministry of Culture) and toured Brazil with the Japan Foundation. MarcoLienhard.com