Meet PJ Hirabayashi

PJ Hirabayashi is the Artistic Director Emeritus, former Artistic Director, and founding member of San Jose Taiko (SJT), a world-class performing ensemble of taiko drummers. She is a pioneer of North American taiko, recognized in the international taiko community for her distinctive performance and teaching style that combines movement, dance, drumming, fluidity, joy, and energy. PJ's current project is TaikoPeace, an extension of Karen Armstrong's Charter for Compassion. As a certified Peace Ambassador for the Shift Network's Summer of Peace 2012, PJ seeks to inspire personal, social, and global change through the music and art of taiko drumming. In 2011, PJ was honored along with her husband Roy Hirabayashi as National Heritage Fellows, which is the highest honor in folk and traditional arts in the United States. Learn PJ's original taiko and dance arrangement "Ei Ja Nai Ka," available soon on www.kadon.com ! Powered by Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten © 2019 kaDON, All Rights Reserved