Joji Hirota & The London Taiko Drummers 

Joji Hirota is a Japanese master percussionist musician and singer, who for many years has based himself in London.
Touring Europe, in the early Seventies, with the acclaimed drummer, Stomu Yamashita, he later worked with the Lyndsay Kemp Dance Company as composer and Musical Director.
As part of October Gallery's 40th Anniversary concert series, Joji will perform with his London Taiko Drummers, a group he formed and has directed for many years. The many-sized drums (Japanese taiko) of this tightly knit ensemble, and the complex polyrhythms of their many styles on the part of listeners.