Shuichi Hidano
Shuichi Hidano
Born in 1969, Hidano began percussion at the age of 10. His first encounter with traditional Japanese wadaiko drums was at the age of 18 and he trained with a wadaiko groupKodo. He began solo performance activities in 1989 and since then has given a total of over 1,300 performances in Japan and 16 foreign countries. He also performs often with jazz, rock and ethnic music groups and musicians. In 2005 he served as producer for government supported events at the Aichi Expo 2005. He has also worked on the development of wadaiko drums under an advisory contract with the U.S. percussion maker Remo.