The fourteen student girl members of the ensemble, led by Haruhiko Kobayashi and founded in 1982 are proud to be “big drummers of a small village”. They participated at the engagement ceremony and then the wedding of Prince Akisino and Princess Kiko with a celebratory taiko (group drumming). Their dynamic, energetic performances attracted great attention and overnight they found themselves famous. These days, as they stretch ever wider the boundaries of traditional Japanese drumming, they work w...ith jazz singers and dance formations. They place great importance on perfecting their instrumental skills and every year, thus they appear five times at the International Taiko Festival in San Francisco. They perform frequently in Europe; in 2005 they were invited to the Wiltz International Music Festival in Luxembourg as part of the “EU-Japan Year of People to People Exchanges” where the audience greeted them with ecstatic applause. In 2001 they won the top prize at the Otaiko Competition in Fukui, Japan. In 2003 they beat veteran adult groups to win the “general drum” category at their first attempt at the Tokyo International Wadaiko Contest and they repeated this feat in 2006. They were the first drummers ever to achieve this distinction twice.
Parking information
We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.
Safe ticket purchase
Dear Visitors, please note that only tickets purchased from the Müpa website and official ticket offices are guaranteed to be valid. To avoid possible inconvenience, we suggest buying tickets to our performances and concerts via the mupa.hu website, the Interticket national network (jegy.hu) or at our official ticket offices.