Grand Master Tanaka and San Francisco Taiko Dojo have collaborated and performed with a diverse line up of luminaries in the music industry, including such legends as Tony Bennett, Bobby McFerrin, Dave Brubeck, Art Blakey, Tito Puente, Babtunde Olatunji, Orlando “Puntilla” Rios, “Patato” Valdez, Benito Concha, Narada Michael Walden, Kitaro, Mickey Hart, Mario Bauza and Max Roach.

In addition, Grand Master Tanaka and San Francisco Taiko Dojo has been featured in four major motion picture movies—Phillip Kaufman’s The Right Stuff, and Rising Sun starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes, George Lucas’ Return of the Jedi, and Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.

Previous Gigs

  • Carnegie Hall (New York)
  • Command Performance for Emperor Hirohito (San Francisco)
  • Leverkuesen Jazztage (Germany)
  • Youth Music Festival (Switzerland, Austria, France)
  • Ticotin Japanese Museum Opening (Israel)
  • Pan Pacific Matsuri Festival (Hawaii)
  • Black Ships Festival (Rhode Island)
  • International Taiko Festival (Berkeley, CA)
  • Hiroshima 50th Commemoration (Japan)
  • Tsukuba World Expo (Japan)
  • Edo Tokyo Museum Concert (Japan)
  • MLB All-Star Game Celebration (San Francisco, CA)
  • AIDS Comfort with Bobby McFerrin and the late Billy Graham
  • Performance with Tony Bennett
  • Morikami Museum (Delray Beach, FL)
  • Japan - Mexico Cultural Exchange (Mexico)
  • St. Louis Botanical Garden
  • Memphis Botanical Garden
  • Chinese New Year Parade (San Francisco, CA)
  • Cherry Blossom Festival (San Francisco, CA)
  • Sacred Drum Festival (U.S. Tour)
  • Oakland Coliseum for Nelson Mandela (Oakland, CA)
  • Asta Festival (New Orleans, LA)
  • Ashland Music Festival (Oregon)
  • Vanderbilt House International Festival (North Carolina)
  • 100th Anniversary of Japanese Immigration to Cuba
  • National Theater of Cuba
  • Georgetown University
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Rising Sun (Philip Kaufman)
  • Return of the Jedi (George Lucas)
  • The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman
  • Apocalypse Now (Francis Coppola)

Live Performances
Motion Picture Soundtracks








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Featured News
International Taiko Festival
Yerba Buena Center
for the Arts
Saturday November 6th
7:00pm
Featuring:
Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka & San Francisco Taiko Dojo
SF Taiko Dojo Rising Stars

With special guests from Japan:
Osuwa Daiko
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