Top NZ percussionists to perform at Taipei festival

Dynamic New Zealand percussion group Strike has been invited to attend the prestigious triennial Taipei percussion convention starting on Wednesday.

Founded in 1993, Strike is a high-energy drumming group made up of top New Zealand percussionists including a woman and four men. The group specialises in movement-based or choreographed percussion.

They are one of eight percussion ensembles from around the world invited to the festival.

Manager Lynley Hill said the tour would be a good chance to perform in front of an audience likely to include many well recognised people in the world of percussion.

Strike, who performed a sellout show at the Tauranga Arts Festival in October, will perform on December 29, 30 and 31.

- NZPA