Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 430 - Eriko Daimo

Solo Percussionist and Educator Eriko Daimo stops by to discuss her career as a percussion soloist, her teaching at Juilliard and NYU, and the nature of arranging for marimba (02:45), growing up in Japan, traveling around the world, her piano background and experiences in wind ensemble (38:05), her undergrad years at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music in Japan and her experiences creating musical arrangements (58:40), her decision to study for her master’s at the Boston Conservatory (MA) (01:12:15) and a brief moment of storytelling through the Random Ass Questions (01:27:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film A Complete Unknown (01:34:50).

Eriko Daimo links:

Eriko Daimo’s website

Eriko’s arrangements

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Casey Cangelosi in 2017

Adelaide Ferriere in 2019

Other Links:

Pius Cheung

Jonathan Haas

Sean Statser

Keiko Abe

Stewart Copeland

“In My Life” - The Beatles

“Blackbird” - The Beatles

Nancy Zeltsman

Ed Saindon

Dave Samuels

Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin/Adelaide Ferriere

Momoko Kamiya

Studio Ghibli

Kazutaka Morita

James Benoit

Jonathan Singer

Raves:

A Complete Unknown trailer