藤井絵理香
3歳でクラシックバレエを始め14歳で渡露、モスクワ国立舞踊学校に入学。ボリショイ劇場バレエマスター、イリーナ・ラザレヴァ氏に師事。2013年、プロ和太鼓集団太鼓衆一気に入団し、和太鼓奏者に転身。
太鼓衆一気メンバーとしてイギリススコットランドの世界最大芸術祭や海外ツアーなど国内外での公演に参加。
同じくしてソロでの活動を始め国内での演奏活動の他、エンタメ新喜劇や伝統楽器など多ジャンルとの共演、またアメリカインディアナ大学より招待を受け現地で公演やワークショップを行う。インターナショナルスクールにて和太鼓指導の経験に続き、独自に海外の方向けの公演やワークショップも企画開催する。
2019年に独立し、場所国籍人種を問わず独自のスタイルを以て活動の場を広げている。
Erika Fujii went to Russia at the age of 14, attended the Bolshoi ballet Academy, and studied under Irina Lazareva, the master of ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre. In 2013 she joined the professional Wadaiko (Japanese drum) group named "Samurai Drum IKKI" and became a Japanese Taiko drummer.
As a performing group member of IKKI, she had been performing all over Japan as well as internationally. Her activities include a wide range of performances, including solo performances on stage, live music clubs, bars, corporate events, and even nursing homes. She collaborated with dancers in a stage show called "A Moment," and a recently in new comedy show she appeared as a Japanese drummer.
In addition to performing, she taught Wadaiko to children at the Ikebukuro New International School and serves as an advisor of their Taiko Club, spreading the art of taiko through workshops to foreigners.
In 2019 she left group IKKI and started her new career as a solo Wadaiko player. She is performing all over Japan and teaching as well.