Kosuke Matsuda is a percussion artist, scholar, and educator specializing in multicultural musical instruments. He has developed a diverse musical practice through not only Western classical percussion, but also Japanese taiko drumming and Persian instruments such as Tombak and Daf, reflecting his broad perspective on musical identity and the evolving potential of percussion art.

He is frequently invited to international music festivals and seminars as a performing artist. In 2026, he was selected as a percussion performer at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, where he collaborated with composer Myles Ortiz-Green to perform the experimental taiko work Chinmoku. In 2023, the Ojai Music Festival invited Matsuda as a member of red fish blue fish to perform Liquid Borders by Gabriela Ortiz and Echoes from the Gorge by Chou Wen-Chung. He also participated in the Summer Course at Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music in 2023 and the Transplanted Roots Festival in 2022.

Matsuda has collaborated and performed with renowned artists and musical organizations. In 2026, he was invited to the Monday Evening Concerts in Los Angeles as a member of red fish blue fish to perform the U.S. premiere of Poetica by Chaya Czernowin. He also worked closely with composer Roger Reynolds, whose collaborative work Sleight of Hand was dedicated to Matsuda and premiered by him in 2025. Additionally, composer Jennifer Stasack invited Matsuda to perform at her retirement concert at Davidson College in North Carolina in 2024. Matsuda has also appeared as a soloist with Palimpsest Ensemble, New World Symphony, Lancaster Symphonic Orchestra, La Jolla Symphony Orchestra, and the Frost School Orchestra.