Her father grew up in the rural village of Iitate, Fukushima, and listened to traditional Japanese folk songs whilst working in the fields.

After moving to Chiba prefecture, he joined a folk song club and started playing the shamisen, subsequently inspiring Tadano to learn the instrument.

[6] Tadano moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2004, spending time as a Japanese assistant language teacher,[7] as well as busking on the street and performing on the shamisen at open mic nights.

[17] A number of musicians including Nick Cave, Pizzicato Five, Robin Cuming, and Jadranka Stojaković were also involved in composing music for the film.

The Gala was conducted by Ross Daly, with Tadano sharing the stage with musicians such as Mariem Hassan, Besh o droM, Lepistö & Lehti and Xavier Rudd.

[11][30][31] George & Noriko performed all over Australia[32] and received a standing ovation for an impromptu collaboration with the legendary Australian musician Chris Wilson at the 2012 Blue Mountain Music Festival in Katoomba.

[33] In 2014, Tadano composed the music live on stage for the theater production Everyman and the Pole Dancers, directed by Lech Mackiewicz in collaboration with the theatre company Shinjuku Ryozanpaku and Auto Da Fe.

[38] To celebrate International Women's Day 2016, Tadano composed and performed music for the Book of Daughters concert series presented by Jolt Arts.

[41] Being referred to as "one of Australia's most highly-demanded artists",[42] Tadano began to develop a greater presence in Japan, and appeared on the popular Japanese TV Tokyo program, Sekai Naze Soko ni?

In February 2019, Tadano supported Nai Palm, lead singer of three time Grammy-nominated Hiatus Kaiyote[47] at The Curtin, Melbourne.

[48] Tadano was commissioned to develop an original audio guide score to the highly successful Japan Supernatural exhibition held at the Art Gallery of NSW in 2020.

Utilizing voice, shamisen and the kokyū, with Toshi Sakamoto on taiko drums, the music was designed to respond to the themes of the exhibition and was referred to as a "cinematic experience for the ears", with over 40,000 visitors attending.

[54] In 2022, Tadano worked with Nexus Arts and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra on 'Flood of Fire', an artist-led community-building project drawing on the cultural heritage of a wide spectrum of communities living in South Australia.

Japan Expo is a convention on Japanese popular culture and is the largest of its kind in the world, taking place in Paris, France.