Kotoka Suzuki at ZKM residency.

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Performances & Events
2024


April 17, 2024
New Music Concerts
St. George Grange, 30 Stephanie St. | 7pm
New Work
Gurpreet Chana, tabla


March 7, 2024
Northern Illinois University Chicago, IL
In Praise of Shadows (solo version)
Aiyun Huang


March 6, 2024
Northwestern Bienen School of Music, Chicago, IL
In Praise of Shadows (solo version)
Aiyun Huang


February 9, 2024
Chicago Composers’ Consortium - Cyber Parings
Sherwood, Columbia College Chicago | 7:30pm
Vista
Megumi Masaki, piano


February 2, 2024
University of Toronto New Music Festival
Walter Hall | 7:30pm
Vista
Megumi Masaki, piano


Performances & Events
2023


October 28, 2023
Composers in Play: Piano Lunaire - V: Keyboard of Colors
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York | 8 pm
Hidden Voices
Adam Shirken, piano


September 30, 2023
Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg, Germany | 7:00pm
Orison
Ensemble LUX:NM


May 2, 2023
Unerhörte Musik, Berlin, Germany
BKA | 8:10pm
Orison
Ensemble LUX:NM


April 30, 2023
University of California San Diego
Conrad preys Music Center Experimental Theater | 4pm
Orison
Ilana Waniuk, David Aguila, & Teresa Diaz De Cossio
Livestream Link


April 3, 2023
Electroacoustic Music Concert
Little Hall / Lila salen (29.4 speaker system)
Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden
Epiphyllum Oxypetalum


March 12, 2023
Modern Notebook
WUSF Public Media - WUSF 89.7, Tampa, FL
Minyo
Spektral Quartet


February 15, 2023
NTS Radio, London, UK
IKR. Imprint + Glint
Automata | Mechanical Garden


February 6, 2023
KGNU Radio, Boulder, CO
AfterFM - The Present Edge
Epiphyllum Oxypetallum


February 1, 2023
University of Toronto New Music Festival
University of Toronto Faculty of Music, Walter Hall
Slipstream
Mark Takeshi McGregor, flute


January 29, 2023
University of Toronto New Music Festival - Electroacoustic Music Concert
Automata | Mechanical Garden
University of Toronto Faculty of Music, Walter Hall


January 8, 2023
BFF Studios, San Francisco, CA
BFF.fm
Shimmer, Tree
Cristina Valdes, piano


January 1, 2023
WUSF Public Media - WUSF 89.7, Tampa, FL
Modern Notebook
Shimmer, Tree
Cristina Valdes, piano


Performances & Events
2022


December 8, 2022          
Radio Študent, Ljubljana, Slovania
In Praise of Shadows


December 7, 2022
IDA Radio Stereophonic Sound Spectacular, Talin / Helsinki,
Sagisō


December 1, 2022
Sveriges Radio, Stockholm, Sweden | 8:50
Automata | Mechanical Garden


October 22, 2022
BBC Radio3 New Music Show | 22:00
Sagisō
Automata | Mechanical Garden


October 20, 2022
Northern Arts and Cultural Centre, Yellowknife, NWT
World Premiere
Vista
Megumi Masaki, piano


October 16, 2022
BFF Studios, San Francisco, CA
BFF.fm
Sagisō


September 19, 2022
WMBR Radio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Automata | Mechanical Garden


July 7, 2022
Heroine of Sound Festival, Berlin, Germany
Radialsystem | 8pm
Orison
Ensemble LUX:NM

July 8, 2022
Panel III
Radialsystem | 4pm


June 25, 2022
Soundstreams, Toronto
Orison & In Praise of Shadows
Joyce To, Jasmine Tsui, & Louis Pino


May 14, 2022
University of California San Diego
Conrad preys Music Center Experimental Theater | 5pm
Orison
Ilana Waniuk, David Aguila, & Teresa Diaz De Cossio
Livestream link


May 11, 2022
Seilerbahn, Frankfurt, Germany
Illuminationen
Crossbeams & In Praise of Shadows
Trio Radial


May 8, 2022
The Ron Ball Studio - Town Hall, Canterbury, New Zealand
New Music for Loudspeakers
Automata | Mechanical Garden


March 31, 2022
Ideastream Public Media - broadcast
Furusato : Home of the Heart for string trio + electronics
Yoojin Jang, violin | Masumi Per Rostad, viola | Mimi Hwang, cello


March 29, 2022
University of Toronto New Music Festival
McMillan Theatre
Orbit
University of Toronto Saxophone Ensemble


March 14, 2022
Hatch Recital Hall - Eastman School of Music | 7:30 pm
Furusato : Home of the Heart for string trio + electronics
Yoojin Jang, violin | Masumi Per Rostad, viola | Mimi Hwang, cello
Livestream link


PAST Performances & EventS
2021


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November 12, 2021
University of California San Diego
In Praise of Shadows
Ilana Waniuk, Teresa Diaz de Cassio & David Aguila


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October 7, 2021
Dialogues: Analysis and Performance
University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Walter Hall | 7:30 pm
Aiyun Hwang


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CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra / Masumi Per Rostad Commission | Cleveland OH
Furusato : Home of the Heart for string trio + electronics
World premiere
Yoojin Jang, violin | Masumi Per Rostad, viola | Mimi Hwang, cello

October 1, 2021
St Noel Church | 7:00pm
October 2, 2021
Maltz Performing Arts Center | 7:00pm


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September 16, 2021
Ear Taxi Festival - rhythm is image | Constellation Chicago, IL | 8:30pm
In Praise of Shadows for paper players + electronics


July 21, 2021
Festival ArteScienza | Isola del Liri, Italy | Giardini
Reservoir
UMS’n JIP / Javier Hagen, voice


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July 8, 2021
Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Association - National virtual conference
Hidden Voices for piano
Diana Dumlavwalla


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May 6, 2021
University of Washington School of Music, Faculty Livestream | Seattle, WA | 7:30pm Livestream
Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
(Mov. I)
Cristina Valdes, piano


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Crossbeams for clarinet, horn, cello + electronics commissioned by Trio Radial
Concert Tour:

March 30, 2021
Unerhoerte Musik, Berlin, Germany | 8:00pm (TBA)
World Premiere

April 9, 2021
Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany | 8:00pm - cancelled

April 11, 2021

Hören/Sehen tritonus e.v., Bremen, Germany | 4:30pm - cancelled

April 13, 2021
Lauschviste Montabauer, Germany | 7:30pm - cancelled


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February 27, 2021
University of Toronto New Music Festival (UTNMF) | Toronto, Canada | 7:00pm Online Concert
Link to YouTube LiveStream
Toronto Premiere
In Praise of Shadows for paper players + electronics (arranged for solo)
Aiyun Huang


2020


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December 6, 2020
New Music Concerts (NMC) | Toronto, Canada | 8:00pm EST Online Concert
World Premiere
Constraint Obstacle Studies for 12 performers commissioned by New Music Concerts will be premiered online as part of their 50th Anniversary Concert series in Toronto, Canada. 


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August 28, 2020
Nomáes: Konzert Dialog: Japan - Deutschland
Teni Japanisch-Deutsche Kulturwekstatt e.V. | Köln, Germany | 7:00pm
Kartäuserwall 20 50678 Köln, Germany
Epiphyllum Oxypetalum


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June 15-27, 2020
Charlotte New Music Festival | Charlotte, NC - Guest Composer
June 20, 2020 public presentation (livestream)


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April 26, 2020
CanadaPerforms - Livestream | 4pm EDT
Canada Performers National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts
Blue, Rising for piano and transducers
Cheryl Duvall


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January 16, 2020
Innermost Songs
Canadian Music Centre | Toronto, Canada | 8:00pm
Blue, Rising for piano and transducers
World Premiere
Cheryl Duvall


2019


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December3, 2019
Tempe Center for the Arts | Tempe, AZ | 10:00am
Orbit for Saxophone Octet
Arizona State University Saxophone Choir


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November 14, 2019
Fields of Vision: Ran, Suzuki, and Thorvaldsdottir | Chicago, IL 7:30pm
University of Chicago: Fulton Hall
Minyo
Spektral Quartet


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November 9, 2019
PRISMS Contemporary Music Festival, Tempe, AZ | 7:30pm
Katzin Hall, Arizona State University
Orbit for Saxophone Octet
Arizona State University Saxophone Choir


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September 16, 2019
Made in Japan - Prague, Czech Republic | 8:00pm
Domovina - Grand Hall
Wintry Air for string orchestra
BERG Orchestra | Peter Vrábel - conductor


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August 16, 2019
Experimental Sound Studio Gala, Chicago, IL
Links Hall | Constellation


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July 9, 2019
Rush Hour Concert Series, Chicago, IL | 5:45pm (5:15pm pre-concert conversation)
St. James Cathedral | 65 East Huron Street
Minyo
Spektral Quartet


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May 26, 2019
Analogue Music Series, Ottawa, Canada | 1:00pm
MacOdrum Library
Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
Cheryl Duvall, piano


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May 8, 2019
ISCM World Music Days 2019 - Tallinn, Estonia | 5:00pm
Kultuurikatel aka Tallinn Creative Hub
Orison
defunensemble


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April 25, 2019
Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Chicago, IL | 7:00pm
Golden Triangle
In Praise of Shadows


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April 20, 2019
25th Festival of Modern Art Two Days & Two Nights of New Music, Odessa, Ukraine | 7:00pm
Orison
Michael Murphy + Percussion Ensemble of Freiburg Music University


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April 12, 2019
Chicago Electro-Acoustic Music Festival, Chicago, IL | 7:30pm
Roosevelt University
Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
Kotoka Suzuki, piano


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March 23, 2019
Octave 9, Seattle, WA | 9:00pm
Raisbeck Music Center
Contemporary Music Marathon | Hosted by Seattle Symphony
Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
Cristina Valdes, piano


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March 13, 2019
BOLD Festival, Canberra, Australia | 8:00pm
Enmei
choreographers/dancers: Eileen Standley & Mary Fitzgerald


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March 8, 2019
North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Region 2, Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
Orbit for Saxophone Octet


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Jan 30, 2019
Barnett Hall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada | 12:00pm
Light and Perspective Wednesday Noon Hours Series
In Praise of Shadows
Megumi Masaki, Paolo Bortolussi & Jose Franch-Ballester


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Jan 24, 2019
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada
Forrester Recital Hall
Shimmer, Tree | In Mormoriam Jonathan Harvey
Thin Edge New Music Collective
Cheryll Duvall, piano


2018


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November 8, 2018
Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, ON | 7:30pm
Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
Thin Edge New Music Collective


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Fri, 10/19/2018
CCRMA Stage, Stanford, CA | 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Fri, 10/19/2018
CCRMA Stage, Stanford, CA | 9:00pm - 10:30pm

Automata | Mechanical Garden will be performed through immersive 3D sounds played on multichannel speaker system (56.8) at CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music & Acoustics) Stage at Stanford University at their annual CCRMA Transitions concert. Other works on the program include works by Mark Applebaum, Brian Cullen, Christopher Jette, Tine Surel Lange, Gustavo García Novo, Jonty Harrison and Stephanie Sherriff.


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October 12, 2018
Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras (CMMAS)
Morelia, Mexico

October 7, 2018
Foro Internacional de Música Nueva Manuel Enríquez (FIMNME 2018)
Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (UNAM)
Mexico City, Mexico

UMS 'n JIP performing works by Beat Gysin, Mathias Steinauer, Maria Porten, Erik Ona, Ermir Bejo, Reuben de Lautour, Luis Codera Puzo, Kotoka Suzuki, Shintaro Imai, UMS and JIP.


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September 16, 2018
Katzin Hall, Tempe, AZ | 2:30pm
Utterance in Motion
Robert Spring, clarinet | Claudia Rohrmoser, video


September 3, 2018
Lucerne Festival | Musician's Choice, Lucerne, Switzerland
KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall | 6:20pm
In Praise of Shadows
Musicians of the Lucerne Festival Alumni
 


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August 30, 2018
Koen Dori Classics, Shibuya, Japan | 7:00pm
Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
Thin Edge New Music Collective
Cheryll Duvall, piano

 

August 22, 2018
Array Music, Toronto, Canada | 8:00pm
Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
Thin Edge New Music Collective
Cheryll Duvall, piano


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August 12, 2018
Jazz Bistro, Toronto, Canada | 3:00pm
Hidden Voices
Morgan-Paige Melbourne, piano


Moss Arts Center

August 11, 2018
Cube Fest  Virginia, VA
Moss Art Center, Virginia Tech | 3:00pm
Automata | Mechanical Garden - 16 channels


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July 7, 2018
Clarinet Fest | International Clarinet Association,  Ostend, Belgium
Kinepolis Room 2 | 1:45pm
Utterance in Motion for clarinet, video & electronics | video: Claudia Rohrmoser
World Premiere
Robert Spring, clarinet


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May 18, 2018
City View United Church, Ottawa
Hidden Voices
Everett Hopfner

May 15, 2018
Canadian Music Centre, Toronto
Hidden Voices
Everett Hopfner


May 9, 2018
Konzerthaus Werner-Otto-Saal Berlin, Germany | 8:00pm
Lust am Unterschied I
Distortion
modern art ensemble


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April 6 & 7, 2018
Links Hall, Chicago, IL
Enmei
choreographers/dancers: Mary Fitzgerald, Eileen Standley, Masako Kitaura, Kei Takei, & Rose Weitz


March 23, 2018
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona | 7:30pm
Enmei
choreographers/dancers: Mary Fitzgerald, Eileen Standley, Masako Kitaura, Kei Takei, & Rose Weitz.


London Ear Festival

March 23, 2018
London Ear Festival of New Music, London England
Reservoir
UMS'n JIP


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March 15, 2018
Music 4 Eyes & Ears, Winnipeg, Canada
Groundswell | 8:00pm
Megumi Masaki, piano

Megumi Masaki will perform works by Keith Hamel, Kotoka Suzuki, T. Patrick Carrabré, and Randolph Peters, pushing the limits of collaboration in piano performance.


March 15, 2018
Towson University, Department of Music, Maryland
Guest Speaker: "What's Your Story" series
Lecture & Measterclass
Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
 


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March 13, 2018
Brandon University New Music Festival, Manitoba, Canada
Lorne Watson Recital Hall | 8:00pm
Megumi Masaki, piano

Megumi Masaki will perform works by Keith Hamel, Kotoka Suzuki, T. Patrick Carrabré, and Randolph Peters, pushing the limits of collaboration in piano performance.


February 14, 2018
Crossing Borders - Mission: Compassion
Heliconian Hall, Toronto, Canada | 7:30pm
35 Hazelton Ave.
Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
Cheryll Duvall, piano & Maureen Batt, soprano

Crossing Borders is a dynamic concert that creates a dialogue among contemporary compositional voices from Canada and abroad.  Other composers featured on the program include Robert Bauer, Saman Shahi, Leslie Arden, Monica Pearce, Kala Pierson, Fiona Ryan, and Rodney Sharman. 


Musica Nova International Electro-Acoustic Music Competition. In Praise of Shadows winning work to be performed in Edinburgh. Kotoka Suzuki.

February 21, 2018
Musica Nova International Electroacoustic Competition | Concert of winning works
Edinburgh College of Art, UK

As the winning work in electroacoustic and instruments category at the Musica Nova Electro-Acoustic Compeition, In Praise of Shadows will be performed in Edinburgh. 

February 20 & 21, 2018
Edinburgh Instrument Museum, UK
Edinburgh College of Art, UK
Workshop


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January 20, 2018
Crossing Borders - Mission: Compassion
The Music Room, Halifax, Canada | 7:30pm
Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
Cheryll Duvall, piano & Maureen Batt, soprano

Crossing Borders is a dynamic concert that creates a dialogue among contemporary compositional voices from Canada and abroad.  Other composers featured on the program include Robert Bauer, Saman Shahi, Leslie Arden, Monica Pearce, Kala Pierson, Fiona Ryan, and Rodney Sharman. 


2017


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December 14, 2017
The Royal Conservatory of Music | Toronto, Canada
Temerty Theatre | 7:30pm
Dreams and Wandering
Canada Premier
NME of the Glenn Gould School


PRISMS Contemporary Music Festival

November 8, 2017
PRISMS Contemporary Music Festival | 8th edition: Out of Time | Tempe, Arizona
Katizn Concert Hall | 7:30pm
Orison
US Premier

ACME (Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble)


November 3, 2017
ISCM World New Music Days Festival | Vancouver, Canada
The Annex | 7:30PM
823 Seymour Street, 2nd floor
In Praise of Shadows
Canadian Premier

Vancouver Electronic Ensemble


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October 17, 2017
International Computer Music Conference (ICMC | EMW)  | Shanghai, China
He luting Concert Hall | 7:30PM
Reservoir


UMS'n JIP celebrates their 10th Anniversary.  The program includes works by Maria Porten, Luis Codera Puzo, Motoharu Kawashima , Shintaro Imai, Kotoka Suzuki, beat gysin, Mathias Stein Auer, Reuben de Lautour, Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi. 

September 3, 2017
Zeughaus Kultur Brig-Glis, Switzerland | 6:00PM

September 9, 2017
September 10, 2017
September 11, 2017

Safe, Unternehmen Mitte, Basel, Switzerland | 6:00PM


August 10, 2017
Auditorio Fundacion Williams | Bueno Aires, Argentina | 8:00pm
Av. Belgrano 1670
The Excess
UMS'n JIP


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June 10, 2017
The Dance Laboratory - Studio 122, Arizona State University | 7:30pm
Enmei
World Premiere


New collaborative work Enmei, with choreographers / dancers, Mary Fitzgerald, Eileen Standley and guest artists Kei Takei and Masako Kitaura from Japan will be premiered at the Dance Lab (ASU). 


June 10, 2017
Blurred Edges Festival für Aktuelle Musik
Atelierhaus23, Hamburg, Germany | 8:00pm
While Ripples Enlace...  
Lucia Mense, alto recorder


June 6, 2017
National Portuguese Radio | RTP
Música Contemporânea (listen here)
In Praise of Shadows


Kotoka Suzuki. New work to be premiered at the 21C Music Festival 2017.

May 27, 2017
21C Music Festival | The Royal Conservatory of Music
World Premiere & Canadian Premiere

Termerty Theater, Toronto, Canada | 5:00pm

Orison commissioned by the 21C Music Festival will be premiered in May 2017 in Toronto, Canada.  In addition, Shimmer, Tree | In Momoriam Jonathan Harvey will also be given a Canadian premier by the pianist, Geoffrey Conquer.  The festival will take place from May 24-28, 2017.  More information about tickets and the event can be found here.


Kotoka Suzuki. UMS'n JIP.

May - Jun. 2017
World Premiere | Spain & Switzerland Tour
The Excess for sub-bass recorder and electronics
commissioned by UMS'n JIP (Switzerland).

May 13, 2017
Zeughaus Kultur, Brig-Glis | 8:00pm

May 14, 2017
Ackermannshof, Basel, Switzerland | 8:00pm

May 15, 2017
Kunstraum walchetrum
Kanonengasse 20, 8004 Zürich, Switzerland | 6:00pm

May 15, 2017
Kunstraum walchetrum
Kanonengasse 20, 8004 Zürich, Switzerland | 8:00pm

May 16, 2017
ONO Bern, Switzerland | 8:00pm

                                


May 12, 2017
May 13, 2017

Czech Radio | Music Forum (Hudební fórum) | 11:15pm (CEST)
Radio broadcast of In Praise of Shadows

April 6, 2017
Czech Radio | Radioatelier


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April 12, 2017
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
In Praise of Shadows
Sounds Like Now Ensemble
 


Southwest Electronic Music Festival

April 2, 2017
Southwest Electronic Music Festival
The Kiva

ASU West Campus | 13492 N. 47th Avenue | Free

Automata | Mechanical Garden & Epiphyllum Oxypetalum (both 4 channel version) will be performed at this festival. This third biannual Southwest Electronic Music Festival features concerts given by international, local, and student composers and performers, as well as workshops and masterclasses. Artists include Cort Lippe, the featured visiting composer, Lauren Hayes, Keith Kelly, Tony Obr and Joshua Bennett.


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March 7, 2017
sonorium
3–53–16 Izumi Suginami-ku Tokyo, Japan | 7:00pm

March 8, 2017
Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan

Reservoir (4 channel version) for voice and electronics will receive an Asian Premier in Japan by UMS'n JIP.  The concert will feature UMS'n JIP Japan Project showcasing new works by Japanese composers. Artists include Chikashi Miyama, Takayuki Rai, Motoharu Kawashima, Shintaro Imai, UMS, JIP and Simone Conforti. More info can be found here.


Kotoka Suzuki ShimmerTree

February 8th, 2017
Meany Theater
University of Washington, School of Music

The pianist Cristina Valdes will perform Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey at Meany Theater at 7:30pm on February 8th, 2017.  More info about the performance can be found here.


2016


Musica Nova International Electro-Acoustic Competition. In Praise of Shadows First Prize Winning Work. Kotoka Suzuki.

December 16th, 2016
Musica Nova International Electroacoustic Music Competition | Concert of winning works
Alfréd ve Dvoře Theatre, Praha, Czech Republic
Fr. Křížka 36, Praha 7 | 7 p.m.

In Praise of Shadows was selected as the winning work (First Prize in Electroacoustic and Instruments Category) at the Musica Nova Electroacoustic Music Competition.  The winning works will be presented at this concert. 


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November 24th, 2016
Ars Musica International Contemporary Music Festival 2016 | La Nuit du Souffle

Centrale for Contemporary Art Brussels, Belgium

Performance of While Ripples Enlace... for alto recorder and electroncis at the Ars Musica Festival by Dominique Vasseur.  More detailed information about the program can be found here


Kotoka Suzuki Automata

November 12th-13th, 2016
New West Electroacoustic Music Organization (NWEAMO) Festival / The Japanese Society for Sonic Arts (JSSA)

Koen-Dori Classics, Tokyo, Japan

Automata | Mechanical Garden will be performed at the NWEAMO festival (Nov. 12 - 13, 2016) in Tokyo, Japan.  More information about the festival can be found here


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Novermber 5th, 2016
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Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival
Camp Concert Hall, Richmond, VA

 In Praise of Shadows  for three paper players will be performed by the four-time Grammy winning ensemble, eighth blackbird.  More information about the festival can be found here.


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October 13th-16th, 2016
Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF)

Jayu Theatre, Seoul, Korea

In Praise of Shadows for three paper players and electronics is selected for performance at the Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF) (Oct. 13 - Oct. 16, 2016) in Jayu Theatre, Seoul Arts Center.  More information about the festival can be found here

 


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BBC Radio 3 | Late Junction | online until 9/28
London, England

In Praise of Shadows for three paper players and electronics aired on BBC Late Junction show (8/30/16 @23:30).
If you missed this show, you can still catch it until 9/28/16!  Exciting program by Nick Luscombe.


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September 12th, 2016
International Computer Music Conference (ICMC)
TivoliVredenburg Hertz Hall

Utrecht, Netherlands

In Praise of Shadows for three paper players and electronics will be performed by Ensemble Modelo 62 at the 42nd International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) hosted by HKU University of the Arts Utrecht in Netherlands and Gaudeamus Muziekweek.  Conference runs from Monday 12th – Friday 16th September 2016.  Program can be found here.


Festival Off D'Avignon

July 7th-30th, 2016: Jul 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, & 30
Festival Off d'Avignon Festival
Theatre des Vents, Avignon, France

Ums'n JIP will perform a brand new mix of Reservoir for 4 channels during the Avignon Festival where they will perform daily throughout the festival.  Please check http://avignon.umsnjip.ch for more details.


Kotoka Suzuki. Eric Rynes, violin, by Albany Records. Recording of Sift.

Sift for violin and electronics was recently published on a CD, performed and released by the violinist Eric Rynes through Albany Records on February 1, 2016.  The audio CD is available on this site on Amazon.com.  For more information about the CD, visit the Publications' page.

Mikka & Other Assorted Love Songs

CD includes works by the following composers:  Pierre Boulez, Elliott Carter, Kotoka Suzuki, Giacinto Scelsi, Helmut Lachenmann, Iannis Xenakis, Joel-Francois Durand, Michael Alcorn, and Theo Loevendie.


The pianist Cristina Valdes performs Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey at the ISCM World Music Days New Music Miami Festival on April 7th, 2016.  More info about the festival can be found here.


PERFORMANCES| EXHIBITIONS | EVENTS

2017

Jun 2017   Forum Wallis: Swiss Contemporary Music Festival, Switzerland / The Excess  / UMS'n JIP
May 2017Palma de Mallorca Contemporary Music Festival, Spain / The Excess / UMS'n JIP
03/16-19/17New West Electronic Arts & Music Organization (NWEAMO) Festival, San Diego, CA / Automata | Mechanical Garden   
02/08/17University of Washington, Seattle, WA / Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey / Cristina Valdes /@7:30pm / Meany Theater

2016

11/12&13/16   New West Electronic Arts & Music Organization (NWEAMO) Festival, Tokyo, Japan / Automata | Mechanical Garden
11/05/16Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, University of Richmond, VA / In Praise of Shadows
10/13/16   Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF), Seoul, Korea / performance of In Praise of Shadows
09/12/16   International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Utrecht, Netherlands / performance of In Praise of Shadows
08/16   Pauline Oliveros New Genre Prize Honorable Mention for electro-acoustic media / In Praise of Shadows
08/30/16   BBC Radio 3 | Late Junction, London, England / In Praise of Shadows / @23:30
7/9, 7/11, 7/13, 7/16, 7/18, 7/20, 7/23, 7/25, 7/27 & 7/30Festival Off d'Avignon, Avignon, France / Theatre des Vents / performance of Reservoir / UMS'n JIP
04/08/16   ISCM World Music DaysNew Music Miami, CARTA Miami Beach Urban Studios, FL / 7:30pm / performance of Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey / Cristina Valdes, piano
02/25/16   Chapel Performance Space, Seattle, WA / CD release recital by the violinist, Eric Rynes: works include Xenakis, Carter, Scelsi, Lachenmann, and Sift for violin and electronics by Suzuki / @8:00pm / Free; the CD will be available for purchase.
02/25/16   ASU Recital Hall, Tempe AZ / 8:00pm / performance of Reservoir / UMS 'n JIP
02/17/16    Hamburg-Bergedorf | Whitecube, Hamburg, Germany/ 7:00pm / performance of Reservoir / UMS 'n JIP
02/17/16   Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music, NY / Umidi Soni Colores


SELECTED PAST/RECENT EVENTS | AWARDS

2015

11/06/15     ASU Contemporary Music Festival, Tempe, AZ / world premiere of In Praise of Shadows / Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble
10/30/15    Contemporary Music Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia / performance of Reservoir / UMS'n Jip
09/12/15-11/30/15   Block Museum, Northwestern University, IL / exhibition of DRAMA / sound design and scoring for the video work by artist, Geof Oppenheimer.
07/10/15    ACRE, WI / performance of Automata | Mechanical Garden & Epiphyllum Oxypetallum
07/31/15    NOMADES, ONOMATO künstlerverein, Düsseldorf, Germanz / performance of Umidi Soni Colores 
06/28/15   New York Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), Manhattan, NY / East Coast premier of Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey / Karl Larson, piano
July    Visiting Artist at ACRE Residency, WI.
June   Named the MacDowell Colony Norton Stevens and North Shore fellow for 2014.
May    Balance-Unbalance Conference, Tempe, AZ / Review committee & paper session Chair.
04/01/15    FOCI Arts, New Orleans / Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey / Mabel Kwan, piano.
04/13/15    Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts / Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey / pianist.
02/23   Katzin Concert Hall, Tempe, AZ / performance of Automata | Mechanical Garden
02/28   Seattle Modern Orchestra Benefit Concert, Seattle, WA / Performance of Sift / Eric Rynes, violin.
01/23     Music Village Onassis Cultural Center, Athens, Greece / Performance of Reservoir / UMS'n JIP

2014

Dec.    Expacios Sonoros Festival / Performance of Automata | Mechanical Garden | Reina Sofia National Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid, Spain
11/14    Project Rafael Festival, Valencia, Spain / Performance of Reservoir / UMS'n JIP
11/28   EKO House Japanese Cultural Center, Duesseldorf, Germany / Performance of While Ripples Enlace... / Lucia Mense, alto recorder.
10/26    West Coast premier of Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey at the Triple CCRMAlite: 40, 50, 80 concert - Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University by Chryssie Nanou, piano. The concert celebrated the 40th anniversary of CCRMA and 80th birthday of the composer and founder of CCRMA, John Chowning.
10/06    Seoul International Computer Music Conference (SICMF) / Jeyu Theater, Seoul, Korea / Performance of Shimmer, Tree | In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
08/22   Music Village Festival, Mt. Pelion, Greece / Performance of Reservoir / UMS'n JIP
7/4, 7/6, 7/8, 7/11, 7/13, 7/15 & 7/18  Avignon Festival, Theatre Notre-Dame, France / Performance of Reservoir / UMS'n JIP

2013

Feb-Aug  ZKM Media Museum, Germany / Move on Asia Exhibition featuring video art in Asia 2002-20012 / 8 channel Installation of Automata | Mechanical Garden