2023
13th conference on cross-cultural relations, voyages between the west and the east, travelers, and new realities
moonwake—interpreting yoko tawada— for voices and electronics, francesca lopez, voice, university of verona, italy (june 15, 2023)
delights and dangers of ambiguity cd release, improvisation with buck curran
mugen no umi no iro (link), buck curran, guitar, hiroya miura, piano, obsolete recordings, (january 6, 2023)
2022
barge music here and now festival
three poems from kanginshu for voice, cello, and shamisen, for duo yumeno, barge music, brooklyn, ny (september 4 , 2022)
myth & memory: berio folk songs and new companions
two arrangements of ryukyu folk songs, tsuki nu kaisha and asadoya yunta, for left coast chamber ensemble at jeannik miquét little field concert hall at mills college and san francisco conservatory of music, ca (june 5 and 6, 2022)
boston conservatory percussion ensemble concert featuring hiroya miura
blow-out, otik trio, and diacritic for percussion trio and quartet, studio 106, boston conservatory of music at berklee (april 25, 2022)
2021
shamisen sanya with hidejiro honjoh and yuji takahashi
premiere of knights’ crossing for shamisen and piano, yuji takahashi, piano, and hidejiro honjoh, shamisen, hall 60, shibuya, tokyo, japan (december 18, 2021)
university of washington school of music guest lecture
lecture “composition as translation”: discussion on singularity for string quartet, lustral shades for gagaku sankan, shamisen, and cello, and sharaku unframed (january 22, 2021)
2020
return to folk —distant sea—
new original arrangements of tosa no sunayama and dossha dossha, hidetaro honjoh, voice, dogen kinowaki, flute, tatsuki sasanuma, cello, sawako yasue, percussion, kioi hall, tokyo, japan (december 6, 2020) link
audio art festival kraków
remote improvisation performance as a member of kaon’cpt: michal seta (concept/charge conjugation), nicolas bouillot (concept/time reversal), bennett smith (dispersion), emmanuel durand (graphical memory), nina ripoll (action) and zack settel (entropy). stuart mcleod (gmt-7), d. andrew stewart (gmt-7), dirk stromberg (gmt+8) and michael edwards (gmt+1), hevre, kraków, poland (november 21, 2020) festival link
mari asakawa piano lecture recital: modern polyphony
eventide for piano, mari asakawa, tokyo opera city, tokyo, japan (october 29, 2020)
mostra internazionale del cinema di genova
flight over wasteland, screening, genoa, italy, (october 10-18, 2020) schedule is here
network music festival birmingham
remote improvisation performance as a member of kaon’cpt: michal seta (concept/charge conjugation), nicolas bouillot (concept/time reversal), bennett smith (dispersion), emmanuel durand (graphical memory), nina ripoll (action) and zack settel (entropy), stuart mcleod (gmt-7), and dirk stromberg (gmt+8), nmf, birmingham, united kingdom (july 17, 2020) link
ryuichi sakamoto: PTP04022020 with hidejiro honjoh
vermillion study for shamisen solo, hidejiro honjoh, shamisen, presented by dtv and kab inc., tokyo, japan (april 20, 2020)
video (courtesy of mr.sakamoto, available outside japan)
modern to contemporary piano seminar
resident composer, program includes eventide for piano, mari asakawa, orinasu yame hachihime hall, yame, fukuoka, japan (march 17-20)
2019
left coast chamber ensemble season opener
sharaku unframed, micro-opera for soprano, baritone, shamisen, flute, viola, double bass and percussion, left coast chamber ensemble under the direction of matilda hofman, nikki einfeld (soprano), daniel cilli (baritone), hidjiro honjoh (voice and shamisen), liliya lifanova (stage direction and costume), asian art museum, san francisco conservatory of music, and berkeley hillside club (october 5 and 6, 2019)
review by san francisco classical voice
international shakuhachi festival
galactic monarchs for shakuhachi and string orchestra, john kaizan neptune (shakuhachi), berg orchestra under the direction of peter vrábel, kz domovina, prague, czech republic (september 16, 2019)
chiharu naruse recital
atardecer/a…retraced, eagle hill institute, steuben, maine (may 18, 2019)
amalgama plays apnm
open passage -in memoriam andrew svoboda- season concert of the association for the promotion of new music, st-peter’s church, new york, ny (may 17, 2019)
flight over wasteland premiere screening
film version of flight over wasteland, multimedia collaboration with liliya lifanova, anthology film archives, new york, ny (april 13, 2019)
2018
50th anniversary concert of columbia university imjs/japanese cultural heritage initiatives : wagakki renaissance
three poems from ryojin hisho for voice, violin, and kotsuzumi, yomiuri otemachi hall, tokyo, japan (november 8, 2018)
ayumi shimonoto (voice), shuga hayashi (violin), and kaho tōsha (tsutsumi)
shamisen from edo hauta to contemporary
vermillion study for shamisen solo, hidejiro honjoh, center for new music, san francisco, ca (october 14, 2018)
hidjiro honjoh recital
vermillion study for shamisen solo, hidejiro honjoh, l’atelier by apc, tokyo, japan (august 23, 2018)
shamisen unlimited
vermillion study for shamisen solo (premiere), hidejiro honjoh, divadlo archa, prague, czech republic (june 18, 2018)
take dance anəmˈnēsis
take ueyama, whose work has been described by the new york times as “a bold tribute to modernity, with just enough originality,” is creating landscape 2, set to gossamer lattice, west end theater, nyc, ny (may 23, 24, and 25, 2018)
13th annual concert of japanese heritage instrumental music
lustral shades for shamisen, ryuteki, hichiriki, sho, and cello (premiere), miller theater, nyc, ny (march 31, 2018)
hidejiro honjoh (shamisen), takeshi sasamoto (ryuteki), mayumi miyata (sho), hitomi nakamura (hichiriki), and elena ariza (cello)
pma 360 “composing maine” with portland symphony orchestra
open passage —in memoriam andrew svoboda— for violin, cello, alto flute, and piano, players of the portland symphony orchestra, portland museum of art, portland, me (march 23, 2018)
boston university percussion ensemble concert
diacritic for percussion quartet, boston university college of fine arts concert hall, boston, ma (march 22, 2018)
2017
mezinárodní hudební festival setkávání nové hudby plus
soramimi for baritone solo, premiere, vojtěch šembera, janaček academy of music, brno, czech republic (november 14, 2017)
momenta festival III closing concert “forces of creation”
singularity for string quartet, momenta quartet, the center at west park, new york, ny (october 4, 2017)
juilliard summer percussion seminar closing concert
diacritic for percussion quartet, juilliard school, new york, ny (july 22, 2017)
flight over wasteland
multimedia collaboration based on t. s. eiliot’s waste land with artist liliya lifanova and choreographer, davy bisaro, knockdown center, maspeth, ny. (april 12-15, 2017)
2016
havana contemporary music festival
open passage — in memoriam andrew svoboda— for alto flute, violin, cello, and piano, third sound, havana contemporary music festival, havana, cuba (november 13-19, 2016)
utari in tokyo vol. 2
blow-out for percussion quartet, utari, bunkyo civic hall, tokyo, japan (october 29, 2016)
third sound concert
open passage — in memoriam andrew svoboda—, third sound, saint bartholomew’s church, new york, ny (october 21, 2016)
boston conservatory percussion ensemble concert
diacritic for percussion quartet, boston conservatory theater, boston, ma (october 1, 2016)
mari asakawa piano recital
eventide for piano, mari asakawa, carnegie weill recital hall, new york, ny (september 30, 2016)
mari asakawa piano recital
eventide for piano (premiere), mari asakawa, olin arts center concert hall, bates college, lewiston, me (september 28, 2016)
boston university tanglewood institute 50th anniversary concert with buti percussion ensemble
diacritic for percussion quartet, buti percussion ensemble directed by george nickson, west street theater, tanglewood, ma (july 28, 2016)
juilliard summer percussion seminar
blow-out for percussion quartet, utari, the juilliard school, new york, ny (july 15, 2016)
connections austria-america
chindami (revised version) for flute, clarinet, violin, contrabass, piano, and electronics, ensemble mise-en, austrian cultural forum (may 25, 2016)
queens new music festival
kodama for flute and marimba, iktus duo+, secret theater, queens, ny (may 22, 2016)
japanese sacred court music and ancient soundscapes reborn: poetry and paintings in concert
gossamer lattice for hichiriki, sho, and ryuteki, with hitomi nakamura, mayumi miyata, takeshi sasamoto, miller theater, new york, ny (march 26, 2016)
iktus duo+ residency at bates college
kodama for flute and marimba, iktus duo+, olin arts center, lewiston, me (march 12, 2016)
iktus duo+ concert
kodama for flute and marimba, iktus duo+, jack, brooklyn, ny (march 4, 2016)
2015
ensemble mise-en bates college residency
chindami for flute, clarinet, violin, contrabass, piano, and electronics, ensemble mise-en, olin arts center, lewiston, me (november 19, 2015)
acoutstic + sounds from new england
chindami for flute, clarinet, violin, contrabass, piano, and electronics, ensemble mise-en, mise-en place, brooklyn, ny (november 5, 2015)
biennial ostrava music days
singularity for string quartet with fama Q, philharmonic hall, ostrava, czech republic (august 26, 2015)
2014
from ancient/medieval mastery to contemporary
gossamer lattice for ryuteki, hichiriki, and sho with hitomi nakamura, takeshi sasamoto, and mayumi miyata, kioi hall, tokyo, japan (june 14, 2014)
2013
the flow of sounds —mari asakawa piano recital—
atardecer/a…retraced, with mari asakawa, kôen-dôri classics, tokyo, japan (december 15, 2013)
mannes percussion ensemble concert
puncture me with mannes percussion ensemble under the direction of james baker, mannes college concert hall, new york, ny (december 2, 2013)
new york times review of the concert
composition colloquium at mcgill university schulich school of music
composing in ex-futuro—imagining japan-ness in music— (november 21, 2013)
muse (multi cultural sonic evolution) sounds of arts festival
otik trio with iktus percussion, secret theatre, long island city, ny (november 21 & 23, 2013)
turning point duo debut tour
otik trio with matt sharrock, laurel black, and casey cangelosi, alexander fine arts center, concord university, athens, wv (october 23, 2013)
eastman school guest recital series
otik trio with iktus percussion, ray wright room, eastman school of music, rochester, ny (october 4, 2013)
japanese sacred court music and ancient soundscapes reborn
gossamer lattice for hichiriki, sho, and ryuteki, with hitomi nakamura, mayumi miyata, takeshi sasamoto, miller theater, new york, ny (march 8, 2013)
open passage – festival of new music 2013, florida state university (february 1, 2013)
2012
recordare – for make music new york winter festival (december 21, 2012)
for carillon of st-martin’s episcopal church, and marching brass musicians in new york city
preview article by wall street journal is here
read about recordare reviewed in linked music blog
singularity for string quartet – momenta quartet (premiere — december 4, 2012)
olin arts center concert hall, bates college, lewiston, me
rutgers percussion ensemble concert (november 10, 2012)
mitate for percussion sextet (live recording)
nicholas music center, rutgers, nj
festival vacances percutantes
otik trio (european premiere — july 25, 2012)
théâtre comoedia, marmande, france
2011
umi-madre – sound installation – (october 13-november 27, 2011)
centro de arte pepe espaliú, córdoba, spain
madama butterfly with mercury opera (august 23-27, 2011)
conductor
via italia-giovanni caboto park, edmonton, ab, canada
umi-madre – sound installation – (july 14-30, 2011)
la fragua artist residency, belalcázar, spain (read about it here in diario córdoba)
zeltsman marimba festival 2011 (8:00 pm, june 29, 2011)
otik trio
harper hall, lawrence memorial chapel, appleton, wi
weaving japanese sounds/ japan earthquake benefit concert (8:00 pm, may 7, 2011)
moonpetals
sachiko kato (pf) and airi yoshioka (vln)
tenri cultural institute, new york, ny
carnegie hall japan/nyc festival (see pages 18-19 of the pdf brochure)
mitate (new work)
juilliard percussion ensemble (8:00 pm, march 29, 2011)
alice tully hall, lincoln center, new york city, ny
new york times review of the concert
blow-out (new work)
line c3 percussion group (8:00 pm, april 2, 2011)
laguardia arts center, long island city, ny
japan oc festival at philharmonic society
gossamer lattice
takeshi sasamoto, ryuteki; hitomi nakamura, hichiriki; mayumi miyata, sho (8:00 pm, march 19, 2011)
sagerstorm center for the arts, samueli theater, orange county, ca
atardecer/a…retraced for piano solo (7:30 pm. april 2, 2011)
le possion rouge, new york city, ny
2010
listening in, looking out 2010
multimedia project with peter bussigel, alex koster, abby merson, jack schneider, masaki endo, and school children in sendai, japan and lewiston, me
link to the project page
tome art triennale
collaborative installation with french artist fabiana cruz
“making of” video by fabiana cruz
ongoing project
passage project
collaboration with japanese photographer kanako sasaki
with naoto ogawa, film curator, at sendai mediatheque (sorry… in japanese only!)