KATA

I'm very excited to announce a major project for 2020. I'm a fellow of US Japan Friendship Commission and my composition KATA will be premiered in August, during the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. KATA will feature Karate performers, motion sensor and brain scan technologies and my music and video. I'm working with three outstanding musicians as collaborators: Ota Akiko (Sansuzu Tsuruzawa), Akikazu Nakamura and Adam Vidiksis. For the premiere of KATA I'm very excited to say that my group Ensemble N_JP will feature Naomi Sato, Ko Ishikawa, Naoko Kikuchi and Rei Hotoda, along with more guests to be announced soon. I'm looking forward so much to this project, which got an official launch last night at the US Embassy in Tokyo. Pictures below and more to come soon. Congratulations to the other US artists selected for this amazing opportunity and special thanks to Michael Orlove of the NEA.