Kuniko Kato Europe Tour 2012

Business Overview

The European tour of "Kuniko plays Reich," a program featuring mainly Steve Reich's songs with the innovative idea of playing back pre-recorded music from 10 speakers and performing an ensemble with Kuniko Kato's live performance.

implementation period

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 – Saturday, July 7

Place of implementation

Comitas Chamber Music Hall (Yerevan, Armenia) Japanese House in Paris (Paris, France) Theater Fernando de Rojas (Madrid, Spain) Liceu Conservatory (Barcelona, Spain) Japanese House in Cologne (Cologne, Germany) Japanese House in Rome (Rome, Italy) Rietberg Museum (Zurich, Switzerland)

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Profile

[Kato Kunko]
One of Japan's leading percussionists. Participated in Ensemble Nomad, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Ensemble Iktus (Belgium), etc. He has received many awards including the Kranigstein Prize of the Summer Contemporary Music Workshop in Darmstadt and the Keizo Saji Prize of the 12 Suntory Arts Foundation. In 2011, "kuniko plays reich," a percussion arrangement of Steve Reich's Counterpoint masterpiece, was simultaneously released worldwide by Britain's Lynn Records. He is a musical director of dance works by Rosas, Miyako Kato, Yoshie Nakamura, etc. He also collaborates with director Satoshi Miyagi, and provides theme music for NHK Arts Theater.