Kuniko Kato Europe Tour 2012
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Kuniko Kato Arts Project
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY24 Creation Grant
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.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Tuesday, June 12, 2012 – Saturday, July 7
- Venues
- 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.