Pre-event of Hanoi Collective Orchestra

Thu 14 Jul 2016, 8 pm
Rec Room

From the organizer:

Hanoi Collective Orchestra, held in Hanoi for the second time, is one of the art projects that participants perform “music instruments” as a member of Orchestra. Participants create “music instruments” using tools, materials that we use in our everyday life.

This year, we invite Japanese famous artists – musician OTOMO Yoshihide, sound artist SUZUKI Akio và sound designer MORINAGA Yasuhiro.

They will perform their music as a pre-event of Hanoi Collective Orchestra performance.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

OTOMO Yoshihide / 大友良英

Musician/ Guitarist / turntablist / composer / film score composer / record producer

Born in 1959 in Yokohama, Japan. As a teenager, he spent time in Fukushima. Staying independent, he has consistently composed a wide range of music from improvisation to noise music and pop, and his music talent has spread all over the world. He has a successful career as a film score composer and has produced more than 70 movie soundtracks.

In recent years, he has produced special type of concerts and musical works in collaboration with other various artists under the name of ”ensembles”. In addition, one of his priorities is, producing musical workshop projects involving handicapped children.

In 2011, after the Great East Japan Earthquake, he started “PROJECT FUKUSHIMA!” along with people in various sectors. He has been active beyond the music scene and this is the reason that he has attracted a great deal of attention. In 2012, he received the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in the category of Promotion for “PROJECT FUKUSHIMA!”. In 2013, he received various prizes including the Japan Record Award for his accomplishments, such as composing the theme music for the TV drama “Amachan”.

See the latest video about Otomo Yoshihide during his performance at Transformer Station gallery in Cleveland, Ohio in May here:

[youtube width=”700″ height=”393”]https://youtu.be/eGEVI1J9iJw[/youtube]

SUZUKI Akio / 鈴木昭男

Sound Artist

A legendary Japanese sound artist Suzuki Akio has been performing, building instruments, and presenting sound installations for nearly 40 years. Suzuki’s journey as an artist began in 1963 with a performance at Nagoya station, in which he threw a bucket full of junk down a staircase. Suzuki’s performances and installations have been presented by numerous festivals and museum in several continents such as AV Festival(NewCastle, 2014), The National Museum of Modern Art(Kyoto, 2007), Musee Zadkin(Paris, 2004), British Museum(London, 2002), Donaueschingen Festival (Donaueschingen, 1998), Docmenta8(Kassel, 1987), Japan House(New York, 1983), Festival d’ Automne(Paris, 1978) and many others.

See Suzuki Akio’s performance at Sound Live Tokyo Fringe 2013:

[youtube width=”700″ height=”393″]https://youtu.be/TdeXeS8AB4Q[/youtube]

MORINAGA Yasuhiro/森永泰弘

Sound Designer

Morinaga Yasuhiro is a sound designer/music director. He has worked on multiple projects in film, contemporary dance, installation, and the performing arts. Morinaga has been engaged in field works around Asia. His interest is to record and document ethnic music, aural communication and wildlife environment. By the use of recording materials, he creates different style of work. Morinaga runs a label for audiovisual publishing.

Free entrance