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OTOMO Yoshihide

Musician

Born 1959 in Yokohama. Has been attracting a lot of attention around the globe with his endeavors across genres and styles, from experimental music to jazz and pop, while also being renowned for his musical contributions in the realms of cinema, TV and theater. In recent years, his focus has been on musical works and sound installations, as well as collaborations with various artists and regular citizens under the name “Ensembles,” presented in a rather unique concert style. At the same time, he continues to engage in a range of participatory projects. After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, he launched a project in the Fukushima area, where he spent his teens, and in 2012, received a Ministry of Education's Award for Fine Arts for his work on the “Project FUKUSHIMA!” His numerous other awards include a Japan Record Award for the score for the TV program “Amachan” in 2013. Since 2014, Otomo has been devoting himself to Ensembles Asia, launched as a vehicle for establishing a network across Asia through music. He was the artistic director of the Sapporo International Art Festival 2017, and in 2019, director of the reorganized Waraji Matsuri, a popular local festival in Fukushima.

Related Events

  • quartets online

    Wednesday, September 9, 2020 — Friday, March 31, 2023

  • sound tectonics #14

    OTOMO Yoshihide FEN Orchestra / Asia Explosion : Net Works

    Sunday, August 3, 2014

  • OTOMO Yoshihide FEN Orchestra / Asia Explosion : Musics

    Saturday, August 2, 2014

  • Event related to OTOMO Yoshihide FEN Orchestra / Asia Explosion : Musics/Event related to OTOMO Yoshihide FEN Orchestra / Asia Explosion : Net Works

    Saturday, August 2, 2014

  • Event related to YCAMDOMMUNE

    Friday, November 29, 2013

  • Event related to YCAMDOMMUNE

    Friday, November 29, 2013

  • Time Travel to 2050: The Musical Visions of Debussy and Cage

    Wednesday, August 1, 2012

  • Event related to OTOMO Yoshihide / ENSEMBLES

    Networks

    Saturday, October 11, 2008

  • Event related to OTOMO Yoshihide / ENSEMBLES

    Artist Talk

    Sunday, August 24, 2008

  • Event related to OTOMO Yoshihide / ENSEMBLES

    Improvised orchestra workshop for children

    Sunday, August 17, 2008

  • Event related to OTOMO Yoshihide / ENSEMBLES

    Songs

    Saturday, July 5, 2008

  • OTOMO Yoshihide / ENSEMBLES

    Saturday, July 5 — Monday, October 13, 2008

  • Event related to OTOMO Yoshihide / ENSEMBLES

    Briefing session on volunteer and equipment recruitment

    Sunday, June 1, 2008

  • Event related to OTOMO Yoshihide / ENSEMBLES

    Yoshihideo Otomo + Tadasu Takamine: Talk Show

    Sunday, June 1, 2008

  • sound tectonics #6

    signal to noise

    Wednesday, March 8, 2006

  • ANODE sound installation version

    Sunday, January 11 — Monday, April 12, 2004

  • ANODE

    Tuesday, December 9, 2003

  • Event related to ANODE

    OTOMO YOHIHIDE Solo

    Monday, December 8, 2003

Released Works

  • quartets online

    2020 Others

    OTOMO Yoshihide,Norimichi HIRAKAWA,Yuki KIMURA,Ko ISHIKAWA,Yoshimitsu ICHIRAKU,Jim O'Rourke,kahimi karie,Sachiko M,Axel DÖRNER,Martin BRANDLMAYR

    Under construction

  • quartets

    2008 Installation

    OTOMO Yoshihide+Yuki KIMURA+Benedict DREW+Norimichi HIRAKAWA+Ko ISHIKAWA+Yoshimitsu ICHIRAKU+Jim O'Rourke+kahimi karie+Sachiko M+Axel DÖRNER+Martin BRANDLMAYR

    Under construction

  • orchestras

    2008 Installation

    OTOMO Yoshihide+Tadasu TAKAMINE

    Under construction

  • without records

    2008 Installation

    OTOMO Yoshihide+Yasutomo AOYAMA

    Under construction

  • hyper wr player - without records hi-fi version

    2008 Installation

    OTOMO Yoshihide

    Under construction

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