Kumiko Omura
Kumiko Omura ( Japanese 大村 久 美 子 , Ōmura Kumiko ; * 1970 in Shizuoka Prefecture ) is a Japanese composer . She is one of the leading composers in Japan.
Life
Omura first studied with Isao Matsushita , Kenjirō Urata and Jō Kondō at the Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku . She then studied composition with Nicolaus A. Huber and electronic music with Ludger Brümmer and Dirk Reith at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and at the IRCAM in Paris and Intermedia Art (Master) with Kiyoshi Furukawa at the Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku. Your music has been performed in Japan, Korea, USA and Europe (including: Witten Days for New Chamber Music , Musica Viva in Germany, Festival AGORA , Festival Acanthe in France, Gaudeamus Music Week in Holland, Emufest in Italy, Bludenzer Days of Contemporary Music in Austria and Music From Japan in New York). Performers include New Japan Philharmonic , Ensemble Modern , musikFabrik , Ensemble recherche , Ensemble Resonanz and Nieuw Ensemble . From 2006 to 2010 she was a guest artist at the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe. From 2010 to 2011 she was “composer in residence” at Künstlerhof Schreyahn .
Awards
- 1994: Irino Prize for Young Composers in Japan
- 1998: Gaudeamus International Composers Award
- 1999: Prize of the Biennale New Music Hanover
- 2000: Sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists
- 2000: ACL Yoshiro IRINO Memorial Prize at the Asian Music Festival
- 2004: Takefu Composition Award in Japan
- 2005: Composition Prize for young composer by Japan Society for Contemporary Music
- 2012: Advancement award of the Giga-Hertz-Preis at the ZKM ( Center for Art and Media Technology ) and the Experimental Studio of the SWR
Discography
- Double Contour / Kumiko Omura Portrait CD by fontec "Japanese Composer" series (2009)
- Double Contour for cello and live electronics (2001)
- Germination II for 6 Players (Fl.Ob.Cl.Vn.Pf.Vib.) (2003)
- Homage à Pluton for ensemble and live electronics (2006-7)
- Mutation of the Möbius for recorder and viola d'amore (2005)
- La complication d'image AB for alto / baritone saxophone (2002/7)
- Reticulation for Orchestra (1993-4)
- Imaginary Bridge for shakuhachi, ensemble and electronic sound (1998-99)
- Double Contour for cello and live electronics (2001) / Computer music journal sound and video anthology. Volume 28 by MIT Press (2004)
- La complicatiln d'image for tenor saxophone and live electronic (2002) / Takashi Saito (Sax) Solo CD by ALM Record in Japan (2003)
- Synapse for strings ensemble (2001-2) / Witten Days for New Chamber Music 2002 at WDR
Web links
- Kumiko Omura Home Page
- Profile of Kumiko Omura at the ZKM
- Computer music journal sound and video anthology. Volume 28, 2004 MIT Press
Individual evidence
- ↑ 6th musica viva event ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (PDF)
- ↑ SWR press release of October 18, 2012
Law Wing-fai (1981) | Phoon Yew Tien (1983) | Cuong Nguyen (1984) | Tzyy-Sheng Lee (1986) | Chan Wing-wah (1988) | Tan Dun (1990) | Jeroen Speak (1992) | Lim Jie-sun (1993) | Wang Sue-ya (1994) | Jiradej Setabundhu (1996) | Jomar B. Ferreria (1997) | Yu-Hui Chang (1998) | Dody Satya Ekagustdiman / A. Fahmy Alatlas (1999) | Kumiko Omura (2000) | Sungji Hong (2002) | Sakiko Kosaka (2003) | Erel Paz (2004) | Narong Prangcharoen (2005) | Samuel Holloway (2007) | Tang Lok-yin (2007) | Kim Il-jin (2009) | Yen Ming-Hsiu (2011) | Shogo Takahashi (2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Omura, Kumiko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 大村 久 美 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shizuoka Prefecture |