Mayako Kubo
Mayako Kubo ( Japanese 久保 摩耶 子 , Kubo Mayako ; born December 5, 1947 in Kobe ) is a Japanese composer who has lived in Europe since 1972.
Life
After initial training as a pianist, Kubo studied composition in Vienna in the 1970s with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati , Erich Urbanner and Friedrich Cerha . In 1980 she continued her studies with Helmut Lachenmann . In 1985 she moved to Berlin, where she has mostly lived since then.
Kubo has emerged primarily as an opera composer; in total her work comprises around 120 compositions. Her subjects come preferably from Japanese literature and mythology . Her first opera Rashomon is based on a story by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke , which Akira Kurosawa also used as a template for his film of the same name . "First performed at steirischer herbst in Graz, the opera deals with facets of the concept of truth in a fascinating way." The second opera, Osan , was inspired by a play by the samurai poet Chikamatsu Monzaemon . But current events are also reflected in Kubo's oeuvre. Most recently, after the devastating Tōhoku earthquake in Japan in March 2011, she wrote the Sanriku songs based on poems by Meiko Matsudaira .
Her music "is designed for mutual understanding despite all its rebellion. In many of her pieces the behavior of people in social contexts is a theme." While her models often come from the Japanese culture, she musically follows the tradition of European modernism. “Composition as an expedition into the disordered and the unknown, apart from aesthetic purity and stylistic unity.” Kubo's work is characterized by stylistic versatility combined with biographical continuity and a predominantly dramatic, expressive musical language.
She is co-founder and artistic director of YACOB , the Young Asian Chamber Orchestra Berlin.
Scholarships and Awards
Mayako Kubo was a fellow of the Japan Foundation , the Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg , the Bogliasco Foundation and the Yaddo Foundation . She has received grants from the Japanese Ministry of Culture, the City of Vienna, the Alban Berg Foundation , the Federal Music Academy Rheinsberg and the Berlin Senate.
Works
Operas
- Rashomon (World Premiere in Graz Opera in 1996; World Premiere of the Japanese version in 2002 Nissay Theater Tokyo)
- Osan - The Secret of Love (World Premiere 2005 New National Theater Tokyo)
- The Spider Thread ( World Premiere 2010 Berlin)
Music theater, performance
- White daisies accompanied by a bottle , scenic music (2004)
- Hyperion fragments , music theater (2001)
- Mothers, Children, Lovers, People , Ballet Suite (1981/82)
Orchestral works
- Arachnoid (1980)
- Piano Concerto (1985/86)
- 1st symphony (1993/98)
- 2nd symphony (2000)
- Concertino della porta di Brandeburgo (2008)
- Sanriku Songs (2011)
Chamber music
- Berlin diary, piano cycle (1989/90)
- Yasuko , for chamber ensemble (1996)
- Mirlitonnades - 24 songs based on Samuel Beckett (2005)
- Turning Points , string trio (2007)
- Breath Pause , Guitar Quartet (2008)
literature
- H. Yamamoto / C. Ivanovic (eds.): Translation - Transformation. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg, 2010
- Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer: Thirds and baby cries . Portrait of Mayako Kubo. Bavarian Broadcasting 2010
- Contemporary Composers , Edition Text and Criticism, Munich, 2009 rev.
- Silke Manteuffel: Portrait of women composers , Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk 2008
- Opera in Japan. Yearbook 2005 and 2008, Japan Opera Association
- Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition
- Julia Schmidt-Pirro: My home is in the air . In: Positions, No. 63, Berlin, 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ Music Information Center Austria (mica)
- ↑ Stephan Mösch: opera world, November 1996
- ^ Frank Hilberg: "An opera of cruelty", Rashomon program, Bühnen Graz, 1996
- ↑ Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer: "Terzen and Babygeschrei", portrait Mayako Kubo, Bayerischer Rundfunk 2010
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated November 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Works by and about Mayako Kubo in the catalog of the German National Library
- Music Information Center Austria
- New Music Publishing House
- Ariadne music publisher
- Catalog of works, discography, bibliography
- Homepage Mayako Kubo
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kubo, Mayako |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 久保 摩耶 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kobe |