Thurmchen Ensemble Koln, Erik Ona, Julia Spaeth,
Release Date: 21 May 2021
Label: Neos
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260063120206
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Description
Japanese composer Noriko Kawakami left her homeland over 30 years ago. However, her contact to Japan has remained close, and the spiritual bond with her cultural roots has increased even further due to the spatial distance. More recently, Kawakami has also incorporated traditional Japanese instruments; in "Im Traum, der das Chaos webt" (In the dream that chaos weaves) she searched for possibilities of merging koto and accordion.
All six pieces on this CD were inspired by existential phenomena and literary sources - they also and especially reflect the tracing of hidden mental processes as an essential drive for Kawakami.
Noriko Kawakami (* 1955) studied composition in Tokyo, Freiburg and Essen. After a two-year stay in Paris, she now lives as a freelance composer in Cologne. Her works have been performed at numerous festivals and concert series around the world. As a guest lecturer, she was invited to the Akiyoshidai International Contemporary Music Seminar and Festival in Japan among others.
Tracklisting
Claude Lenners, Noise Watchers Unlimited Ensemble
Munchener Kammerorchester, Ilan Volkov, Jessica Niles, Tobias Vogelmann
Tobias Eduard Schick
Cuarteto Ornati
Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players
Klara Tomljanovic, Alberto Carretero, Marton Illes, Vito Zuraj, Steingrimur Rohloff, Nikolaus Brass, Detlef Heusinger
Ensemble Musikfabrik, Carl Rosman, Patrick Stadler
lovemusic & Santiago Diez Fischer
Ostrava New Orchestra, Owen Underhill, Ostravska Banda, Petr Kotik, Elision Ensemble, Arditti Quartet, Switch~ Ensemble, Jason Thorpe Buchanan
Gavin Bryars
Ilse Eerens, Tomoko Kasai, Mayumi Miyata, Masanori Oishi, Saori Oya, Naoko Yoshino
L'Itineraire, Leo Margue
Hashtag Ensemble
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis
Joel-Francois Durand
Elisabeth Harnik
