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*[http://www.arts-electric.org/stories/090304_kimura.html MARI KIMURA, TRADITION/E-NOVATION]. By Suzanne Thorpe. March 4, 2009. Ars Electric.
*[http://www.arts-electric.org/stories/090304_kimura.html MARI KIMURA, TRADITION/E-NOVATION]. By Suzanne Thorpe. March 4, 2009. Ars Electric.
*[http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/portraits/faculty/archive/2008-09/0811.html Mari Kimura]: faculty portrait.
*[http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/portraits/faculty/archive/2008-09/0811.html Mari Kimura]: faculty portrait.
*[http://www.stringsmagazine.com/article/default.aspx?articleid=24421&printable=yes Mari Kimura on Subharmonics: The violinist continues to explore the world below G]. By James Reel. Strings Magazine.
*[http://www.stringsmagazine.com/News/Interviews-Profiles/Mari-Kimura-on-Subharmonics/(page)/1 Mari Kimura on Subharmonics: The violinist continues to explore the world below G]. By James Reel. Strings Magazine.
*[http://www.harvestworks.org/cms/index.php/Artists-Guide-Web-Content/Mari.html GuitarBotana], sponsored by HarvestWorks.
*[http://www.harvestworks.org/cms/index.php/Artists-Guide-Web-Content/Mari.html GuitarBotana], sponsored by HarvestWorks.
*[http://www.angelfire.com/music2/davidbundler/kimura.html Mari Kimura, interview by David Bündler]. Appeared in 20th-Century Music in January, 1999.
*[http://www.angelfire.com/music2/davidbundler/kimura.html Mari Kimura, interview by David Bündler]. Appeared in 20th-Century Music in January, 1999.

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Mari Kimura

Mari Kimura (木村 まり, Kimura Mari) is a Japanese violinist and composer best known for her use of subharmonics, which, achieved through special bowing techniques, allow pitches below the instrument's normal range.[1] She is credited with "introducing" the use of violin subharmonics,[2][3] which allow a violinist to play a full octave below the low G on the violin without adjusting the tuning of the instrument.[4]

She studied violin with Joseph Fuchs, Roman Totenberg, Toshiya Eto, and Armand Weisbord. She also studied composition with Mario Davidovsky at Columbia University, and computer music at Stanford University. Mari Kimura holds a doctorate in performance from The Juilliard School. Since September 1998, Ms. Kimura has been teaching a graduate class in Interactive Computer Music Performance at The Juilliard School.[5]

Compositions

Kimura has been composing for violin solo and violin with various media since 1991.[6] Her works for solo violin (without computer) showcase subharmonics: ALT (three movements), 1992, Gemini, 1993, Six Caprices for Subharmonics, 1997, Subharmonic Partita, 2004.

Kimura's compositions for violin and interactive computer make use of the Max/MSP software. Recently, she has been developing with and took part in introducing "Max for Live", which integrates Max patches with Ableton Live, at the AES (Audio Engineering Society) Meeting on October 9, 2009.[7]

She is also the composer of the GuitarBotana,[8] a work for violin and GuitarBot.[9]

She has premiered works by composers Jean-Claude Risset, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Frances White, Tania León, Robert Rowe, and Yoshihiro Kanno. She has performed with a range of avant-guarde performers such as Robert Dick, Elliott Sharp, or Henry Kaiser.[10]

Awards

In Japan, Kimura was awarded the Kenzo Nakajima Music Prize in 1995,[11] a prestigious honor in recognition of her creative activities in the country. Her commissions include PluckLand for Shamisen and Violin with interactive computer (for Music From Japan Festival 2009),[12] InterAct Sweet for orchestra (for Chautauqua Regional Youth Symphony 2008),[13] GuitarBotana commissioned by Harvestworks,[14] Violin Concerto for violin and interactive computer system with orchestra (for Orqesta Sinfonica de Guanajuato, Mexico), Kivika for dance (for AmDAT dance),[15] Arboleda for viola and electronics (for violist Liuh Wen Ting), Bucknerian for voice and electronics (for baritone Thomas Buckner) and Descarga Interactive for violin and electronics (2000 ICMC Commission Award).[16]

She was selected as a 2010 Composer in Residence in musical research at IRCAM in Paris, as one of the two winners among 117 applicants.[17] She worked on her ongoing collaboration with the Real Time Musical Interactions Team at IRCAM on bowing gesture follower, the “Augmented Violin System”. Kimura was awarded 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition.

Performances

Kimura has been invited as an artist in residence at Banff Center for the Arts, Headland Center for the Arts, Harvestworks, among others. A winner of 2006 Artist Fellowship from New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), her works have been supported by grants including Jerome Foundation, Arts International, Meet The Composer, Japan Foundation, Argosy Foundation, and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). Her international appearances include the Agora Festival at IRCAM in Paris; Spring in Budapest, Hungary; ISCM World Music Days in Hong Kong; Internacíonal Festival Cervantino in Mexico; International Bartók Festival in Hungary; St. Christopher festival in Lithuania, Asian Contemporary Music Festival in Korea. Her radio and TV appearances include CNN’s Headline News, NY1 News, NHK radio in Japan, WNYC-FM’s “Around New York”, among others.

Discography

Albums

Year Album
2010 The World Below G and Beyond[18]
2007 Polytopia[19]
2005 The World Below G (self-release, withdrawn for 2010 compilation)
1999 Leyendas[20]
1996 Irrefragable Dreams[21]
1993 Acoustics[22]

References

  1. ^ "Polytopia: Music for Violin & Electronics" review by Uncle Dave Lewis, AllMusic.
  2. ^ "subharmonics". marikimura.com.
  3. ^ "Mari Kimura on Subharmonics". Strings Magazine.
  4. ^ Edward Rothstein (April 21, 1994). "A Violinist Tests Limits In Music Of Her Time". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  5. ^ Mari Kimura, faculty page. The Juilliard School.
  6. ^ "Compositions by Mari Kimura". Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  7. ^ "W2 - Max for Live". Audio Engineering Society. October 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ "GuitarBot". YouTube. September 21, 2007. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  10. ^ "Mari Kimura" biography by Joslyn Layne, AllMusic.
  11. ^ ja:中島健蔵音楽賞 Kenzo Nakajima awards (in Japanese).
  12. ^ "Masters of Tradition: Mojibei Tokiwazu V and his shamisen quartet". 2009.
  13. ^ http://camt.nyfa.org/level3.asp?id=157&fid=1&sid=1
  14. ^ Mari, GuitarBotana, sponsored by HarvestWorks.
  15. ^ [2] new york AMDaT - dance art technology visual motion construction
  16. ^ "IMCA Commissions (in What's New?)". ICMA.
  17. ^ "WWWIRCAM 2010 Selection Committee".
  18. ^ "Mutable Music".
  19. ^ Jay Batzner (October 30, 2007). "Mari Kimura: Polytopia".
  20. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/leyendas-jazz-album
  21. ^ "Irrefregable Dreams". Random Acoustics.
  22. ^ "Mari Kimura CDs". marikimura.com.

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