Kumiko Omura
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Kumiko Omura | |
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| Born | January 1, 1970 |
| Other names | 大村 久美子 |
| Occupation | composer |
Kumiko Omura (大村 久美子, Ōmura Kumiko, born 1970 in Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese composer in the field of contemporary instrumental and electronic music.
Career[]
Omura studied with Isao Matsushita, and Jo Kondo at the Tokyo University of the Arts. She then took music composition with Prof. Nicolaus A. Huber and electronic music with and at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. She further studied electronic music at IRCAM in Paris, and Intermedia Art (master's degree) with in Tokyo. Her music has been performed in Japan, Korea, USA, and Europe (Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, in Germany, , in France, in the Netherlands, in Italy, Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik in Austria and in New York) by such orchestras and ensembles as the New Japan Philharmonic, Ensemble Modern, musikFabrik, Ensemble recherche, and Nieuw Ensemble. Between 2006 and 2010, she was a guest artist at Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie in Karlsruhe, Germany, and from 2010–2011 she was a composer in residence at .
Recognition[]
- 1994: Irino Prize in Japan
- 1998: Gaudeamus International Composers Award in the Netherlands
- 1999: Prize by
- 2000:
- 2000: by Asian Music Festival
- 2004: in Japan
- 2005: Composition Prize for young composer by Japan Society for Contemporary Music
- 2012: Supporting prize by by ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie) and
Discography[]
- Double Contour / Kumiko Omura Portrait CD by "Japanese Composer" series (2009)
- Double Contour for cello and live electronics (2001)
- Germination II 6 Players (Fl.Ob.Cl.Vn.Pf.Vib.) (2003)
- Hommage à Pluton ensemble and live electronics (2006–07)
- Mutation of the Möbius recorder and viola d'amore (2005)
- La complication d'image AB for alto/baritone saxophone (2002/7)
- Reticulation for Orchestra (1993–94)
- 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, (2004)
- La complicatiln d'image for tenor saxophone and live electronic (2002) / Takashi Saito (Sax) Solo CD by in Japan (2003)
- Synapse for strings ensemble (2001–02) / Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 2002 bem WDR
External links[]
- Kumiko Omura Home Page
- Profil von Kumiko Ōmura by ZKM
- Biography of Kumiko Omura by Ircam (written in 1999)
References[]
- Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 2002 beim WDR (2CD)
- Computer music journal sound and video anthology. Volume 28, 2004 MIT Press
- Movie of the award ceremony of Giga-Hertz-Preis 2012_ZKM
- Movie of the award ceremony of Giga-Hertz-Preis 2012_YouTube
- An article by SWR (SüdWestRundfunk/South West Broadcast) Home Page about Giga-Hertz-Preis 2012] (German Text)
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- 1970 births
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century Japanese musicians
- 21st-century classical composers
- Japanese classical composers
- Japanese female classical composers
- Living people
- Musicians from Shizuoka Prefecture
- 21st-century Japanese composers
- 20th-century women composers
- 21st-century women composers