CAROLYN FOSTER BOARD MEMBER Carolyn has been involved in digital design projects for 25 years. She has been a digital content specialist consulting to Government, education and corporate clients, and led her own digital content agency Chapter1 Digital for some...
SOOJI KIM electroacoustic practitioner/composer Rachael Sooji Kim is a Naarm-based, electroacoustic practitioner whose process-driven approach merges improvisation, collaboration, and experimentation. In 2024, she had 3 releases through ‘Modulisme’ (France),...
AKI KITAJIMA VIOLONCELLO Aki Kitajima was born in Chiba, Japan. She received her bachelor’s degrees at the Toho-Gakuen school of music under Prof. Keiko Matsunami. Additionally, she took private classes under Prof. Ryosuke Hori there. In 2003 she won first...
TAKAHIRO YASUDA VIOLA Born in 1978 in Tokyo. Studied under Mr. Masao Kawabata, Mr. Hiroyuki Yamaguchi and Mr. Robert Davidovici. After attending the Tokyo College of Music, received a scholarship to attend Florida International University, where completed my...
YOSHU KAMEI 2nd violin Yoshu Kamei started his activities mainly in contemporary works in the 2000s. He studied contemporary technique of violin music and free improvisation at the Royal Conservatory of Liege in Belgium. After returning to Japan, he continued...
YASUTAKA HEMMI 1st violin Yasutaka Hemmi is one of the most dynamic and active violinists for contemporary music in Japan. He has worked with major composers, such as Toshio Hosokawa, Joji Yuasa, Akira Nishimura, Brian Ferneyhough, Helmut Lachenmann, Ivan...