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...
WARREN BURT Composer, Performer, Writer, Instrument Builder, Film-and-Video Maker, Performance Poet Warren Burt is a composer, performer, writer, instrument builder, film-and-video maker, performance poet and a few other things as well. Born in 1949 in the USA, he...
BRIGID BURKE Woodwind Specialist, Composer, Visual/Media & Educator Dr Brigid Burke is an Australian composer, performance artist, clarinet soloist, visual artist, video artist and educator whose creative practice explores the use of acoustic sound and...
