Stina Hellberg Agback, Eva Lindal, Toshimaru Nakamura (中村としまる)

Swedish violinist Eva Lindal is a performer of contemporary and improvised music, as well as a highly regarded baroque musician. She was a member of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1986 to 1998. During her years with the orchestra, Eva established associations with the group Katzen Kapell and the contemporary group MA. Since 1998, Eva has worked mainly with small groups, often in collaboration with dancers, poets, actors and visual artists. In 2020, Eva and her sister, Anna Lindal, released the duo recording Bäver, which received international critical acclaim. In 2024, Eva and New York pianist Virg Dzurinko released their second duo album: Hotel at the End of the World.

中村 としまる　TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA

ノー・インプット・ミキシング・ボード奏者。

舞台音響技術、遊戯施設の効果音および音楽制作、或いはまた楽団でギターを弾くなどの２０歳代を経てたが、結句、何物も身につかなかった。唯一、ひょんなことから興じていったオーディオ・ミキサーを用いたフィードバックの演奏のみが、手に馴染み且つ精神との整合も取れるものとなり、それが我れも演奏家の端くれであるという大胆な誤認を自らにもたらす。この悲劇的な思い上がりを前提として、演奏の機会が与えられればこれに応じ、現在に至る。

Toshimaru Nakamura has been producing electronic music on self-named "no-input mixing board." The name describes the method of his music. "No" external sound source is connected back to "inputs" of the "mixing board”. Nakamura’s principle is being an improviser, no-input mixing board is the best vehicle so far to realise his attitude toward music. According to the nature of the set-up, Nakamura always has to deal with unpredictability, therefore, he is willing to abandon his control over the instrument to some extent, and place himself in the realm of obedience and resignation.

He has been performing live concerts in Tokyo and elsewhere by travelling around Europe, North America, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia, Korea, China, Singapore and Malaysia since the middle of 1990's until now, for meeting, working and playing concerts with local musicians from those places and ones from different places.

TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA