Kawauchi (Masamichi Kinoshita, Takumi Ikeda, Masashi Yamamoto, Haruyuki Suzuki, REIZEN)

Kawauchi -contrabass day-
かわうち　―コントラバスの日―

Contrabass: Masashi Yamamoto

Composers:
Masamichi Kinoshita
Takumi Ikeda
Masashi Yamamoto
Haruyuki Suzuki
REIZEN

CVs:

Masamichi Kinoshita
Born in 1969 in Ono City, Fukui Prefecture. After gaining experience in brass bands and hard rock, he studied music at Tokyo Gakugei University. During this time, he also performed in free jazz, group improvisation, and comedy bands, often with political themes. He has been selected for the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award and the Gen-On Newcomer Award.
Currently, his activities focus on three pillars: composing on commission or in collaboration with various organizations and individuals, planning cutting-edge concerts with the cooperation of outstanding performers, and improvising with electronic equipment used in unconventional ways.
In recent years, he has composed and premiered approximately 20 pieces a year, primarily chamber music. Several of his works and performances have been released on CD and distributed online. He has also recently begun writing children's stories.

Takumi Ikeda is a computer musician and composer. He uses music and sound to interact with others, environments, and time. He also uses these media to define his own place in the real world. To relativize the history of music and the physicality of performance, he explores music production through computer programming and develops performance systems. In addition to works involving live electronics, Ikeda creates music for choirs, notation works for improvisational musicians, and movie soundtracks. Ikeda is active in the noise unit Electric Powered Music with Masamichi Kinoshita and Tomoki Tai, and he performs as an improvisational musician.

Masashi Yamamoto
Pursuing original sounds and expressions, he performs both domestically and internationally. He was awarded the Kranichsteiner Prize honorable mention for his solo performance at the Darmstadt Summer Course of Contemporary Music. He was awarded the 24th Saji Keizo Prize for his solo performance "The Unplugged Theater." He won the Grand Prize in the double bass and electronics category at the David Walter Composition Competition, organised by the International Society of Bassists. Pegasus Concert "Masashi Yamamoto: The Microcosm of the Unaccompanied Double Bass," organaised by the Japan Society for Contemporary Music, was broadcast over two weeks on NHK-FM's "Contemporary Music." He is also active internationally as an improviser, performing with a variety of musicians. He graduated from the Special Course in Music at Tokyo University of the Arts. He is the principal double bassist of the Orchestra Triptyque.

Haruyuki Suzuki
Born in Tokyo. In 1990, he formed the young composer group TEMPUS NOVUM. His works have been performed at Gaudeamus International Music Week (Amsterdam), Les Inouies (Bordeaux), Experimental Intermedia (New York), Suntory Summer Festival (Tokyo), Music From Japan (New York), and broadcast on NHK-FM, CS Radio Sky, Radio France, Berlin-German Radio, DRS2, Radio Canada, etc. In 2000, he performed his first live silent film, mainly electronic music, and from that experience, he began to perform live electronic music as well.

REIZEN
Japanese musician, based in Tokyo. Formed the quartet NERAE in 2007. In 2011 he shifted to solo performance. His work has been released on P.S.F. Records, Fylkingen Records and Edition Omega Point, etc. Performs frequently around Tokyo. Notable performances outside Japan include TUSK Festival (UK, 2015), UK tour with Elodie (2016), Empty Gallery (Hong Kong, 2017). In June 2019 with some friends he founded edition zeroso (0奏), a small imprint and series of live performances based in Tokyo.