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21strings Chieko Mori IL PIACERE E' MIO festival 2006 in Vittorio Veneto
BornBeppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Occupation(s)Koto player, composer, music arranger, Jiyu-ryu grand koto master
InstrumentsKoto, 17-stringed koto, 21-stringed koto
Years active1998–present
LabelsTzadik, Canto Crudo[1]
Websitewww.kotostudio.com

Chieko Mori (森 稚重子, Chieko Mori) is a Japanese koto player, composer, music arranger and Jiyu-ryu grand koto master.

KOTO STUDIOKOTO STUDIO自由流 (Jiyu-ryu)[2][3]

Background

Born in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan.Graduated from Keio University. Studied under Tadao Sawai during high school and university, and after graduation, she began her musical activities in Europe. Her overseas performance activities span over 70 cities in 18 countries, include composing music for the Giorgio Armani Fashion Expo(Video on YouTube) , Beppu Project 2006[4] and performing at the Venice Biennale 2001. Since 2007, she has presided over KOTO STUDIO Jiyu-ryu[5] as the grand koto master, and focuses on training koto players as well as creating solo and ensemble pieces mainly in Japan.[6] On the other hand, she has based her recording and live performance activities abroad, centering in Europe, where she has composed music for contemporary dance, theater, and video works. She is one of the few independent koto players who do not belong to any existing schools in the world of Japanese music.

Biography

From the age of three, she began playing the koto (under Shizuka Kikushiga of the Ikuta school of the Todo Ongakukai), piano, calligraphy, and Nihon-buyō (Japanese dance, of the Hanayanagi school). At the age of 16, she became a Natori (an accredited master dancer) of the Hanayagi school. Her stage name is Hanayagi Fuoka.[7] As to why she did not pursue a career in Japanese dance, Mori states as below.

When in her sophomore year of high school (Oita Prefectural Beppu Tsurumigaoka High School), she formed a koto club. As the head of the club and its leader, she participated in the koto division of the Japanese Music Newcomer's Competition. (prefectural competition) The club won the first championship in only five months after its formation, followed by the participation in the national tournament.

[8] In order to learn Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons (Spring)," which she had chosen for the competition, she visited a koto player (who lived in the same prefecture) who belonged to the Sawai Koto Music Institute and received instruction from him. This led to her becoming a pupil of Tadao Sawai and receiving direct instruction from him.

She won a prize in the koto division of the 1st International Music Competition for High School Students. (Takasaki city, Gunma Prefecture)[9] Although she was advised by others to specialize in koto studies at university, she decided not to enter a music department but instead, she entered Keio University believing that she would not find musical inspiration if she only devoted herself to technical studies all day long.[10] While studying at the university, she continued to receive instruction at Tadao Sawai's home, but he passed away during her sophomore year. She continued to study under Kazue Sawai until graduating from university.[10] She graduated from the 42nd term of NHK's Japanese Music Technicians Training Program. Her first recital was at the Oita City Noh Theater when she was in her third year of university.[11]

Just before graduating from university, she was offered a chance to go to Italy through her lessons. It was an invitation from Fabrica,[12] an artist research center run by Benetton (It was the first invitation in the music department to a Japanese national).[13] Upon graduation, she left the Sawai school and went to Treviso, Italy in 1999, where she practiced, wrote songs, recorded, and toured Italy with members of various nationalities.

After a year of living in Fabrica, she moved her base from Italy to England. She attended SOAS, a college affiliated with the University of London, for one year[10]. After that, she was approached by each project sponsored by Fabrica, and stayed at Fabrica on a multi-month basis. In 2002, as a member of PARADISE FROM VOCALBOX led by Koichi Makigami.She has worked with Michael Galasso (composer and violinist), former director of Fabrica's music department, with whom she has produced many works since 2000, and who has been a major influence in her subsequent creative works.

The compilation album "East Asia Travelogue" (released in 2002 on Union Square Music, London) is the first album to be published in the music review book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die," compiled by Robert Dimery (Universe Publishing). The song "Irana's Dream" (Track 12) is an improvised multiple recording with Michael Galasso.

Her first solo album, "Jumping Rabbit", was released on John Zorn's Tzadik Records label (New York) in 2005, Recorded at The Hit Factory (New York). In 2012, she was invited together with Oliver Grimm to the "Electric Orpheus Academy[14]",[15] a sound programming and sound academy of Austrian composer Günter Rabl.

Major Works

She has been producing sheet music since 2008, which is available at LULU[16]/Online Self-Publishing Book & Ebook Company.[17]

She uses a unique method of tuning the koto, which varies depending on the piece. The apps "KotoTunings" (tuning for classical pieces) and "RedKoto" (tuning for all works by Chieko Mori) are available for purchase on the App Store (Apple).

Solo

  • Firebird (火の鳥, hinotori) (2008)
  • Quiet Church (2008)
  • 珊瑚の花 (Sango no Hana) (2009)
  • Basic Skills and Advanced Methods (2010)
  • 夜明け (Yoake) (2011)
  • 夢空 (Yumezora) (2012)
  • Tension of direction (2012)
  • 響流 (Kouru) (2012)
  • 坤月夜 (Konzukiyo) (2015)
  • 虹遊び (Nijiasobi) (2015)
  • Ascension (2017)
  • 飛行機雲 (Hikoukigumo) (2018)
  • 翔 (Kakeri)(2020)
  • Golden Delhi (2021)
  • 宙の旅 (Sora no Tabi)(2022)
  • 間道 (Aimichi)(2022)
  • 昇弦 (Shogen) - 17 Strings (2022)
  • 石畳 (Ishi Datami) - 17 Strings (2022)
  • DREAMS - 17 Strings (2022)
  • SPRING GARDEN FOR PIANO (2022/piano）
  • Quartett（2001）
  • 花蝶 (Kacyo)（2023）
  • Treviso sky (2024)

KOTO LIBRARY

  • LIBRARY 1 - 鳥の時間 (Tori no Jikan) /黄音 (Kine)/キューバ調変舞曲 (Kyubacho Henbukyoku) (2009)
  • LIBRARY 2 - 風の歌 (Kaze no Uta)/福寿草 (Fukujuso)/リスボンの夕べ (Lisbon no Yube) (2010)
  • LIBRARY 3 - 上海リキショー (Shanghai Rikisho)/沖縄調五段の調べ (Okinawacho Godan no Shirabe) (2010)
  • LIBRARY 4 -輝蝶 (Kicho)/万華鏡 (Mangegekyo) (2015)
  • LIBRARY 5 - After the Rain/Colors in Kerala's Sky (2017)
  • LIBRARY 6 -月虹 (Gekko)/滝雲 (Takigumo) (2020)
  • LIBRARY 7 -今紫 (Imamurasaki)/Kanon Variation by Koto　(2020)
  • LIBRARY 8 -Bulbous/舞鼓 (Maiko) (2022)
  • LIBRARY9 -冬椿 (Fuyutsubaki)／ANDALUSIA KOTO FANTASIA(2024）

Ensemble

  • Spring Garden (2009)
  • ながれぼし (Nagareboshi) (2009)
  • 神代の春 (Jindai no Haru) (2010)
  • Kimono Dance (2013)
  • Tokyo Light (2013)
  • 翼眼 (Tsubame) (2016)
  • 草笛 (Kusabue) (2018)
  • 沖縄調五段の調べ 二重奏 (Okinawacyo Godan no Shirabe /Duo)（2023）

Arrangement

  • Jupiter　(2008)
  • ふるさと (Furusato) (2011)
  • 春の海 (Haru no Umi Solo) (2011)
  • Rondo Alla Turca (2019)
  • Pictures At an Exhibition (2022）
  • 12 Variation " Ah, vous dirai je maman " K.265 (2009)
  • 日本の童謡 世界の歌 (Nihon no Doyo Sekai no Uta) (2010)
  • 童謡二重奏 - ふるさと／紅葉- (Doyo Duet) (2010)
  • 童謡春二重奏 -花／早春賦／朧月夜- (Doyo Spring Duet) (2018)
  • Dr. Zhivago Lara's Theme (2018)
  • Basic Sakura Sakura (さくらさくら, Sakura Sakura) (2019)
  • Waltz (2019)
  • Pictures At an Exhibition (2022)
  • Winter Collection (2024)
  • Winter Collection 2 (2024)
  • Vltava (The Moldau) (2024)

Piano Solo

  • Spring Garden for Piano (2022)

Discography

Solo Albums

  • Jumping Rabbit[18] (TZADIK[19] 2005)
  • Katyou Fuugetsu 花鳥風月[20] (Felmay[21] 2006)

Compilations/Collaborations Album

  • Zeru Grisak -Gray Skies-[22](The Looking Glass Studios 2001）
  • La Biennale Di Venezia - with Michael Galasso Frank Colon Agostino Berti (The Looking Glass Studios 2001)Video on YouTube
  • East Asia Travelogue[23] （Union Square Music[24] 2002）
  • Hero Tales - recording session with Tamiya Terashima (Tokyo 2006)
  • The Garden of Forking Paths[25] - with James Blackshaw Jozef van Wissem Helena Espvall (Important Records[26] 2008)[27][28][29][30]
  • KOTOISTIC[31] with Oliver Grimm (Canto Crudo[32] 2016）

Sound Collaboration

  • variations on chieko mori's "tension of direction" by Vinzenz Schwab[33](2012)
  • GAMMA by Günther Rabl[34]

Theater/Dance Productions

  • Three Sisters[35] by Robert Wilson (Sweden 2001)
  • La scala del fuoco with Michael Galasso Frank Colon Agostino Berti (Venice Biennale 2001)
  • Dark Lady by Katherin Grey (October Gallery London 2002)
  • Safar India tour (Chennai/Kerala/Bangalore/Ranchi 2002)
  • Hex Triplet #9900FF by Virpi Pahkinen (Stockholm 2007)
  • Morpho Z by Virpi Pahkinen (Stockholm 2008)[36]
  • SCARABE by Virpi Pahkinen (Stockholm 2012)
  • ICHOS tour (Savoy Theatre, Helsinki/Alandica, Åland/Roxi, Visby/Vallentuna Theatre, Vallentuna/Palladium, Malmö 2016)

Concert/Festival

  • Recital at Noh Theatre (Ōita, 1998)[37]
  • FABRICA MUSICA (Treviso/Roma/Volterra/Bali/Venice/Parma/Torino/Genova/Modena/Udine/Mestre1999-2000)
  • Harvard University (Boston 2000)
  • Biennale di Venezia with Michael Galasso, Frank Colon and Agostino Berti (Venice 2001)
  • Royal Botanic Gardens (London 2001)
  • Rondo Theater (Bath 2001)
  • British Museum (London 2002)
  • David Beckham's House Party for World Cup Pre Event (2002)
  • Hammond Museum[38] (New York 2002)
  • BAMcafé Live[39] (Brooklyn 2001)[40]
  • PARADISE FROM VOCALBOX Klangspuren Festival (Innsbruck/Bressanone 2002)[41]
  • IS ARTI (Vilnius/Kaunas 2006)
  • il Picere Mio (Vittorio Veneto 2006)
  • Dansens hus(Stockholm 2008)
  • Pit Inn (Tokyo 2008)
  • Wien Modern[42] (Alte Schmiede, Vienna 2015)[43]
  • with Dez Mona (Roppongi Hills Arena, Tokyo 2016)Video on YouTube
  • Marita Liulia Exhibition (Spiral,[44] Tokyo 2019)
  • Electric Orpheus Academy[45]（Rappottenstein 2012/2017/2021)[46]
  • Solos with Virpi Pahkinen (Theater X, Tokyo 2022) Video on YouTube

Film

Recording Session with Michael Galasso

  • Quartet by Heiner Müller (New York 2001)
  • Nuages: Lettres à mon fils[47] by Marion Hänsel (Brussels 2001)
  • Secret Ballot[48] by Babak Payami (Florence 2001) Video on YouTube

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Television

  • Trad Japan with Jake Shimabukuro (NHK Educational TV 2012)
  • Gave koto instruction to actress Satomi Ishihara (TBS 2015)[51]

Radio

  • SWR2 Musik der Welt (Berlin 2017)[52]
  • Far Side Radio(London 2017)[53]
  • Radio Sakamoto (J-Wave Tokyo 2004)

References

  1. ↑ https://www.canto-crudo.at/
  2. ↑ KOTO STUDIO Chieko Mori established the KOTO STUDIO in Japan to train independent performers by allowing them to leave the koto school to which they belong, after obtaining a teaching license.
  3. ↑ Jiyu-ryu The term indicates a style which includes the concept of freedom and liberation from belonging
  4. ↑ https://www.beppuproject.com/work/year-2006
  5. ↑ https://www.kotostudio.com/
  6. ↑ Since 2006, she has been living in Japan (Tokyo) on the occasion of the Beppu Project.
  7. ↑ "A 16-year-old 'Natori' star is born - at the Hanayagi school of koto, the youngest in the prefecture" ["I want to teach abroad in the future."]. Oita Godo Newspaper, morning edition. (in Japanese). Oita. January 10, 1993. Retrieved 2022-12-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ↑ 'We are Crazy About Koto' [Only five months after its formation, the group won its first competition.] (in Japanese), Oita: Oita Godo Newspaper, morning edition., 1993, retrieved December 10, 2022{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  9. ↑ ""KOTO STUDIO Jiyu-ryu grand koto master Chieko Mori"". KOTO STUDIOJiyu-ryu. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 SWR2 (Berlin's national radio station) |Music of the World Taiko and Koto Traditional Sounds from Japan By Marlene Kuster| Chieko Mori From a 30-minute interview |June 26, 2012
  11. ↑ The program included performances of Tadao Sawai's works "Tori no Yoni(Like a Bird)" and "Shaei (Oblique Shadow)" and a 17-string duet "Meguri Meguru (go around and around)" with guest Hikaryu Sawai (September 20, 1998).
  12. ↑ Founded in 1994 on the idea of Luciano Benetton and Oliviero Toscani. It functions as a "creative laboratory" where young artists from around the world live and work together for a year, creating new works against the backdrop of their respective cultures and technologies. In 1998, the music department "Fabrica Musica" was added under the direction of Michael Galasso. Formed to explore musically different traditions, especially Eastern and Western music.
  13. ↑ "Creative Activities with Young People around the World. Benetton Scholarship Program, Studying in Italy with a Passion for the Koto". Oita Godo Newspaper. March 14, 1999.
  14. ↑ http://www.canto-crudo.at/electric-orpheus-academy/index.htm
  15. ↑ Chieko Mori. "Sound Programming Overview". KOTO STUDIO Jiyu-ry. Retrieved March 9, 2022. There are many people studying with him in Europe, but he does not aim to sell his material with corporate sponsorship, etc. He teaches directly to those who want to learn sound deeply, so it is an area of sound expression that is not yet known in Japan.
  16. ↑ https://www.kotostudio.com/scoretool.html
  17. ↑ Since sheet music is in demand from overseas, it is sold on a website that can handle domestic and international orders.
  18. ↑ https://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7252
  19. ↑ https://www.tzadik.com/
  20. ↑ http://www.felmay.it/shop/item.php?id=8163#.Yil_SNXP3X7
  21. ↑ http://www.felmay.it/
  22. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/12414857-Michael-Galasso-Zeru-Grisak-Gray-Skies
  23. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/3784978-Various-East-Asia-Travelogue
  24. ↑ http://www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk/
  25. ↑ https://importantrecords.com/products/imprec162
  26. ↑ https://importantrecords.com/
  27. ↑ "The Garden of Forking Paths". textura. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  28. ↑ "The Garden of Forking Paths | April 3, 2008". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  29. ↑ "Fricke's Picks: The Garden of Forking Paths". rollingstone. 13 March 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  30. ↑ "CHIEKO MORI – NEW SCHOOL KOTO". ROOT STRATA／ROOT BLOG. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  31. ↑ http://www.canto-crudo.at/special-edition-kotoistic.htm
  32. ↑ https://www.canto-crudo.at/
  33. ↑ "variations on chieko mori's "tension of direction"". home of vinzenz schwab. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  34. ↑ "Günther Rabl：Werke 15". canto crudo. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  35. ↑ https://robertwilson.com/three-sisters
  36. ↑ "Virpi Pahkinen：CHOREOGRAPHER ／MORPHO Z". Virpi Pahkinen Dance Company. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  37. ↑ First recital: performance of works by Tadao Sawai and a 17-string duet with Hikaryu Sawai (September 20, 1998).
  38. ↑ https://www.hammondmuseum.org/
  39. ↑ https://www.bam.org/
  40. ↑ Played with Michael Galasso and Nandlal Nayak.
  41. ↑ Performed as a member of PARADISE FROM VOCALBOX led by Koichi Makigami.
  42. ↑ https://www.wienmodern.at/
  43. ↑ Wien Modern IV. Kotoistic 2015, alte-schmiede, retrieved January 19, 2022
  44. ↑ https://www.spiral.co.jp/
  45. ↑ http://www.canto-crudo.at/electric-orpheus-academy/index.htm
  46. ↑ 2021 played with Vinzenz Schwab.
  47. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285802/
  48. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290823/
  49. ↑ https://echoesoftheinvisiblefilm.com/
  50. ↑ "DOCUMENTARIESLISTENING TO THE ECHOES OF THE INVISIBLE". FERNTV. May 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  51. ↑ Gave koto instruction to actress Satomi Ishihara.
  52. ↑ "【Sound source】SWR2 Musik der Welt". KOTO STUDIO自由流.
  53. ↑ "【Sound source】November 8,2017 Koto player Chieko Mori, Plus Tributes to Kenji Endo and Kim Sinh". mixcloud.

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