Mimi Spelunking  (2019)

日本語：ミミスペランキング

for Shō and Viola

ca. 16 min.

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  Mimi Spelunking was written in Dresden, Germany, and was finalized in Visby, Sweden, throughout 2018 to 2019. From my formative years, I have been paranoid about water entering my ears. Learning that water can enter the ear through any exposure to water, I always wished that I could shrink myself to a size of a grain of rice and enter into my ear canals with a bucket to drain the water.

  During the initial stages of the composition process for this work, I revisited my imagination of entering, or spelunking into my own ears. Each section was carefully composed to accurately portray the spelunking experience with aural expressions.

“Mimi” is a Japanese word for “ears”.

January 29, 2019 (World Premiere)

Innenohr Display

Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, Dresden, Germany

Chatori Shimizu (Shō), Naoko Fujita (Viola)

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July 19, 2019 (Malaysia Premiere)

From NY to KL

The Saxophone Store, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chatori Shimizu (Shō), Junyi Chow (Cello)

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April 17, 2021 (Online)

Oh My Ears New Music in Phoenix: Wave Making

Naoyuki Manabe (Shō), Chihiro Tai (Viola)