2026

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January 9, 2026 (8:00pm/GMT+9)

Nessi feat. Miyasaka and Wu ◉

📍 Nanahari (七針), Oriental Bldg. B1, 2-7-1 Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

📖 Improvisation concert by Ryotaro Miyasaka (perc.), Fan-Qi Wu (pipa), and Duo Nessi with Niloufar Shiri (kamancheh) and Chatori Shimizu (shō)

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January 12, 2026 (8:00pm/GMT+9)

Nessi feat. Miyasaka and Engel ◉

📍 Ftarri, Bunkyo-ku Hongo 1-4-11 Okano Building Basement 1, 113-0033, Tokyo, Japan

📖 Improvisation concert by Ryotaro Miyasaka (perc.), Jonas Engel (sax), and Duo Nessi with Niloufar Shiri (kamancheh) and Chatori Shimizu (shō); performance of sans couleurs à souffler (2019; comp. Jean-Patrick Besingrand) by Chatori Shimizu (shō)

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January 16, 2026 (7:00pm/GMT+9)

Nessi feat. Miyasaka, Yanagisawa, and Kudo ◉

📍 give me a little more, Chuo 3-Chome 11-7, 390-0811, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

📖 Improvisation concert by Ryotaro Miyasaka (perc.), Kokichi Yanagisawa (Gt.), Aiko Kudo (Vox), and Duo Nessi with Niloufar Shiri (kamancheh) and Chatori Shimizu (shō)

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January 31, 2026 (5:00pm/GMT+9)

Kurodake Daigaku presents Cheng-Yu Wu ◉

📍 TISE KAMIKAWA-II, Kamikawa-cho, Kamikawagun, Chu-o-cho 572-ban, Hokkaido, Japan

📖 World premiere of Rinkaku Drive (2026; comp. Chatori Shimizu) by Cheng-Yu Wu (Fl.)

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February 19, 2026 (7:00am/GMT+8)

音樂科普 當代音樂系列: 音樂沙龍 長笛音樂家吳正宇北海道上川音樂駐村 ◎

📍 National Education Radio (Taiwan); 臺中、彰化、雲林 FM 103.5/南投 FM 98.1/苗栗 FM 103.9

📖 Broadcast of Rinkaku Drive (2026; comp. Chatori Shimizu), Xiexie Raccoon (2024; comp. Chatori Shimizu), and Wagyu Pigs (2019; comp. Chatori Shimizu)

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February 23, 2026 (2:30pm/GMT-8)

Chatori Shimizu: The Weather Forecast Says Sunny Partly Beetle  ◎

📍 Whitman College (online)

📖 Introduction on site-specific music and kinetically enhanced music with examples of Kirin Telephone (2024; comp. Chatori Shimizu), Ebi Revolution (2022; comp. Chatori Shimizu), and Rinkaku Drive (2026; comp. Chatori Shimizu)​​​

 

March 20, 2026 (6:30pm/GMT+11)

Autumn Reflections ◉

📍 Barry Thompson Hall, 139 Artarmon Road, Artarmon, NSW 2064, Australia

📖 Australia premiere of Mimi Spelunking (2019; comp. Chatori Shimizu) by Henry Liang (shō) and Alexina Hawkins (Vla.)

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March 13 - April 26, 2026

UP CLOSE Art Festival ◉

📖 The 1st UP CLOSE International Arts Festival, jointly curated by A.M. Playhouse, New Born No.1 Theatre, and Thinking Theatre, is dedicated to bringing performances from around the world right before your eyes - bridging the gap between stage and audience, and bringing everyone together through art.

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April 8, 2026

UP CLOSE Art Festival: Wooli Duo 前衛民謠雙人組 專場 ◉

📍 思劇場 Thinkers’ Theater, Datong District, Lane 32, Section 1, Dihua St, Taipei, Taiwan

📖 Improvisation concert by Wooli Duo with Fan-Qi Wu (pipa) and Michael Lee Sørenmo (perc.), dongyi (Cb.), and Chatori Shimizu (shō)

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April 12, 2026
CHATORI SHIMIZU x NAMO x TYLER BROWN ◉
📍 카페동백, 922 Seonheul-ri, Jocheon-eup, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea
📖 Improvisation concert by Namo (movement), Tyler Brown (E-Gt.), and Chatori Shimizu (shō)

 

April 13 - July 31, 2026

ARKO Art Studio Residency

📖 Arts Council Korea (ARKO) operates ARKO Art Studio Program to promote global artistic creation and cultural exchange. The program provides a foundation for creative work and research, while offering a platform for exchange that fosters the expansion of contemporary artistic discourse to both domestic and international visual artists.

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April 26, 2026

synTAX New Music: Awakening ◉

📍 Address TBA, USA

📖 Performance of big mosquito (2018) by synTAX New Music Ensemble with Mara Mayer (B. Cl.) and Maxwell Winningham (Cb.)

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May 15, 2026

Japonism Orchestra - 響鳴し交差する伝統、アカデミズム、ポップ ◉

📍 豊洲シビックセンターホール, 江東区豊洲2丁目2-18, Tokyo, Japan

📖 World premiere of Beautiful Samurai (2026; comp. Chatori Shimizu) by Japonism Orchestra with Takafumi Kakizaki (cond.), Fumiya Otonashi (shō), Kanisasare Ayako (shō), Anna Koike (Vox), Yu Idesaki (S. Sax), Kenta Yasuda (Hn.), Shun Sasaki (Tp.), Soshi Kubota (Perc.), Seiya Kudo (Perc.), Takuya Kohashi (E-Gt.), Kei Sakoda (Vla.), Aki Ktajima (Vc.), Masashi Yamamoto (Cb.) 

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◉ = Talk/Lecture by Chatori Shimizu

◉ = Composed by Chatori Shimizu

◉ = Performed by Chatori Shimizu