Past Schedule

2018

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Jan. 11-13, 2018

Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival and Symposium [link]

Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5890 USA

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1.13.2018

Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival and Symposium

Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA

US premier of Shiki to Unkai V (2017) by Emily Cook and Ryan McMasters

World premier of Kezuroukai (2017) by Devon Tipp, performed by Chatori Shimizu

Performance of Plus bleu que l'indigo (2017) by Jean-Patrick Besingrad, performed by Chatori Shimizu and NAT28

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Jan. 20, 2018

Pittsburgh Composers' Project [link]

Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15206 USA

World premier of Being a Hermit [electric guitar ver.] by NAT28

Performance of Plus bleu que l'indigo (2017) by Jean-Patrick Besingrad, performed by Chatori Shimizu and NAT28

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Jan. 27, 2018

Sound Around the World: Japan

Tenri Cultural Institute, 43 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011 USA

World premier of Being a Hermit

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March 1 - 4, 2018

Cluster Festival: New Music + Integrated Arts Festival [link]

FortWhyte Alive Alloway Reception Centre, 1961 McCreary Rd, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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March 1, 2018

Cluster Festival: New Music + Integrated Arts

Fort Whyte Alive Alloway Reception Centre, 1961 McCreary Rd, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Performance of Kingyo Obsession (2017) by Polycoro Chamber Choir

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March 10, 2018

Allentown Symphony Orchestra: Pictures at an Exhibition

Miller Symphony Hall, 23 N 6th St, Allentown, PA 18101 USA

US premiere of The Mousetrap, the Cat, and Me (2012) by Allentown Symphony Orchestra

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April 5, 2018

Crossover the Six [link]

Sengawa Fix Hall, Chofu-shi Sengawa-cho 1-25-2 Tokyo 182-0002 Japan

World premiere of Silichin Valley (2018)

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April 6, 2018

ACOUSTICLUB Vol. 3 by Tokyo Media Interaction [link]

Suginami Kokaido, Suginami-ku Kamiogi 1-23-15, Tokyo, Japan

Japan premiere of Kingyo Obsession (2017)

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April 16, 2018 (16:10-17:25/17:50-19:05/19:30-20:45)

Introduction to Shō: extended techniques and notation

CUNY Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010 USA

Lecture on the topics of notation, extended techniques, and time identities of the shō

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April 17, 2018 (10:10-11:25)

Merging Boundaries of Genres

Columbia University, 116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027 USA

Lecture and discussion on the definitions of cultural boundaries and musical genres

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April 18, 2018 (10:00-12:00)

Introduction to Shō: extended techniques and notation

The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016 USA

Lecture on the topics of notation, extended techniques, and time identities of the shō

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April 19, 2018 (13:00-14:25)

Shō in the Context of Contemporary Music: Lachenmann

Manhattan School of Music, 120 Claremont Ave, New York, NY 10027 USA

Lecture on the topics of notation, extended techniques, and time identities of the shō used in the context of Western art music of the 21st Century

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April 21, 2018 (19:30-21:00)

Out of Line: Photography Exhibit and Performance Installation

Aileyan Accessories, 257 Varet Street Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA

Photography by Kristina Clark/ Movement by Yoko Murakami/ Music by Chatori Shimizu

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April 22, 2018

Shan.Shui: an improvised concert in six parts

CRS New York, 123 4th Ave, 2nd Fl New York, NY 10003 USA

Improvisitory performance by Chatori Shimizu (shō),  Junyi Chow (cello), Miyoko Satoh (singing bowl), Satoshi Haga (BinBin Factory dancer)

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May 20, 2018 (14:00)

Classical Sundays at the Studio 2018

2 Raper Street, Surry Hills, New South Wales, 2010 Australia

Australia premiere of -ism (2015) by Henry Liang

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June 15 - 17, 2018

Nief Norf 2018 Research Summit: New Asia [link]

The University of Tennessee, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 1741 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37996-2600 USA

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June 16, 2018 (1:30pm)

Nief Norf 2018 Research Summit: New Asia

The University of Tennessee, Powell Recital Hall, 1741 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37996-2600 USA

Performance of Shiki to Unkai III (2015)

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June 16, 2018 (4:00pm)

Nief Norf 2018 Research Summit: New Asia - Asian Instruments in New Music [Panel #4]

The University of Tennessee, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 1741 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37996-2600 USA

Presentation of "Shō in Compositions Today"

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June 18 - 22, 2018

Nebula Ensemble Summer Festival [link]

Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church, 10150 E Belleview Ave, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 USA

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June 20, 2018 (7:30pm)

Nebula Ensemble Summer Festival: Nature

Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church, 10150 E Belleview Ave, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 USA

World premiere of commissioned work légère fièvre (2017)

Aug. 3, 2018

Contemporary Soundscapes

Mita Hall, 561-0832 Toyonaka-shi Shonai-Nishi 2-22 Osaka, Japan

Performance of Shiki to Unkai V (2017)

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Aug. 6 - 11, 2018

The 14th Thailand International Composition Festival 

Mahidol University, 999 Phuttamonthon 4 Road, Salaya 73170, Bangkok, Thailand

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Aug. 8, 2018 (3:30pm)

The 14th Thailand International Composition Festival Concert IV: Chamber Music

Mahidol University, 999 Phuttamonthon 4 Road, Salaya 73170, Bangkok, Thailand

Thailand premiere of Silichin Valley (2018)

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Aug. 13, 2018

Introduction to Shō: extended techniques and notation

Mahidol University, 999 Phuttamonthon 4 Road, Salaya 73170, Bangkok, Thailand

Lecture on the topics of notation, extended techniques, and time identities of the shō

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Aug. 21 - 23, 2018

ICTM Conference MEA 2018 [link]

Korean Musicological Society, [08826] 1, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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Aug. 23, 2018

ICTM Conference MEA 2018: Institutional Programs and Collections (Panel C8)

Korean Musicological Society, Conference Room C: Large Seminar Room 1, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Presentation of "Learning Japanese Traditional Music beyond the Boundaries" with Dr. Hanako Yamamoto

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Sept. 1 - 16, 2018

FUTURE HOST: A Speech Opera [link]

Music director for FUTURE HOST Performance tour, Director Tingying Ma, Producer Kang Kang, Composer Spencer C. Yeh, and Sound Engineer Gus Callahan

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Sept. 8 - 9, 2018

FUTURE HOST: A Speech Opera/Beijing Premiere [link]

Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 4 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing Shi, People's Republic of China 100096

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Sept. 16 - 17, 2018

FUTURE HOST: A Speech Opera/Shanghai Premiere [link]

No.436 East Yonghe Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai, People's Republic of China 200072

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Sept. 28 - 30, 2018

2018 Bushwick Open Studios: Electronic Music Week [link]

MISE-EN Place, 678 Hart Street #1B Brooklyn, NY 11221 USA

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Sept. 29, 2018

2018 Bushwick Open Studios: Electronic Music Week Concert #2

MISE-EN Place, 678 Hart Street #1B Brooklyn, NY 11221 USA

US premiere of Silichin Valley (2018); Selected work for Call for Sound Arts/Electro-Acoustic Works

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Oct. 4 - 8, 2018

27th International Review of Composers [link]

Composers' Association of Serbia,  Mišarska 12-14, Belgrade 11000 Serbia

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Oct. 7, 2018 (20:00-)

27th International Review of Composers [link]

Composers' Association of Serbia, Students' Cultural Center Great Hall, Mišarska 12-14, Belgrade 11000 Serbia

Serbia premiere of Shiki to Unkai V (2017); Selected work for Call for Scores

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Oct. 16, 2018

Sound Factory Orchestra Wroclaw Concert

Academy of Music in Wroclaw, plac Jana Pawła II 2, 50-043 Wrocław, Poland

Poland premiere of Silichin Valley (2018)

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Oct. 18, 2018

Sound Factory Orchestra Dresden Concert [link]

Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, Wettiner Pl. 13, 01067 Dresden, Germany

Germany premiere of Silichin Valley (2018)

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Oct. 21, 2018 (18:30-)

Tesselat Inaugural Concert feat. Clara Kim, Adda Kridler, Jocelin Pan, and Jo Whang [link]

Metropolis, 1 Rivington Street, New York, New York USA

Performance of Silichin Valley (2018)

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Oct. 22, 2018 (18:30-)

Borderles 

Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, New York, New York 11215 USA

Improvisation with Minkyung Bae, Junyi Chow, and Chatori Shimizu

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Oct. 23, 2018 (12:50-14:05/14:30-15:45/16:10-17:25)

Introduction to Shō: extended techniques and notation

CUNY Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010 USA

Lecture on the topics of notation, extended techniques, and time identities of the shō

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Nov. 10, 2018

Post-Klasyka: Ludger Hofmann-Engl

Świętego Tomasza 43, 31-027 Kraków, Poland

Poland premiere of World of No Overlapse (2014) and Absence (2014); Selected Work for Call for Scores

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Nov. 11, 2018

Gamelan Composers' Forum

SOAS University of London Thornhaugh Street Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom

Premiere of Untitled (2018) in collaboration with Haris Custovic

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Nov. 13, 2018

Sound Factory Orchestra Essen Concert

Folkwang Universität der Künste, Klemensborn 59, 45239 Essen, Germany

Performance of Silichin Valley (2018)

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Nov. 16-17, 2018

Oh My Ears! + GRIT Collaborative

Church of the Beatitudes, 555 W Glendale Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021 USA

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Nov. 17, 2018

Oh My Ears! + GRIT Collaborative

Church of the Beatitudes, 555 W Glendale Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021 USA

Performance of Silichin Valley (2018)

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Nov. 23, 2018

Crossover-Contemporary Concert

Studio Loos, De Constant Rebecqueplein 20B, 2518 RA Den Haag, Netherlands

World premiere of Babyman (2018) by Hodiernal Quartet

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Nov. 24, 2018

New Music for Saxophone, Guitar, and Shō

Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Oosterdokskade 151, 1011 DL Amsterdam, Netherlands 

Netherlands premiere of Translucent (2016), world premiere of Hallimasch (2017) by Silke Eberhard

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Dec. 3-8, 2018

Hearing China Festival 2018 [link]

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall,  1380 Fuxing Zhong Lu, Shanghai, China

World premiere of Pink Elephant in Prentis (2018) by Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra

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Dec. 7, 2018

Hearing China Festival 2018

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall,  1380 Fuxing Zhong Lu, Shanghai, China

World premiere of Pink Elephant in Prentis (2018) by Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra

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Dec. 10, 2018 (9:00-10:30)

A Glimpse into Western Contemporary Music

Otsuma Womens University, 12 Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8357, Japan

Lecture on Western contemporary music 

World Premiere of Pink Elephant in Prentis (2018) in Shanghai Symphony Hall by Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra (Dec. 7, 2018)

2017 

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Jan. 4, 2017

FORWARDMOTION at Eskenazi

Eskenaze Health, 720 Eskenazi Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA

World premiere of Economy II (2016) by Maya Nojiri Sutherland

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Feb. 13 - 16, 2017

S.E.M Emerging Composers Workshop

Willow Place Auditorium, 26 Willow Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Selected Participant for S.E.M Emerging Composers Workshop

Feb. 16.2017 (8pm~)

S.E.M Emerging Composers Workshop

Willow Place Auditorium, 26 Willow Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Performance of fiddle (2014)

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Feb. 18, 2017 (7:30pm~)

Silence is Noise

Room Salon NYC, 210 Roebling St, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA

Takeo Suzuki (Hair Art), Chatori Shimizu (Live electronic music), Yoko Murakami and Chloe Chotrani (Movement Installation)

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Feb. 27 - March 17, 2017

Ragdale Foundation Residency in Composition

Ragdale Foundation, 1260 Green Bay Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045 USA

Composer in Residence at Ragdale Foundation

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March 15, 2017 (8pm)

First Impressions: Ragdale Foundation

Ragdale Foundation, 1260 Green Bay Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045 USA

Collaborative performance of First Impressions with CV Peterson [video]

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March 23, 2017 (12:30pm~)

University of Hawaii at Manoa: Composer's Workshop Meeting

University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2500 Campus Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA

US premiere of Shiki to Unkai III (2014) by Yuna Yanagawa and Chatori Shimizu,

Guest lecturer for the topics on notation and extended techniques of shō

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March 23, 2017 (7:30pm~)

An Evening of Contemporary Shakuhachi Music by Japanese Female Composers

University of Hawaii at Manoa Music Dept., 2411 Dole Street Honolulu, HI 96822, USA

Performance of TSUKI (1983) by Christopher Yohmei Blasdel and Chatori Shimizu

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April 30, 2017 (4pm~)

Alone, Together. [link]

Inner Fields (disclosed address)

Collaborative performance with The Other Instrument (Bin Li)

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May 2, 2017 (6pm~)

Expansion: New East Asian Music in New York

403 Kent Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027

US premiere of Shiki to Unkai II (2014)

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May 3, 2017 (5pm~)

Kazuki Ueki and Joseph Ehrenpreis Salon Concert

Gallery CRAOLE, 1-700 Nishiborimae-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata, Japan

Japan premiere of Translucent (2016) by Joseph Ehrenpreis

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May 7, 2017 (7:30pm~)

Chatori Shimizu: Compositions for Shō

七堂(Qitang), 36 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002

Curated by Beining Liu

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May 19 - 28, 2017

Soundstreams Emerging Composers Workshop [link]

302-579 Richmond St West, Toronto, ON M5V 1Y6, Canada

Selected Composer for Soundstreams Emerging Composers Workshop

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May 26, 2017 (10:30~)

21C Festival: Soundstreams Emerging Composers Workshop Concert [link]

Temerty Theatre, Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor St. W, Toronto, ON M5S 1W2, Canada

World premiere of Kingyo Obsession (2017)

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May 29, 2017 (6pm~)

Experimental East Asian Music from LA & NY 

Sylvana, 300 W 116th St, New York City, NY 10026

Improvisitory electroacoustic performance with Sophia Shen (pipa)

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May 30 - June 19, 2017

Composer in Residence at Yaddo

The Corporation of Yaddo, 312 Union Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, USA

Resident Composer at Yaddo

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June 30, 2017

Studying Music Abroad

Shobi College of Music, Bunkyo-ku Hongo 4-15-9, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan

Guest Lecturer at Shobi College of Music

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July 8 - 17, 2017

UNIVERSITÉ D'ALTITUDE [link]

06450 Saint-Martin-Vésubie, France

Selected Composer for UNIVERSITÉ D'ALTITUDE

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July 15, 2017

Université d'Altitude Concert De Cloture [link]

Espace Jean Grinda, Vesúbia Mountain Park, 06450 Saint-Martin-Vésubie, France

World premiere of Shiki to Unkai V (2017) by Ensemble Multilatérale

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July 24, 2017

Shō in Contemporary Music

Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, Kanagawa,  Kawasaki Takatsu-ku Hisamoto 2-3-1, Japan

Guest Lecturer at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music

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Aug. 1 - 13, 2017

Japan-China OTO-Asobi Tour

Concert tour in Tokyo, Xiamen, and Shanghai with Columbia University Sound Arts MFA Alumnis

Aug. 6, 2017

Japan-China Tour: Tokyo Concert

Livehouse NextSunday, Suginami-ku Asagaya Minami 1-35-23 Daiichi Yokokawa Building B1, Tokyo, Japan

Japan premiere of Shiki to Unkai V (2017) and economy (2016)

Produced by Chatori Shimizu

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Aug. 9, 2017

Japan-China Tour: Max/MSP Workshop

Xiamen University, 422 Siming S Rd, Siming Qu, Xiamen Shi, Fujian Sheng, People's Republic of China 361005

Max/MSP Workshop by Chatori Shimizu, Lemon Guo, Dani Dobkin, and Geronimo Mercado

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Aug. 11, 2017

Japan-China Tour: Xiamen Concert

Xiamen University, 422 Siming S Rd, Siming Qu, Xiamen Shi, Fujian Sheng, People's Republic of China 361005

China premiere of Othello (2013) and Shinkaigyo (2012)

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Aug. 13, 2017

Japan-China Tour: Shanghai Concert

Shanghai Chronus Art Center, Bldg18, NO.50 Moganshan Rd, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Performance of Somewhere Close (2015) and Shinkaigyo (2012)

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Sept. 16, 2017 (6pm~)

How Things are Made Season 2: taped in front of a live audience

The Space Upstairs, 214 N Lexington St, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15208, USA

Live laptop music performance with How things are made

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Nov. 13-18, 2017

OUA Electroacoustic Music Festival

Osaka University of Arts, 469 Higashiyama Kanan-cho, Minamikawachi-gun, Osaka, Japan 585-8555

Performance of Shinkaigyo (2012)

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Nov. 18, 2017

Tokyo to New York

Tenri Cultural Institute, 43 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011 USA

Performance of Shiki to Unkai II (2014) and world premier of Bin Li's Netori Netori (2017)

Soundstreams Emerging Composers Workshop 2017, world premiere of Kingyo Obsession (2017), Toronto, Canada (May 26, 2017)

From left: Saad Haddad, Finola Merivale, Amy Brandon, Bekah Simms, Chatori Shimizu, August Murphy-King

2016 

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Jan. 14, 2016

Composers Voice Concert Series

Gallery MC, New York City, NY

Demonstration and Improvisational performance of the shō with Lish Lindsey

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Feb. 12~15, 2016

The Glass Piano

Shapiro Theater, New York City, NY

“The Glass Piano”, written by Alix Sobler, directed by Matt Trucano,  music by Chatori Shimizu

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March 12~13, 2016

How To Enter A Dream

Inner Fields, New York City, NY

Overnight electroacoustic concert for sleeping audiences with Hiroshi Ebina, Cameron Perry Fraser, Zak Hap, Chung Eun Kim, Anqi Liu, Yusuke Narita and Chatori Shimizu; Curated by Elaine Su-Hui

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March 25, 2016

ACOUSTIC+ #9

MISE-EN Place Bushwick, New York City, NY

World premiere of boooooooooon (2016)

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April 16, 2016

Project ONKYO 

Issue Project Room, New York City, NY

US premiere of fiddle (2014) by Mivos Quartet

Produced by Chatori Shimizu

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April 24 ~ May 7, 2016

Continuing Effect 

Basilica Hudson, Hudson, NY

Exhibition of installation Cover Your Ears! 2 (2016)

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April 25 ~ May 16, 2016

Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition

Fisher Landau Center for Art, New York City, NY

Exhibition of Henoko (2016) by Jiwoon Yoon, music by Chatori Shimizu

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May 15, 2016

De Japón A Puerto Rico

Conservatorio de Música, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico premiere of boooooooooon (2016), fiddle (2014), Othello (2013), World with No Overlaps (2014), and a lecture on contemporary music by Chatori Shimizu

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May 22, 2016

Sound and Emptiness 

Inner Fields, New York City, NY

An inquiry, discussion, and performance by Hiroshi Ebina, Chatori Shimizu, and Elaine Su-Hui

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June 5-19, 2016

New Music On the Point Festival - Season VI

1361 Hooker Road, Leicester, VT 05733

Selected Composer 

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June 17, 2016

New Music On the Point Final Concert

Salisbury Congregational Church, Salisbury, VT 05769

World premiere of Remnants of a Toad on the Lotus (2016)

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June 20, 2016

Hajime Sakita ~shō & musical saw~

Sylvana, 300 W 116th St, New York City, NY 10026

Improvisitory electroacoustic performance with Hajime Sakita

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June 28, 2016

Hajime Sakita ~shō, 8-string guitar, and musical saw~ 

Shrine World Music Venue, 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York City, NY 10030

Improvisitory electroacoustic performance with Hajime Sakita and Joseph Ehrenpreis

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July 2, 2016

Music in Motion Series - Tokyo to New York

Barge Music, Brooklyn Bridge Blvd, Brooklyn, New York City, NY 11201

World premiere of EROSION (2016)

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July 10, 2016

JAPAN TOUR 2016 OTO Asobi A-Side 

Kissa-Sakaiki, Shinjuku-ku Daikyo-cho 2-4, Tokyo, Japan

Japan premiere of Remnants of a Toad on the Lotus (2016), collaborative performance New Moon, Pieces for Shō (2016) with Junichi Usui

Produced by Chatori Shimizu

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July 15, 2016

JAPAN TOUR 2016 OTO Asobi B-Side 

Livehouse NextSunday, Suginami-ku Asagaya Minami 1-35-23 Daiichi Yokokawa Building B1, Tokyo, Japan

Collaborative performance OTO Asobi ~Inspirations from Tennessee~ (2016) with Hajime Sakita

Produced by Chatori Shimizu

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Aug. 5, 2016

Joseph Ehrenpreis Classical Guitar Recital

Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S State St. Chicago, IL 60605

World premiere of Translucent (2016), performed by Joseph Ehrenpreis

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Aug. 9, 2016

Globus Washitsu "Tatami Recital" Series

Globus Washitsu, 889 Broadway, New York City, NY 10003

World premiere of Economy (2016), performance of EROSION (2016)

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Aug. 6 ~ 28, 2016

Finished Goods Warehouse: Columbia MFA Summer Show [link]

Curated by Natalie Bell (The New Museum)

Former Pfizer Factory, 630 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, New York, NY

Exhibition of musical scores of Shiki to Unkai (2013), -shikaku- (2013), and Cover Your Ears! (2015)

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Aug. 11 ~ 28, 2016

Music Omi 2016

OMI International Arts Center, 1405 Co Rte 22, Ghent, NY 12075

Fellow for Music Residency at OMI International Arts Center

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Aug. 14, 2016

Music Omi Improvises in The Cafe

OMI International Arts Center Benenson Visitor Center, 1405 Co Rte 22, Ghent, NY 12075

Improvisation performance with Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso, and Fellows of Music Omi

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Aug. 22, 2016

Ben O'Brien & Chatori Shimizu

OMI International Arts Center Silo, 1405 Co Rte 22, Ghent, NY 12075

Collaborative performance in the silo with shō (Shimizu) and computer music (O'Brien)

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Aug. 24, 2016

Introduction to shō - Notation and Extended Techniques - 

OMI International Arts Center Ledig House, 1405 Co Rte 22, Ghent, NY 12075

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Aug. 27, 2016

Music Omi Concert in the Fields

OMI International Arts Center Benenson Visitor Center, 1405 Co Rte 22, Ghent, NY 12075

Performance of Etenraku 2.0 (2016) for shō and shoga

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Sept. 30, 2016

Tokyo to New York

Barge Music, Brooklyn Bridge Blvd, Brooklyn, New York City, NY 11201

Performance of EROSION (2016)

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Oct. 13 ~ 15, 2016

Electronic Music Midwest Festival

Lewis University, One University Parkway Romeoville, IL 60446

Selected composer for EMM

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Oct. 15, 2016

Electronic Music Midwest Festival Concert 8

Lewis University, One University Parkway Romeoville, IL 60446

Performance of featured work Othello (2013)

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Oct. 29, 2016

Yuma Umesaka Quartet with special guest Chatori Shimizu

Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St, New York, NY 10002, USA

Collaborative performance on the shō with the Yuma Umesaka Jazz Trio

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Nov. 13, 2016

Columbia University Visual Arts MFA Open Studios & Open House 2016

Prentis Hall, 632 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027, USA

World premiere and live musical performance for Iris Yirei Hu's new work, by Chatori Shimizu, Hajime Sakita, and Zac Zinger

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Nov. 17, 2016

The Composer's Voice Concert 50: A Year of Indulgence

The Firehouse Space, 246 Frost St, New York, NY 11211 USA

Performance on the shō for Etenraku

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Dec. 7, 2016

Gagaku-Hogaku Concert

St. Paul's Chapel, 1160 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, USA

Performance with the Columbia Gagaku Ensemble

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Dec. 29, 2016

Joseph Ehrenpreis Classical Guitar Recital

Skokie Central Traditional Congregation, 4040 Main St, Skokie, IL 60076, USA

Performance of Translucent (2016) by Joseph Ehrenpreis

Resonate the Mountains (2016) with Hajime Sakita in Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, USA (June 25, 2016)

2015

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Jan. 12, 2015

Tokyo to New York

Space Do, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of NEONS (2014)

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Jan. 30, 2015

play_algorithm. NEW YORK

Compuer Music Cener a Columbia, New York City/NY, USA

Exhibition and performance of play_algorithm. (2015)

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March 7, 2015

60x60 Wave Farm Mix Broadcast

Wave Farm Radio WGXC 90.70-FM

Broadcast of Sinkaigyo (2012) on Wave Farm Radio WGXC 90.7-FM

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March 15, 2015

LoVid/a Video Event with no fancy name

Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York City/NY, USA

Improvisation performance on shō, collaboration with LoVid, Alice Emily Baird, Cameron Fraser, and Frank Spigner

Curated by Phil Niblock

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April 16, 2015

Interdisciplinary Arts Council (IAC) Spring Exhibition

Columbia University, New York City/NY, USA

Exhibition of scores and video screening of -shikaku- (2013)

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April 17, 2015

SPaCE: SUNY Purchase Alternative Composers Exhibition

SUNY Purchase, Purchase/NY

Improvisation performance on shō, collaboration with Frank Spigner

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April 19, 2015

Tokyo to New York

Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City/NY, USA

US premiere of NEONS (2014)

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April 16 ~ 30, 2015

Amplitude

Curated by Galen Joseph-Hunter (Wave Farm)

Pioneer Works, New York City, NY

Exhibition of the 4ch sound installation Somewhere Close (2015) at Pioneer Works, New York City, NY

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April 30, 2015

Amplitude Live

Pioneer Works, New York City, NY

World premiere and Broadcast of Shiki tō Unkai IV (2015), US Premier of umbra (2012), and a performance of Othello (2013)

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April 26 ~ May 18, 2015

Columbia Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition 2015

Curated by Omar López-Chahoud

Fisher Landau Center for Art, New York City/NY, USA

Exhibition of a 2ch video work Same/Difference (2015), collaborative work with Nicole Maloof and Yujin Lee

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May 1, 2015

Columbia Composers Concert Spring 2015

Columbia University, New York City/NY, USA

World premiere of A Narcissist's Self-Portrait (2015)

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05.10.2015

Repitition and Difference

The Jewish Museum, New York City/NY, USA

Music for "Luv / Wrong" (in collaboration with Artist Bora Kim) and "The Reserve" (in collaboration with Artist Jonah King)

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June 21, 2015

play_algorithm. KARUIZAWA

Inose Lodge, National Institute of Informatics, Karuizawa, Japan

Japan premiere and exhibition of play_algorithm. (2015), percussions by Masayuki Nino

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June 28, 2015

Chatori Shimizu Portrait Concert "Percussion Works for Echo"

Kioi Hall, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of  Philosophy of the Impossible (2014), Cover Your Ears! (2015), Japan premier of  Shiki tō Unkai IV (2015), performance of Shiki tō Unkai III (2014), and a talk on Percussion Works for Echo

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July 3, 2015

Henry Liang Flute Recital in Tokyo

Ryogoku Monten Hall, Tokyo,  Japan

World premiere of -ism (2015)

Concert produced by Chatori Shimizu

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July 18, 2015

Cymbal Matryoshka

Osaki l-e, Tokyo, Japan

Performance event Cymbal Matryoshka -from Cymbals- with Ayaka Miyauchi and Masayuki Nino

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July 22 ~ 24, 2015

play_algorithm. LONDON

Parker Gallery, London Metropolitan University, London, UK

Europe premiere and exhibition of installation play_algorithm. (2015), percussions by Paulina Szcz

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Sept. 19 ~ 20, 2015

Chatori Shimizu: Shiki to Unkai

INNER FIELDS, New York City, NY

US premiere of Shiki to Unkai III (2014), exhibition of Somewhere Close (2015), and lecture on the history and aesthetics of Gagaku

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Oct. 9, 2015

Eastern Perspectives on Music & Noise

The Gabe M. Wiener Library, New York City, NY

Video lecture on the issue of music, sound, and noise from an Eastern perspecive with Bin Li

Curated by Nick Patterson and Miya Masaoka

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Oct. 18, 2015

Tokyo to New York

Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, NY

World premiere of Noise of a Pondering Mind (2015)

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Nov. 21, 2015

Columbia University Sound Arts MFA Open Studios 2015

Computer Music Center at Columbia, New York City, NY

Screenings of -shikaku- (2013), Cover Your Ears! (2015), i.d (2012), and a talk/performance on shō

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Nov. 20, 2015

Invisible Cities

Manhattan School of Music, New York City, NY

World premiere of Yangzhi Ma's Invisible Cities (2015), video production by Chatori Shimizu

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Nov. 21, 2015

ON LISTENING

INNER FIELDS, New York City, NY

Panel Discussion with Didier Sylvain on the issue of music, sound, and noise, curated by Elaine Su-Hui

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Dec. 2, 2015

Columbia Gagaku Concert

St. Paul’s Chapel, New York City, NY

Performance on shō with Columbia University Gagaku Ensemble

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Dec. 3, 2015

Columbia Mixed Music Composition Concert

Prentis Hall, New York City, NY

US premiere of suspended animation (2012) 

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Dec. 5, 2015

Columbia Composers Concert Winter 2015

Computer Music Center at Columbia, New York City, NY

US premiere of Shinkaigyo (2012) and performance of Othello (2013)

Exhibition opening of sound art work Somewhere Close (2015), Pioneer Works Center for Art and Innovation, New York City, NY, USA (April 16, 2015)

2014

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 Jan. 24, 2014

-shikaku- Kunitachi College of Music Thesis Concert

Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of shikaku (2013)

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March 29, 2014

+Vie Second Live

Shiratori Hall, Yokohama, Japan

World premiere of Jitaku Keibiin no Gogo II (2014)

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June 18, 2014

Satoh Yusuke 10th Anniversary Debut Concert

Suginami Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Worlds with No Overlaps (2014)

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June 22, 2014

Chatori Shimizu Portrait Concert "Spatiotemporal Composition Works" 

Ryogoku Monten Hall, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Opening Bell, fiddle, Bakekujira, and Shiki tō Unkai II, performances of Worlds with No Overlaps, umbra, and Shiki tō Unkai, and exhibitions of mini-installations Fujisan no Unkai, Takeyabu, and Nihonkai. 

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July 18, 2014

Parte vol. 2

Next Sunday, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Flowers that Blooms at Midnight (2014) and a performance of Jitaku Keibiin no Gogo II (2013)

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July 19 ~ Oct. 13, 2014

Religion and Culture of Mt. Fuji

Susono City Mt. Fuji Museum, Susono, Japan

Exhibitions of video, score, and documents of Shiki tō Unkai and Shiki tō Unkai II at Susono City Mt. Fuji Museum in Susono, Japan

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Sept. 7, 2014

A-EN Project Shizuoka Concert

Hagoromo Hotel, Shizuoka, Japan

World premiere of Shiki tō Unkai III (2014) in Shizuoka, Japan

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Sept. 8, 2014

A-EN Project Shizuoka Concert

Hagoromo Hotel, Shizuoka, Japan

Performance of Shiki tō Unkai III (2014) in Shizuoka, Japan

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Nov. 20 ~ Dec. 15, 2014

The Bacchae

Nash Studios, New York City/NY, USA

"The Bacchae", directed by Pálína Jónsdóttir, music by Chatori Shimizu

World premiere of -shikaku- (2013), Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan (January 24, 2018)

2013

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Feb. 8, 2013

Shinkaigyo

Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Shinkaigyo (2013)

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March 21, 2013

+Vie

Studio K, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Jitaku Keibiin no Gogo (2013) and Never Been to New Orleans? (2013)

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July 20, 2013

Koi Shōbai

Yoyogi Keyaki Hall, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Koi Shōbai (2013)

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Aug. 4, 2013

Sonic Interaction 2013 vol.2

Meguro Perssimon Hall, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of s.k.o.m.k (2013)

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Aug. 16, 2013

Parte

Next Sunday, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Othello (2013)

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Oct. 31, 2013

Ojizou Matryoshka

l-e, Tokyo, Japan

First exhibition of installation Ojizou Matryoshka (2013), collaborative work with Ayaka Miyauchi

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Nov. 2, 2013

Ojizou Matryoshka

Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan

Exhibition of installation Ojizou Matryoshka (2013), collaborative work with Ayaka Miyauchi

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Nov. 4, 2013

IRODORI Kunitachi College of Music Art Festival Premier

Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Bi (2013) by Sax-Percussion Duo IRODORI

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Nov. 4, 2013

Parte

Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan [info]

Improvisational performance with a broken violin and microphone

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Dec. 1, 2013

silicon wafer

l-e, Tokyo, Japan

Improvisational noise performance with Max/MSP, microphone, and MacBook Pro

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Dec. 23, 2013

A-EN Composers Project Third Concert

Nogata Kumin Hall, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Shiki tō Unkai II (2013)

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2012

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Feb. 13, 2012

i.d

Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of i.d (2012), performed by students of Waseda University

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March 14, 2012

Acoustic Factory 

Tiara Koto, Tokyo, Japan

First performance of Analog Computer (2011)

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June 6, 2012

Dance of the Apes

Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Dance of the Apes (2012)

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July 22, 2012

Tone Tone Concert 

Yoyogi Keyaki Hall, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Circular Triangle (2012)

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Aug. 6, 2012

Acoustic Factory vol.2

Koganei Civil Center, Tokyo, Japan

Performance of Circular Triangle (2012)

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Sept. 6, 2012

Sonic Interaction 2012 vol.1

Kitazawa Town Hall, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of suspended animation (2012)

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Nov. 2, 2012

Acoustic Factory Art Festival Special

Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Senkou-Hanabi (2012), labyrinth (2012), Ichirei-Shikon (2012), and Studio di donne (2012)

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Nov. 4, 2012

Kunitachi College of Music Art Festival

Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of The Mousetrap, the Cat, and Me (2012)

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Dec. 23, 2012

A-EN Composers Project 2nd Concert 

Ota Kumin Aprico Hall, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of umbra (2012)

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2011

Jan. 21, 2011

EnEn

Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of EnEn (2010)

July 23, 2011

Tone Tone Concert

Yoyogi Keyaki Hall, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Analog Computer (2011)

Aug. 4, 2011

Sonic Interaction 2011 vol.1

Kitazawa Town Hall, Tokyo, Japan

World premiere of Solid (2011)

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