World Premiere of Rightist Mushrooms (2019) in Kulturpalast Dresden by AuditivVokal (Nov. 9, 2019)
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Kingyo Obsession (2017)
日本語:金魚オブセッション
for four voices or choir (SATB)
Commissioned by Soundstreams (Canada)
ca. 5 min.
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composer | sound artist
History
May 1994
Moved to Singapore
Aug. 2014
Moved to New York, NY
Bonsai Modulation (2015)
Cover Your Ears! (2015)
Translucent (2016)
economy (2016)
Kingyo Obsession (2017)
Feb. 2018
Moved to Dresden, Germany
Pink Elephant in Prentis (2018)
Mimi Spelunking (2019)
Wagyu Pigs (2019)
Rightist Mushrooms (2019)
MR. PLUMBER (2020)
Me Doppelgänger (2020)
Nenneko Pantsu (2021)
Sakana Satellite (2021)
Crazy Embai (2021)
Self-Portrait (2022)
Ningen Poiesis (2022)
Ebi Revolution (2022)
Hentai Beetle (2022)
Oct. 2023
Moved to Taipei, Taiwan
Dec. 1990
Born in Osaka, Japan
Aug. 2008
Moved to Tokyo, Japan
Shinkaigyo (2012)
Othello (2013)
Shiki to Unkai (2013)
-shikaku- (2013)
fiddle (2014)
Mu Absence (2014)
Aug. 2017
Moved to Pittsburgh, PA
big mosquito (2017)
Silichin Valley (2018)
Dec. 2022
Moved to Hokkaido, Japan
magic manju (2023)
Concert Archives
2022
March 6, 2022
2022 Hot Air Music Festival ◎
San Fransisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
Performance of Kingyo Obsession (2017) [Video Archive]
April 8, 2022
Festival DÉTOURS DE BABEL [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Théâtre Saint-Marie d'en bas, 38 Rue Très Cloîtres, 38000 Grenoble, France
Performance of Nenneko Pantsu (2021)
July 4 - 23, 2022
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence ◉
Le Pavillon Noir, 530 Av. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 13627 Aix-en-Provence, France
July 10, 2022
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (World Premiere) ◉
Le Pavillon Noir, 530 Av. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 13627 Aix-en-Provence, France
World premiere of Woman At Point Zero (2022) by Bushra El-Turk (Chatori Shimizu Shō)
July 11, 2022
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (Performance 2) ◉
Le Pavillon Noir, 530 Av. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 13627 Aix-en-Provence, France
Performance of Woman At Point Zero (2022) by Bushra El-Turk (Chatori Shimizu Shō)
July 26, 2022
音と言葉の間(東京公演)◉
MUSICASA, Shibuya-ku Nishihara 3-33-1 151-0066 Tokyo, Japan
World premiere of Self-Portrait (2022) by Takuya Niinomi and Taku Kosugi [Video Archive]
August 10, 2022
Exploring Time Identities in Music ◎
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Guest Lecturer
August 11, 2022
音と言葉の間(栃木公演) [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Tochigi Cultural Hall, Asahicho 12-16, Tochigi City, Japan
Performance of Self-Portrait (2022) by Takuya Niinomi and Taku Kosugi
August 14, 2022
"The Rearview Landscape Series": Im Abendrot ◉
UCCA Dune Art Museum, Aranya Gold Coast, Beidaihe, China
Art by Xiaoshi Vivian VIvian Qin, Pink Elephant in Prentis (2018) as soundtrack
August 28, 2022
Suzueri + Devon Osamu Tipp + Chatori Shimizu ◉◉
Ftarri, Bunkyo-ku Hongo 1-4-11 Okano Building Basement 1, 113-0033, Tokyo, Japan
Japan premiere of MR. PLUMBER by Devon Osamu Tipp; Improvisational performance with Suzueri, Devon Osamu Tipp, and Chatori Shimizu
August 23-31, 2022
World New Music Days ISCM/ACL 2022 ◉
August 30, 2022
ISCM World New Music Days: "Te Ihutai" ◉
The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, PO Box 40019, Christchurch, New Zealand
New Zealand Premiere of Wagyu Pigs (2019) by NZTrio [Video Archive]
September 12, 2022
作曲家としてドイツで住むということ ◎
Odawara Junior College, Odawara-shi Shiroyama 4-5-1, Kanagawa, Japan
Guest lecturer
September 19, 2022
Fall Line Salon Series Vol. 5 ◉
The Woods, 1826 Palmetto St, Ridgewood, NY 11385 USA
US Premiere of MR. PLUMBER (2020) by Devon Osamu Tipp
October 1, 2022
Tesselat feat. Will Yager [Postponed]
mise-en place, 341 Calyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
US premiere of Me Doppelgänger (2020) by Will Yager
October 8, 2022
Tesselat feat. Ekmeles [Postponed]
DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
World premiere of new work (2022)
October 21-23, 2022
Festival POTE ◉
October 21, 2022
Festival POTE: Éblouie ◉
La Citronnade, 19 Rue Ronchaux, 25000 Besançon, France
Performance of Nenneko Pantsu (2021) by Yui Sakagoshi
October 25, 2022
Trio [k l aː ŋ ʃ p ɛ k t r ʊ m] | Retrospektive Unerhörte Musik ◉
BKA-Theater, Mehringdamm 34, Berlin, Germany
World premiere of Ningen Poiesis (2022) by Ensemble Klangspektrum [Video Archive]
November 6, 2022
Disrupted Chronologies by neuMERZ ◉
WERKRAUM Göttingen, Stresemannstraße 24C, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
Performance of Ningen Poiesis (2022) by Ensemble Klangspektrum [Video Archive]
November 17, 2022
Tesselat feat. Will Yager and Noppakorn Auesirinucroch ◉
Mise-En Place, 341 Calyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA
Performance of Translucent (2016) and Me Doppelgänger (2020)
November 24 - 26, 2022
Contemporary Music Festival Salzburg: CROSSROADS ◉
Universität Mozarteum, Mirabellplatz 1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
November 26, 2022
CONCERT STRINGS&NOISE (AT) ◉
Universität Mozarteum, Mirabellplatz 1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
World premiere of Ebi Revolution (2022) by strings&noise (Sophia Goidinger-Koch and Barbara Riccabona) [Video Archive]
December 3, 2022
Tesselat feat. Will Yager ◉
The Undercroft, 2629 Huntingdon Ave, Baltimore, MD, USA
Performance of Me Doppelgänger (2020) by Will Yager
December 9, 2022
Ghost in the Double Bass ◉
Tokyo Opera City, Nishi-Shinjuku 3-20-2, Tokyo, Japan
World premiere of Hentai Beetle (2022) by Seiya Kondoh and Mizuki Aita [Video Archive]
December 15, 2022
Tesselat feat. Aurélienne Brauner ◉
Mise-En Place, 341 Calyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA
US premiere of Tempura Aquarium (2021) by Aurélienne Brauner
December 17, 2022
Amplitude and Cycles: New York Premieres ◉
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A W 13th St, New York, NY 10011
US premiere of Ebi Revolution (2022) [Video Archive]
◉ = Lecture
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◎ = Concert (online)
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World Premiere of Ebi Revolution (2022) in Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg, as part of the CROSSROADS Contemporary Music Festival (November 25, 2022)
2021
March 7, 2021
2021 Hot Air Music Festival ◎
San Fransisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
US Premiere of Mu Absence (2014) by Ting Luo
March 17, 2021
The Notation and Time Identity of Shō ◎
CUNY Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
Online lecture about notation and time identity of Shō
March 22-26, 2021
The 21st Century Guitar ◎
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa 1099-085, Lisbon, Portugal
March 24, 2021
The 21st Century Guitar ◎
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa 1099-085, Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal premiere of Translucent (2016) by Joseph Ehrenpreis (Call for Scores Winning Work)
April 1, 2021
Composer Chatori Shimizu ◎
University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95211, USA
Online lecture about my works and composition techniques
April 1 - September 30, 2021
SEED 2021: Virtual Composition Academy ◎
Co-director, lecturer for online academy connecting 10 composers with Mayumi Miyata, Remi Miura (shō), and Wu Wei (sheng) [Archive]
April 1, 2021
Orientation ◎
Orientation of the online academy
April 2, 2021
SEED Lecture 1: Sheng ◎
Online lecture on instrumentation of sheng by Wu Wei
April 10, 2021
SEED Lecture 2: Sheng ◎
Online lecture on contemporary sheng compositions by Wu Wei
April 19, 2021
SEED Reading Session: Sheng ◎
Reading session for SEED participants by Wu Wei
April 25, 2021
SEED Lecture 3: Shō ◎
Online lecture on instrumentation of shō by Mayumi Miyata
May 2, 2021
SEED Lecture 4: Shō ◎
Online lecture on contemporary shō compositions by Mayumi Miyata
May 7, 2021
SEED Reading Session: Shō ◎
Reading session for SEED participants by Remi Miura
May 8, 2021
SEED Lecture 5: A Brief Look on Cultural Appropriation ◎
Online lecture on cultural appropriation debate by Chatori Shimizu
May 15, 2021
SEED Lecture 6: The Time Identity of Languages ◎
Online lecture on the rhythmic characteristics of the Japanese language by Chatori Shimizu
June 12, 2021
SEED Lecture 7: Sheng and Chinese Orchestra ◎
Online lecture on the relationship between sheng and the Chinese orchestra by JunYi Chow
June 28, 2021
SEED Lecture 8: Challenges on Writing for Chinese Ensemble ◎
Online lecture on the challenges on writing for Chinese ensemble by JunYi Chow
April 15-18, 2021
Oh My Ears New Music in Phoenix ◎◎
1339 E. Thomas Rd. #207 Phoenix, Arizona 85014
April 17, 2021
Oh My Ears New Music in Phoenix: Wave Making ◎◎
1339 E. Thomas Rd. #207 Phoenix, Arizona 85014
Online concert of Mimi Spelunking (2019); performance of sans couleurs à souffler (Jean-Patrick Besingrand), Nami (Ivan Solano), Akane (Jean-Louis Agobet), and others
April 27, 2021
Yui Sakagoshi: Images, Gestes et Voix [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Théâtre de la Renaissance, 7 Rue Orsel, 69600 Oullins, France
World premiere of Nenneko Pantsu (2021)
May 3-4, 2021
Framing the Normal ◎
Witte Saal, de singel, Desguinlei 25, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
May 4, 2021
Yui Sakagoshi: Images, Gestes et Voix ◎
Hôtel Graffalgar, 17 Rue Déserte, 67000 Strasbourg, France
World premiere of Nenneko Pantsu (2021)
May 15, 2021
Weltliche Chorsinfonik in Dresden [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Hochschule für Musik Dresden Carl Maria von Weber, Wettiner Pl. 13, 01067 Dresden, Germany
World premiere of Fat Samurai (2020)
May 21 - June 2, 2021
reMusik.org ◉
Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Theatre Square, 2, St Petersburg, 190000, Russia
June 1, 2021
VIII ST. PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL ◉
Catherine's Cathedral emb. Griboyedov Canal, 88-90
Russia premiere of Nenneko Pantsu (2021)
June 3 2021
MusCan Annual Conference [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
University of Alberta, 116 St & 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3
Canada premiere of Wagyu Pigs (2019)
July 9, 2021
Dresdner Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften ◉
Heinz-Steyer-Stadion, Pieschener Allee 1A, 01067 Dresden, Germany
World premiere of Sakana Satellite (2021) [Video Archive]
July 11, 2021
Hybrid Music Lab ◉
Hochschule für Musik Dresden Carl Maria von Weber, Wettiner Pl. 13, 01067 Dresden, Germany
Performance of Sakana Satellite (2021)
August 16, 2021 (15:00 CDT)
New Music Gathering: ICEBURG, Kinds of Kings, Tesselat ◎
Panel discussion on managing composers' collectives
August 29, 2021
響会IX ◉
Ohmi Gakudo, Tokyo Opera City, Shinjuku-ku NIshi-Shinjuku 3-20-2, Tokyo, Japan
World premiere of Crazy Embai (2021)
September 30, 2021
New Arts Collaboration: New Music by Minority Composers and Performers ◎
Panel Discussion hosted by New Arts Collaboration and Contemporary Art Music Project
October 6 - November 4, 2021
Festival Expresiones Contemporáneas III ◎
October 13, 2021
Festival Expresiones Contemporáneas III ◎
Streaming of Nenneko Pantsu (2021) [Video Archive]
October 31, 2021
国立音楽大学ホームカミングデイ2021 ◉◉
Kunitachi College of Music, Tachikawa-shi Kashiwa-cho 5-5-1, Tokyo, Japan
Performance of Kingyo Obsession (2017) and Talk [Video Archive]
November 7, 2021
Poetic Move: New Arts Collaboration 2021 ◉
Old First Concerts, 1751 Sacramento Street, SF, CA 94109
Performance of Mu Absence (2020) [Video Archive]
November 21, 2021
Tesselat feat. Aurélienne Brauner ◎
World premiere of Tempura Aquarium (2021)
November 24, 2021
清水チャートリー:ドイツでの活動記録 ◎
Odawara Junior College, Odawara-shi Shiroyama 4-5-1, Kanagawa, Japan
Guest lecturer
December 18, 2021
Amplitude and Cycles: New York Premieres [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A W 13th St, New York, NY 10011
World premiere of new piece
◉ = Lecture
◎ = Lecture (online)
◉ = Concert
◎ = Concert (online)
◎ = Performance (online)

World Premiere of Sakana Satellite (2021) in Heinz-Steyer Stadium, Dresden as part of the Dresdner Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften (July 9, 2021)
2020
March 28, 2020 (11:00)
Musiques Eclatées [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Hôtel Graffalgar, 17 Rue Déserte, 67000 Strasbourg, France
World premiere of new work by Yui Sakagoshi
March 28-29, 2020
UVM Festival of New Music [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
384 S Prospect St, Burlington, VT 05405 USA
March 28, 2020
UVM Festival of New Music [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
384 S Prospect St, Burlington, VT 05405 USA
Performance of Wagyu Pigs (2019; UVM Festival Call for Scores Winner)
April 21-30, 2020
ISCM 2020 World New Music Days [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand
ISCM General Assembly meetings Conference and Asian Composers League Festival and General Assembly
April 30, 2020
ISCM 2020 World New Music Days [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Christchurch, New Zealand
New Zealand premiere of Wagyu Pigs (2019) by NZTrio
May 2, 2020 (8:00 and 20:00 EST)
From NY to KL ◎
Facebook Live
Live streaming of Two Systems (2019), Night Breeze (2019), and other works with JunYi Chow
May 12, 2020
6 plus 6 Project ◎
Éditions Musicales Artchipel TV (France)
World premiere of Me Doppelgänger (2020) [Video Archive]
May 23, 2020 (19:30)
Weltliche Chorsinfonik in Dresden [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Hochschule für Musik Dresden Carl Maria von Weber, Wettiner Pl. 13, 01067 Dresden, Germany
World premiere of Fat Samurai (2020)
May 26, 2020
Weltliche Chorsinfonik in Dresden [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Hochschule für Musik Dresden Carl Maria von Weber, Wettiner Pl. 13, 01067 Dresden, Germany
Live broadcast of Fat Samurai (2020) by Deutschlandfunk
May 26, 2020 (20:03)
Deutschlandfunk Kultur ◎
Broadcast of Rightist Mushrooms (2019) [Broadcast Archive]
May 28, 2020 (19:30)
Weltliche Chorsinfonik in Dresden [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Hochschule für Musik Dresden Carl Maria von Weber, Wettiner Pl. 13, 01067 Dresden, Germany
Performance of Fat Samurai (2020)
Aug. 1, 2020
新しい響の出会い [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Ohmi Gakudo, Tokyo Opera City, Shinjuku-ku NIshi-Shinjuku 3-20-2, Tokyo, Japan
World premiere of new work (2020)
Aug 29, 2020 (21:00)
Mudita Saturday Talk: 芸術における表現の自由は必要か? ◎
Mudita Saturday Talk
Online lecture (Japanese)
Oct. 29, 2020
Pisol Manatchinapisit Saxophone Konzert ◉
Zurich University of the Arts, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland
Performance of Poo Lettuce (2019)
Nov. 2-5, 2020
The 21st Century Guitar [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa 1099-085, Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal premiere of Translucent (2016) by Joseph Ehrenpreis (Call for Scores Winning Work)
Nov. 6, 2020
Tesselat Electronic and Electroacoustic Streaming ◎
Youtube Live
Live streaming of Shinkaigyo (2012) [Video Archive]
Nov. 9, 2020
#HighTech=#HighHumanism!? Symposium [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Hochschule für Musik Dresden Carl Maria von Weber, Wettiner Pl. 13, 01067 Dresden, Germany
Symposium presentation "Neue Techniken für Stimme und Chor"
Dec. 2, 2020
Innenohr Display 2020 ◉◉
Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, Wettiner Pl. 13, 01067 Dresden, Germany
Germany premiere of Mu Absence (2020) by Chatori Shimizu
Dec. 20, 2020
Amplitude and Cycles: New York Premieres [CANCELLED due to Covid-19]
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011 USA
World premiere of new work by Yui Sakagoshi
◎ = Lecture (online)
◉ = Concert
◎ = Concert (online)
◉ = Performance

Germany Premiere of Mu Absence (2014) in Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber by Chatori Shimizu (Dec. 2, 2020)
2019
Jan. 29, 2019
Innenohr Display ◉◉
Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, Wettiner Pl. 13, 01067 Dresden, Germany
World premiere of Mimi Spelunking (2019) by Chatori Shimizu and Naoko Fujita
March 11, 2019 (18:00-20:00)
Duo Sore Yure feat. Chatori Shimizu ◉
Sylvana, 300 W 116th St, New York, NY 10026 USA
US Premiere of Shiki to Unkai (rev. 2019) by Duo Sore Yure (Yui Sakagoshi and Iván Solano)
March 13, 2019 (9:30-11:30)
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, time identity, and composition techniques
March 13, 2019 (16:00 – 20:45)
Introduction to Shō: extended techniques and notation ◉
Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010 USA
Lecture on the topics of notation, time identity, and composition techniques
March 15, 2019
Mise-En Place Curatorial Series ◉
Mise-En Place Bushwick, 678 Hart St, Brooklyn, NY 11221 USA
Performance of Shiki to Unkai (rev. 2019) by Duo Sore Yure (Yui Sakagoshi and Iván Solano)
March 16, 2019 (13:00)
Introduction to Shō: extended techniques and notation ◉
Lincoln Hall, 316 Dept. of Music, 101 Lincoln Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4101, USA
Lecture on the topics of notation, extended techniques, and time identities of the shō
March 16, 2019 (19:30)
CCCP presents Chatori Shimizu: CU Music ◉
Lincoln Hall, 316 Dept. of Music, 101 Lincoln Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4101, USA
Performances of new works by Besingrand, Cortez, Eberhard, Louilarpprasert, and Schofield
March.16 - May 15, 2019
I'd Rather Struggle ◉
Building 12, No.139 Liuhe Rd., Huangzhou, China
Curated by Beining Liu
March 16.2019
I'd Rather Struggle - Opening Ceremony - ◉
Building 12, No.139 Liuhe Rd., Huangzhou, China
Score and video archive exhibition of Shiki to Unkai (2013) and Shiki to Unkai II (2014)
Curated by Beining Liu
April 7, 2019 (19:00)
Vox populi. Der Klang Europas - Neue Vokalmusik für einen europäischen Dialog ◉
Sächsische Akademie der Künste Palaisplatz 3, Dresden 01097 Germany
Panel discussion with Mark Andre, Olaf Katzer, Dirk Baecker, and Jörn Peter Hiekel
April 12, 2019 (19:00)
SoreYure - 2019 Japon Tour Tokyo【Monodorama-Hana】◉
Ryogoku Monten Hall, Ryogoku 1-3-9, 1-1F, Sumida, Tokyo, 130-0026 Japan
Japan Premiere of Shiki to Unkai (rev. 2019) by Duo Sore Yure (Yui Sakagoshi and Iván Solano)
April 13, 2019 (14:00)
SoreYure - 2019 Japon Tour Tokyo【Monodorama-Hana】◉
Eishinji Temple, Tomioka-shi Nanokaichi 884, Gunma 370-2343 Japan
Performance of Shiki to Unkai (rev. 2019) by Duo Sore Yure (Yui Sakagoshi and Iván Solano)
May 3, 2019
Tesselat featuring Yumi Suehiro ◉
Mise-En Place Bushwick, 678 Hart St, Brooklyn, NY 11221 USA
US premiere of World of No Overlaps (2014)
May 5, 2019
Telluride House presents New Works for Shō ◉
Telluride House (Cornell Branch), 217 West Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
Performance of works by Besingrand, Cortez, Louilarpprasert, and Schofield
May 10, 2019
FOUR SYSTEMS - A Dialogue between Graphic Notation and Improvisation ◉◉
CRS New York, 123 4th Ave, 2nd Fl New York, NY 10003 USA
Improvisational performances by Chatori Shimizu (shō), Junyi Chow (cello), Gamin Kang (piri and saenghwang), and YunZhuo Gan (yangqin) [Video Archive]
June 2, 2019 (18:00)
PILS #47 BLØW ◉
Stimultania, 33, rue Kageneck, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Improvisational concert with Chatori Shimizu, Iván Solano, Claire Trouilloud, Vincent Peter, and HJ Ayala
June 3, 2019 (14:00-17:00)
Conference performative de Chatori Shimizu et Iván Solano ◉◉
Le Conservatoire de Strasbourg, Cité de la musique et de la danse, 1 Pl. Dauphine, Strasbourg 67076 France
Conference presentation on notation and extended techniques of the shō
June 14, 2019 (18:00-1:00)
Dresdener Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften ◉
Loschwitzer Straße 13 01309 Dresden, Germany
Exhibition of "Cover Your Ears! 3" for TU anechoic chamber
June 16, 2019
6. Sonatenabeni Besingrand/Agobet/Shimizu ◉
Theater Regensburg, Neuhaussaal, Bismarckpl. 7, Regensburg 93047 Germany
Germany premiere of umbra (2012)
June 20, 2019
Chatori Shimizu: Compositions and Sound Art ◉
Conservatory De Bordeaux Jacques Thibaud, 22 Quai Sainte-Croix, 33800 Bordeaux, France
Presentation of the compositional concepts and techniques of shikaku (2013), fiddle (2014), Kingyo Obsession (2017),
and a lecture on notation and extended techniques of the shō
June 24 - July 1, 2019
The Etchings Festival ◉◉
Moulin à Nef, 18 Esplanade du Port Auvillar 82340 France
June 26, 2019
The Etchings Festival: Composing for Shō ◉
Moulin à Nef, 18 Esplanade du Port Auvillar 82340 France
Lecture on the notation and extended techniques of the shō
June 30, 2019
The Etchings Festival ◉
Moulin à Nef, 18 Esplanade du Port Auvillar 82340 France
World premiere of Wagyu Pigs (2019) by Ensemble Linea
July 6 - 7, 2019
Thailand Music and Arts Symposium: Beyond Boundaries ◉
Bangkok Art and Culture Center, 939 Rama I Rd, Khwaeng Wang Mai, Khet Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330 Thailand
July 6, 2019
Thailand Music and Arts Symposium: Beyond Boundaries ◉
Bangkok Art and Culture Center, 939 Rama I Rd, Khwaeng Wang Mai, Khet Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330 Thailand
Thailand premiere of Sadistic Papillon (2018)
July 9, 2019
Musicaphoria 2019 ◉
Universitas Pelita Harapan Building B 3rd Floor 348, Tangerang 1581 Indonesia
Indonesia premiere of Shiki to Unkai IV (2015)
July 11 - 18, 2019
ICTM World Conference 2019 ◉◉
Chulalongkorn University. 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
July 15, 2019 (9:30)
ICTM World Conference 2019 Lunchtime Concert ◉
Chulalongkorn University. 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
Thailand premiere of Jean-Patrick Besingrand's ...sans couleurs à souffler
July 17, 2019 (9:30)
ICTM World Conference 2019 ◉
Chulalongkorn University. 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
Conference presentation of "Shō in Compositions Today"
July 19, 2019
Chatori Shimizu: Compositions and Sound Art ◉
Malaysian Institute of Art, No. 213, Jalan Negara 2, Taman Melawati Kuala Lumpur 53100 Malaysia
Presentation of the compositional concepts and techniques of shikaku (2013), fiddle (2014), Kingyo Obsession (2017)
July 19, 2019
From NY to KL ◉◉
71, Jln Setia Utama AT U13/AT, Setia Alam Shah Alam, Kuala Lumpur 40170 Malaysia
Malaysia premiere of Mimi Spelunking (2019) and Othello (2013), and improvisational performance with JunYi Chow
July 25, 2019 (9:00)
Music of 20th and 21st Century ◉
Otsuma Womens University, 12 Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8357, Japan
Guest lecturer at Otsuma Womens University
July 25, 2019 (16:10)
Chatori Shimizu: Compositions and Sound Arts ◉
Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, Kanagawa, Kawasaki Takatsu-ku Hisamoto 2-3-1, Japan
Guest lecturer at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music
Aug. 2, 2019
Anonymous/Together ◉◉
Dadada Gallery, 513 S Main St, Seattle, WA 98104 USA
Movement by Yoko Murakami, Music by Chatori Shimizu and How things are made
Aug. 3, 2019
Kazue Takehana-Noppakorn Debut Concert ◉
Piano Salon GAKU, Funabashi-shi 2 Nishi-Narashino 4-2-1, Chiba 274-0815 Japan
Japan premiere of Mu Absence (2014)
Aug. 6 - Sept. 1, 2019
Visby International Center for Composers
Visby International Centre for Composers (VICC), Skeppsbron 18, SE-621 57, Sweden
Composer in Residence at Visby International Center for Composers
Aug. 16, 2019
Tokyo Media Interaction: Acousticlub Vol. 4 ◉
Uchisaiwaicho Hall, Chiyoda-ku Uchisaiwaicho 1-5-1, Tokyo 100-0011, Japan
World premiere of Dai-Nippon Manifesto, performed by Ei Nonaka [Video Archive]
Sept. 13, 2019 (20:00)
Neue Vokalmusik für einen europäischen Dialog ◉
Hannover Congress Center Theodor-Heuss-Platz 1-3 30175 Hanover, Germany
World premiere of Rightist Mushrooms (2019) by AuditivVokal
Sept. 14, 2019 (11:30)
Neue Vokalmusik für einen europäischen Dialog ◉
Hannover Congress Center Theodor-Heuss-Platz 1-3 30175 Hanover, Germany
Roundtable workshop and presentation of Rightist Mushrooms (2019) and other works
Sept. 15 - 19, 2019
2019 The 2nd Asia Saxophone Congress ◉
Shanghai Conservatory of Music, 20 Fenyang Lu, Shanghai, China
World premiere of stoned monkeys (2019) by Nitchan Pitayathorn
Sept. 22, 2019
Pisol Manatchinapisit with Le Corbusier Museum ◉
Le Corbusier Museum, Höschgasse 8, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland
World premiere of Poo Lettuce (2019)
Oct. 4 - 9, 2019
28th International Review of Composers ◉
Composers' Association of Serbia, Mišarska 12-14, Belgrade 11000 Serbia
Serbia premiere of fiddle (2014)
Oct. 24, 2019
Portrait Iván Solano ◉
The Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, 1 place Hans Jean Arp Strasbourg, France
Performance of Blow (Iván Solano) and other works
Nov. 1 - 31, 2019
Then, What If? ◉
Five Points Gallery, 33 Main Street Torrington, CT 06790 USA
Exhibition of Kingyo Obsession (2017) and other audio-video works
Nov. 9, 2019 (17:00)
Neue Vokalmusik für einen europäischen Dialog ◉
Kulturepalast Dresden, Schloßstraße 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany
Performance of Rightist Mushrooms (2019) by AuditivVokal [Video Archive]
Nov. 21, 2019 (9:00)
20世紀の音楽 ◉
Otsuma Womens University, 12 Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8357, Japan
Guest lecturer at Otsuma Womens University
Nov. 22, 2019 (18:30)
JFC作曲賞本選 ◉
Toppan Hall, Bunkyo-ku Suido 1-3-3 112-0005 Tokyo, Japan
Performance of Kingyo Obsession (2019)
Dec. 5, 2019
Tesselat feat. Phoebe Robertson ◉
Kresge Theatre, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
Performance of légère fièvre (2017) by Phoebe Robertson
Dec. 7, 2019
Tesselat feat. NAT28 ◉
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh, 650 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
US Premiere of Wagyu Pigs (2019) by NAT28 [Video Archive]
Dec. 9, 2019 (16:00 – 20:45)
Introduction to Shō: extended techniques and notation ◉
Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010 USA
Lecture on the topics of notation, time identity, and composition techniques
Dec. 18, 2019
Studio Elektronische Musik "Spatialisation" ◉
Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, Wettiner Pl. 13, 01067 Dresden, Germany
Performance of … sans couleur à souffler… (2019) by Jean-Patrick Besingrand and FL (2019) by Po-Wei Tseng
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◉ = Performance

World Premiere of Rightist Mushrooms (2019) in Kulturpalast Dresden by AuditivVokal (Nov. 9, 2019)
2018
Jan. 11-13, 2018
Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival and Symposium ◉◉
Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5890 USA
1.13.2018
Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival and Symposium ◉◉
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
US premier of big mosquito (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
Jan. 20, 2018
Pittsburgh Composers' Project ◉
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
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
March 1 - 4, 2018
Cluster Festival: New Music + Integrated Arts Festival ◉
FortWhyte Alive Alloway Reception Centre, 1961 McCreary Rd, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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
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
April 5, 2018
Crossover the Six ◉
Sengawa Fix Hall, Chofu-shi Sengawa-cho 1-25-2 Tokyo 182-0002 Japan
World premiere of Silichin Valley (2018)
April 6, 2018
ACOUSTICLUB Vol. 3 by Tokyo Media Interaction ◉
Suginami Kokaido, Suginami-ku Kamiogi 1-23-15, Tokyo, Japan
Japan premiere of Kingyo Obsession (2017) [Video Archive]
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
June 15 - 17, 2018
Nief Norf 2018 Research Summit: New Asia ◉◉
The University of Tennessee, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 1741 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37996-2600 USA
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) [Video Archive]
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"
June 18 - 22, 2018
Nebula Ensemble Summer Festival ◉
Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church, 10150 E Belleview Ave, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 USA
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
現代のサウンドスケープ ◉
Mita Hall, 561-0832 Toyonaka-shi Shonai-Nishi 2-22 Osaka, Japan
Performance of big mosquito (2017) by Iván Solano and Rintaro Kojima
Aug. 6 - 11, 2018
The 14th Thailand International Composition Festival ◉
Mahidol University, 999 Phuttamonthon 4 Road, Salaya 73170, Bangkok, Thailand
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)
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
Aug. 21 - 23, 2018
ICTM Conference MEA 2018 ◉
Korean Musicological Society, [08826] 1, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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
Sept. 1 - 16, 2018
FUTURE HOST: A Speech Opera ◉
Music director for FUTURE HOST Performance tour, Director Tingying Ma, Producer Kang Kang, Composer Spencer C. Yeh, and Sound Engineer Gus Callahan
Sept. 8 - 9, 2018
FUTURE HOST: A Speech Opera/Beijing Premiere ◉
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 4 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing Shi, People's Republic of China 100096
Sept. 16 - 17, 2018
FUTURE HOST: A Speech Opera/Shanghai Premiere ◉
No.436 East Yonghe Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai, People's Republic of China 200072
Sept. 28 - 30, 2018
2018 Bushwick Open Studios: Electronic Music Week ◉
MISE-EN Place, 678 Hart Street #1B Brooklyn, NY 11221 USA
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
Oct. 4 - 8, 2018
27th International Review of Composers ◉
Composers' Association of Serbia, Mišarska 12-14, Belgrade 11000 Serbia
Oct. 7, 2018 (20:00-)
27th International Review of Composers ◉
Composers' Association of Serbia, Students' Cultural Center Great Hall, Mišarska 12-14, Belgrade 11000 Serbia
Serbia premiere of big mosquito (2017); Selected work for Call for Scores
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) by Sound Factory Orchestra
Oct. 18, 2018
Sound Factory Orchestra Dresden Concert ◉
Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, Wettiner Pl. 13, 01067 Dresden, Germany
Germany premiere of Silichin Valley (2018) by Sound Factory Orchestra
Oct. 21, 2018 (18:30-)
Tesselat Inaugural Concert feat. Clara Kim, Adda Kridler, Jocelin Pan, and Jo Whang ◉
Metropolis, 1 Rivington Street, New York, New York USA
Performance of Silichin Valley (2018) by Phillip H. Solomon, Clara Kim, and Jo Whang [Video Archive]
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
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
Nov. 10, 2018
Post-Klasyka: Ludger Hofmann-Engl ◉
Świętego Tomasza 43, 31-027 Kraków, Poland
Poland premiere of Mu Absence (2014); Selected Work for Call for Scores
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
Nov. 13, 2018
Sound Factory Orchestra Essen Concert ◉
Folkwang Universität der Künste, Klemensborn 59, 45239 Essen, Germany
Performance of Silichin Valley (2018) by Sound Factory Orchestra
Nov. 16-17, 2018
Oh My Ears! + GRIT Collaborative ◉
Church of the Beatitudes, 555 W Glendale Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021 USA
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) by Julia Lougheed, Meghan Ruel, and Alexander Duke [Video Archive]
Nov. 23, 2018
Crossover-Contemporary Concert ◉
Studio Loos, De Constant Rebecqueplein 20B, 2518 RA Den Haag, Netherlands
World premiere of Sadistic Papillon (2018) by Hodiernal Quartet
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; Silke Eberhard)
Dec. 3-8, 2018
Hearing China Festival 2018 ◉
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall, 1380 Fuxing Zhong Lu, Shanghai, China
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 [Video Archive]
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
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◉ = Performance

World Premiere of Pink Elephant in Prentis (2018) in Shanghai Symphony Hall by Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra (Dec. 7, 2018)
2017
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
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)
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)
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
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 Archive]
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
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
April 30, 2017 (4pm~)
Alone, Together. ◉
Inner Fields (disclosed address)
Collaborative performance with The Other Instrument (Bin Li)
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)
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
May 7, 2017 (7:30pm~)
Chatori Shimizu: Compositions for Shō ◉
七堂(Qitang), 36 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002
Curated by Beining Liu
May 19 - 28, 2017
Soundstreams Emerging Composers Workshop ◉
302-579 Richmond St West, Toronto, ON M5V 1Y6, Canada
Selected Composer for Soundstreams Emerging Composers Workshop
May 26, 2017 (10:30~)
21C Festival: Soundstreams Emerging Composers Workshop Concert ◉
Temerty Theatre, Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor St. W, Toronto, ON M5S 1W2, Canada
World premiere of Kingyo Obsession (2017) [Video Archive]
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)
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
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
July 8 - 17, 2017
UNIVERSITÉ D'ALTITUDE ◉
06450 Saint-Martin-Vésubie, France
Selected Composer for UNIVERSITÉ D'ALTITUDE
July 15, 2017
Université d'Altitude Concert De Cloture ◉
Espace Jean Grinda, Vesúbia Mountain Park, 06450 Saint-Martin-Vésubie, France
World premiere of big mosquito (2017) by Ensemble Multilatérale
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
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 big mosquito (2017) and economy (2016)
Produced by Chatori Shimizu
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
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)
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 Bonsai Modulation (2015) and Shinkaigyo (2012)
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
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)
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)
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◉ = Concert
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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
Jan. 14, 2016
Composers Voice Concert Series ◉◉
Gallery MC, New York City, NY
Demonstration and Improvisational performance of the shō with Lish Lindsey
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
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
March 25, 2016
ACOUSTIC+ #9 ◉
MISE-EN Place Bushwick, New York City, NY
World premiere of boooooooooon (2016)
April 16, 2016
Project ONKYO ◉
Issue Project Room, New York City, NY
US premiere of fiddle (2014) by Mivos Quartet [Video Archive]
Produced by Chatori Shimizu
April 24 ~ May 7, 2016
Continuing Effect ◉
Basilica Hudson, Hudson, NY
Exhibition of installation Cover Your Ears! 2 (2016)
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
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
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
June 5-19, 2016
New Music On the Point Festival - Season VI ◉
1361 Hooker Road, Leicester, VT 05733
Selected Composer
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)
June 20, 2016
Hajime Sakita ~shō & musical saw~ ◉
Sylvana, 300 W 116th St, New York City, NY 10026
Improvisitory electroacoustic performance with Hajime Sakita
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
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) [Video Archive]
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
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
Aug. 5, 2016
Joseph Ehrenpreis Classical Guitar Recital ◉
Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S State St. Chicago, IL 60605
World premiere of Translucent (2016) by Joseph Ehrenpreis
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) [Video Archive]
Aug. 6 ~ 28, 2016
Finished Goods Warehouse: Columbia MFA Summer Show ◉
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 Bukkowacymbals! (2015)
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
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
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)
Aug. 24, 2016
Introduction to shō - Notation and Extended Techniques - ◉
OMI International Arts Center Ledig House, 1405 Co Rte 22, Ghent, NY 12075
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
Sept. 30, 2016
Tokyo to New York ◉
Barge Music, Brooklyn Bridge Blvd, Brooklyn, New York City, NY 11201
Performance of EROSION (2016)
Oct. 13 ~ 15, 2016
Electronic Music Midwest Festival ◉
Lewis University, One University Parkway Romeoville, IL 60446
Selected composer for EMM
Oct. 15, 2016
Electronic Music Midwest Festival Concert 8 ◉
Lewis University, One University Parkway Romeoville, IL 60446
Performance of featured work Othello (2013)
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 [Video Archive]
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
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 of Etenraku on shō
Dec. 7, 2016
Gagaku-Hogaku Concert ◉
St. Paul's Chapel, 1160 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, USA
Performance with the Columbia Gagaku Ensemble
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
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Resonate the Mountains (2016) with Hajime Sakita in Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, USA (June 25, 2016)
2015
Jan. 12, 2015
Tokyo to New York ◉
Space Do, Tokyo, Japan
World premiere of NEONS (2014)
Jan. 30, 2015
play_algorithm. NEW YORK ◉
Compuer Music Center at Columbia, New York City/NY, USA
World premiere of Bukkowacymbals! (2015) by Maiko Hosoda in installation play_algorithm. (2015)
March 7, 2015
60x60 Wave Farm Mix Broadcast ◉
Wave Farm Radio WGXC 90.70-FM
Broadcast of Shinkaigyo (2012) on Wave Farm Radio WGXC 90.7-FM
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
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)
April 17, 2015
SPaCE: SUNY Purchase Alternative Composers Exhibition ◉
SUNY Purchase, Purchase/NY
Improvisation performance on shō, collaboration with Frank Spigner
April 19, 2015
Tokyo to New York ◉
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City/NY, USA
US premiere of NEONS (2014)
April 16 ~ 30, 2015
Amplitude ◉◉
Curated by Galen Joseph-Hunter (Wave Farm)
Pioneer Works, New York City, NY
World premiere of Bonsai Modulation (2015) in the exhibition of 4ch sound installation Somewhere Close (2015) at Pioneer Works, New York City, NY
April 30, 2015
Amplitude Live ◉◉
Pioneer Works, New York City, NY
World premiere of Shiki to Unkai IV (2015) by Maiko Hosoda and Lea Ivanovic, US Premier of umbra (2012) by Bronwen Chan, and a performance of Othello (2013) by Chatori Shimizu; broadcasted by Wave Farm Radio WGXC 90.7-FM
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
May 1, 2015
Columbia Composers Concert Spring 2015 ◉
Columbia University, New York City/NY, USA
World premiere of A Narcissist's Self-Portrait (2015)
May 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)
June 21, 2015
play_algorithm. KARUIZAWA ◉
Inose Lodge, National Institute of Informatics, Karuizawa, Japan
Japan premiere of Bukkowacymbals! (2015) by Masayuki Nino in installation play_algorithm. (2015)
June 28, 2015
Chatori Shimizu Portrait Concert "Percussion Works for Echo" ◉◉
Kioi Hall, Tokyo, Japan
World premiere of Philosophy of the Impossible (2014), Bukkowacymbals! (2015), Japan premier of Shiki tō Unkai IV (2015), performance of Shiki to Unkai III (2014), and a talk on Percussion Works for Echo
July 3, 2015
Henry Liang Flute Recital in Tokyo ◉
Ryogoku Monten Hall, Tokyo, Japan
World premiere of -ism (2015)
Concert produced by Chatori Shimizu
July 18, 2015
Cymbal Matryoshka ◉◉
Osaki l-e, Tokyo, Japan
Performance of Bukkowacymbals! (2015) by Ayaka Miyauchi and Masayuki Nino
July 22 ~ 24, 2015
play_algorithm. LONDON ◉
Parker Gallery, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
UK premiere of Bukkowacymbals! (2015) by Paulina Szcz in installation play_algorithm. (2015)
Sept. 19 ~ 20, 2015
Chatori Shimizu: Shiki to Unkai ◉
INNER FIELDS, New York City, NY
US premiere of Shiki to Unkai III (2014), performance of Bonsai Modulation (2015), and lecture on Gagaku
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
Oct. 18, 2015
Tokyo to New York ◉
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, NY
World premiere of Noise of a Pondering Mind (2015)
Nov. 15, 2015
Columbia University Sound Arts MFA Open Studios 2015 ◉◉
Computer Music Center at Columbia, New York City, NY
Screenings of shikaku (2013), Bukkowacymbals! (2015), i.d (2012), and a talk/performance on shō
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
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
Nov. 24, 2015
Prentis Excavation: Prentis Junk Collected & Sonified ◉
Computer Music Center at Columbia, New York City, NY
Performance by Cameron Fraser, Frank A. Spigner, and Chatori Shimizu
Dec. 2, 2015
Columbia Gagaku Concert ◉
St. Paul’s Chapel, New York City, NY
Performance on shō with Columbia University Gagaku Ensemble
Dec. 3, 2015
Columbia Mixed Music Composition Concert ◉
Prentis Hall, New York City, NY
US premiere of suspended animation (2012)
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) by Chatori Shimizu
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Exhibition opening of sound art work Somewhere Close (2015) and Bonsai Modulation (2015), Pioneer Works Center for Art and Innovation, New York City, NY, USA (April 16, 2015)
2014
Jan. 24, 2014
Kunitachi College of Music Thesis Concert ◉
Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan
World premiere of shikaku (2013) by students of Kunitachi College of Music and Toho College of Music