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Makiko Nishikaze (b. 1968 Wakayama, Japan)
| 1991-93 |
studied at Mills College, Oakland CA |
| 1994-99 |
Composition with Alvin Curran, Percussion with William Winant,
and Piano with Julie Steinberg.
studied composition at Hochschule der Künste Berlin with Walter Zimmermann. MA.
Living and working as a composer, pianist and performance artist in Berlin. |
| 2007 |
lecturer at the Wakayama University,
Wakayama, Japan |
| 2008 |
Associate Professor |
| 2009 |
Back in Berlin |
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Awards, grants and fellowships
| 1994 |
A grant for composition from Berlin Senate |
| 1995 |
Composition prize from City of Stuttgart |
| 1996 |
A prize for contemporary music, Hochschule der Künste Berlin |
| 1999 |
Artist in residence from Stiftung Kulturfonds (Berlin) at the Künstlerhaus Lukas Ahrenshoop |
| 1999-2000 |
Artist in residence at the Akademie Schloss Solitude |
| 2000 |
Artist in residence at the GEDOK Atelierhaus Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein |
| 2001-2002 |
Artist in residence at the Künstlerhof Schreyahn, Niedersachsen |
| 2003 |
Artist in residence at the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles |
| 2003 |
Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin (for music theater project) |
| 2004 |
A grant for composition from Stiftung Kulturfonds (Berlin) |
| 2004 |
Award for the female artists from Berlin Senate |
| 2007 |
Kunstpreis Berlin, Föderungspreis |
Commissions
Neuvel Ensemble Moderne, Montreal, GEDOK Berlin, Japan Choral Directors Association, Chamber Music Festival Kanagawa, Japan, Modern Art Sextet Berlin, Kulturamt Stuttgart, Berliner Festspiele "MaerzMusik", Guardini Stiftung, Berlin, SWR
Works performed at (selection)
| 1995 |
Festival Klangwerkstatt 95, Berlin
Theatro Carlo Felice, Genova und Centro Allende, La Spezia, Italy |
| 1996 |
Sonambiente Festival, Berlin
Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg |
| 1997 |
Festival MASCHINEN! MUSIK? Leipzig
Chamber Music Festival Kanagawa, Japan |
| 1998 |
Miller Theater, Columbia University, New York
"The art of composition towards the 21st Century", Jerusalem, Israel
Musica Silenciosa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Klang November, Aarau, Switzerland |
| 1999 |
Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (4 Piano solo concerts)
Festival PianoPianoForteForte, Berlin (Piano solo concert)
The Bruno International Music Festival, Czech Republic |
| 2000 |
Eclat, Festival Neue Musik, Stuttgart
Tage Neuer Kammermusik, Braunschweig |
| 2001 |
Musik für den Blick nach Draussen, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
Portrait concert, Rotebühlzentrum, GEDOK Stuttgart |
| 2002 |
Portrait concert, Künstlerhof Schreyahn
Festival De Klankfabriek, Widooie, Belgium |
| 2003 |
Maerz Musik, Festival für Aktuelle Musik, Berlin
Villa Aurora and California Institution of the Arts, Los Angeles
Tempus Novum, Tokyo (Piano solo concert) |
| 2005 |
New Music Marathon, Northwestern University
Ecumenical Vesper, Guardini Stiftung, Berlin
Creole, Kobe, Japan (Piano solo concert)
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| 2006 |
Premiere of a new music theater piece "M.M.", MaerzMusik, Berlin |
| 2007 |
Donaueschinger Musiktage |
Works performed by:
Neuvel Ensemble Moderne (Montreal), Ensemble Modern, Die Maulwerker,
Modern Art Sextet Berlin, Ensemble United Berlin, Ensemble Mosaik (Berlin), Ensemble l'art pour l'art (Hamburg), Ensemble QO2 (Brussels), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, Ensemble Zwischentöne (Berlin), SWR Sinfonieorchester.
CD
"Haiku" Modern Art Sextet, edel 0085132 ACA
aqua.piano.aerial (1999) Piano: Makiko Nishikaze, EWR 0301
pianopera I, II (2003), Piano: John McAlpine, EWR 0405
walking, north, north, Ensemble l'art pour l'art, ARTS81182
Performance concerts
| 1999 |
Werkraum Uerdinger Straße, Köln |
| 2002 |
with dancer Junko Wada, Künstlerinnenhof DIE HÖGE, Bassum |
| 2004 |
"Tafel Musik", Carlier, Berlin
Trio concert with A.Dörner, C.Kesten, Philipp-Melanchthon Kirche, Berlin |
| 2005 |
GEDOK Haus, Stuttgart
CAP HOUSE, Kobe, Japan
Trio concert with A.Dörner, C.Kesten, Kule/Labor Sonor, Berlin
Domäne Dahlem, Berlin |
Seminar and performance workshop
| 2000 |
JML Institution, Tokyo |
| 2001 |
Technische Universität, Berlin |
| 2003 |
California Institution of the Arts |
| 2005 |
CAP HOUSE, Kobe, Japan
Ai no hikari Kindergarten, Wakayama, Japan (for children and teachers)
Kokawa elementary school, Wakayama, Japan (for teachers)
Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama, Japan
Doshisha women´s University, Japan
Kinderakademie Charlier, Berlin
Mappagei kindergarten, Berlin
"zuhören" (listening) at atelier Claudia Gansz, Berlin |
| 2006 |
Hochschule für Musik Würzburg
"Landschaften Hören", Sommersemester
Universität der Künste Berlin |
| 2007 |
Oto to Machi (Sound and City) Wakayama, Japan |
| 2008 |
Listning-Walk at Wakaura (sea coast), Wakayama City, Japan |
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