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DAI FUJIKURA: WORKS FOR VIOLA(S)

Anne Lanzilotti + John Stulz, violas

Sunday October 6, 2013 | 7pm | Firehouse Space | 246 Frost Street Brooklyn, NY 11211

“Exceptionally striking pieces, combining mastery of texture and form with a marvellous

sense of compositional pacing and gesture. ★★★★★”-BBC Music Magazine

“High octane instrumental writing”

-The Guardian

DAI FUJIKURA: WORKS FOR VIOLA(S)

Anne Lanzilotti + John Stulz, violas

FLUX for solo viola

PRISM SPECTRA for viola and electronics

DOLPHINS for two violas

SAMARASA for solo viola

FLUID CALLIGRAPHY for viola and video projections by Tomoya Yamaguchi

Ticket $10

http://thefirehousespace.org/

Brooklyn, NY - DATE - On October 6th, violists Anne Lanzilotti and John Stulz perform the

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complete works for viola(s) by highly acclaimed British/Japanese composer Dai Fujikura at

The Firehouse Space in Brooklyn. Featuring works for one and two violas, viola and

electronics, as well as a collaboration for viola and video with the japanese artist Tomoya

Yamaguchi, this unique event will present a comprehensive portrait of one of the leading

young composers currently working in Europe.

DAI FUJIKURA: WORKS FOR VIOLA(S) will show Fujikura’s highly skilled and wildly unique sonic

language within the intimate yet variegated medium of the viola. The composer’s slowly

morphing harmonies and ear opening acoustic effects are in full force with FLUX and SAMARASA

for solo viola, the latter of which will be given its world premiere here in the viola

version. DOLPHINS, a duet written for violists Nobuko Imai and Kim Kashkashian, takes this

language into dream-like worlds with memories of Messaien and Takemitsu.

The highlight of the evening will be Fujikura’s collaborations with IRCAM (Institute de

Recherche et Coordination Acoustic/Musique, Paris) and the Japanese video-artist Tomoya

Yamaguchi. FLUID CALLIGRAPHY pairs musical and visual lines inspired by Japanese

calligraphy, with stunning video images from Mr. Yamaguchi. PRISM SPECTRA, one of Fujikura’s

most acclaimed works, expands the sonic expectations of the viola through extensive live

electronic processing and effects designed specifically for the piece by engineers at IRCAM.

DAI FUJIKURA: WORKS FOR VIOLA(S) takes a vital step in expanding awareness of Fujikura’s

important work among audiences in the United States and promises to be an exciting

early-season event for anyone interested in recent developments in contemporary music.

ABOUT DAI FUJIKURA

Although Dai Fujikura was born in Osaka, he has now

spent more than 20 years in the UK where he studied

composition with Edwin Roxburgh, Daryl Runswick and

GeorgeBenjamin.Duringthelastdecadehehasbeenthe

recipient of numerous prizes, including the

HuddersfieldFestivalYoungComposersAwardandaRoyal

Philharmonic Society Award in UK, Internationaler

Wiener Composition Prize, the Paul HindemithPrizein

AustriaandGermanyrespectivelyandboththeOTAKAand

Akutagawa awards in 2009.

A quick glanceathislistofcommissionsandperformancesrevealsheisfastbecominga

trulyinternationalcomposer.Hismusicisnotonlyperformedinthecountryofhisbirthor

hisadoptedhome,butisnowperformedinvenuesasgeographicallydiverseasCaracasand

Oslo, Venice and Schleswig-Holstein, Lucerne and Paris.

InhisnativeJapanhehasbeenaccordedthespecialhonourofaportraitconcertinSuntory

HallinOctober2012.InLondonwherehechoosestolivewithhiswifeandfamily,hehas

nowreceivedtwoBBCPromscommissions,hisDoubleBassConcertowasrecentlypremieredby

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theLondonSinfoniettaandin2013theBBCSymphonyOrchestrawillgivetheUKpremiereof

‘Atom’ as part of the Total Immersion: Sounds from Japan.

Conductors with whom he has worked include Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, Jonathan Nott,

Gustavo Dudamel, the newly-appointed conductor of the Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada and

Alexander Liebreich. His compositions are increasingly the product of international

co-commissions. In 2012/13 the Seattle and Bamberg Symphony will each give continental

premieresof‘Mina’forwindapercussionsoloistsandorchestraandtheAsianpremiereis

currently being negotiated. In 2011/12 the Arditti Quartet performed ‘flare’ in

collaboratingvenuesinLondon,EdinburghandTokyo.Hisopera,whichisbasedonStanislaw

Lem’s novel, Solaris, will be co-produced in both France and Switzerland.

In2012NMCreleasedthefirstdiscdevotedexclusivelytohismusic,“secretforest”,and

insummer2013,anotheralbumofhisworksisplannedtobereleasedontheKAIROSlabel,

performed by I.C.E.

MUSICIANS

Afierceadvocateofcontemporarymusic,ANNE

LANZILOTTI has premiered solo and chamber

music works across Europe and the United

States.Inthesummerof2011,shegavetheUK

premiereofDaiFujikura’s“prismspectra”for

viola and electronics at Village Underground

in London. Lanzilotti has performed with new

music ensembles such as Alarm Will Sound,

ensemble interface, and Soloistenensemble

Kaleidoskop, as well as with computer music

engineersfromIRCAMParisonworksinvolving

live electronics.

A Brooklyn-based performer, she collaborates frequently with members of Sleeping Giant.

Lanzilotti has worked with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir Simon

Rattle,andMichaelTilsonThomasasanorchestralmusician.DuringherFellowshipatthe

New World Symphony, she was co-Principal. Lanzilotti performed with the

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin for two years as a Fellowship Violist. She is the

Associate Principal Violist of the Wintergreen Performing Arts Festival Orchestra.

As a Teaching Artist, Lanzilotti has given master classes at Oberlin Conservatory and

Bowling Green University. Abroad, Lanzilotti has given master classes and taught at the

CampamentoJuveniloftheAsociacionNationaldeConciertos,andasamemberoftheCamerata

oftheAmericasinPanamaCityandElValle,Panama.ShewasaguestTeachingArtistatAl

KamanjatiMusicSchoolinRamallah,WestBank.LanzilottiisaChamberMusicCoachandViola

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FacultyatWintergreenPerformingArtsAcademyinVirginia.Shehasasmallprivatestudio

in New York City.

LanzilottibeganherstringstudieswithHirokoPrimroseinHawai’i.ShestudiedwithPeter

SlowikatOberlinConservatory(BM’05),andwithJesseLevineattheYaleSchoolofMusic

(MM ’08) and was awarded an Alumni Prizeinherfinalyear.WhilelivinginBerlin,she

worked with Wilfried Strehle (SoloViola, Berlin Philharmonic). She is currently pursuing

doctorate at Manhattan School of Music under Karen Ritscher.

Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, violist JOHN

STULZ has gone on to live and study in Los

Angeles, Boston and New York City. His artistic

mentors include Donald McInnes, Kim Kashkashian,

Garth Knox, and Midori.

John’s major performances include Berio’s

daunting Chemins II with the Boston Modern

Orchestra Project, praised by the Boston Globe

for his “taut control and poetic intensity”; West

Coast premieres of works by Donald Crockett,

Elliott Carter, and Krzysztof Meyer; as well as

chamber music performances with Arnold Steinhardt, Joseph Silverstein, Miriam Fried, and

Steven Mackey.

As a musical entrepreneur, John partnered with conductor Vimbayi Kaziboni in 2008 to found

the Los Angeles–based What’s Next? Ensemble. The group has since brought together more than

100 young musicians to perform the music of over 50 local composers under the auspices of

their annual Los Angeles Composers Project, now in its fifth year.

When not playing the work of others, John is active creating original projects that seek to

expand the traditional musical practice. Among these projects are a series of algorithmic

recompositions of a piece by György Ligeti, an ongoing collection of musical "Diaries", a

project with elementary school children to create visual art inspired by avant-garde

composers, and a current project to over-compose field recordings of the 186 blocks from

John's apartment to the southern tip of Manhattan. In March John self-released his first

album of compositions, December Steps. For more information on his composition projects

visit www.johnstulz.com.

John is currently a member of the Academy, a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School,

and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education.

As part of his Academy program, John teaches in Queens at PS 877 The 51 Avenue Academy and

performs around New York as a member of Ensemble ACJW.

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TOMOYA YAMAGUCHI was born in 1958. He studied and taught in Japan

before moving to London in the early 1990’s.

He has exhibited widely both in the UK and Japan, including the Lisson

Gallery, London and East International, Norwich. His work was part of

the 2001 Japan Festival in London.

Most recently he has moved into video art, in collaboration with

composer Dai Fujikura, staging an extremely succesful show, including

paintings, sculpture and video, as part of the International

Contemporary Music Festival in Huddersfield 2003. He had one man show

highly succesful in Howard Gardens gallery in Cardiff 2005.

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