Nina Fukuoka
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| Biography | Nina Fukuoka (*1988) is a Japanese and Polish composer and performer based in New York City. She completed her studies in Composition and Music Theory at the Academy of Music in Lodz (Poland) and in Composition at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (Belgium). She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Music Composition at Columbia University in New York. She makes instrumental and computer music using various media and technologies to express extra-musical meaning. Her work focuses on the contemporary world through the lens of horror aesthetics, video games, and feminist perspectives. She explores the possibilities of communication through art by overlaying latent meanings on distinctive imagery within the context of tradition and mass culture. Fukoka's works have been premiered at numerous festivals and venues in Europe, North America, and Japan, including Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam, Klangwerkstatt festival in Berlin, Warsaw Autumn, Sacrum Profanum in Krakow, and musikprotokoll in Graz. Her works have been performed by various ensembles, such as the Hashtag Ensemble, Ensemble Garage, Ensemble Adapter, Ekmeles, Distractfold, and the International Contemporary Ensemble. ABOUT Nina Fukuoka: «遠くから運ばれる微かな声 Tōku kara hakobareru kasukana koe» This piece is inspired by a selection of sounds I have encountered in Japanese gardens and nature. Those recordings were then manipulated and superimposed with other sounds to re-envision my personal experience. I wanted to create a sonic environment where one can have a private experience of the sounds of shishi-odoshi, the flow of water, and other auditory events encountered at a close distance while walking in a garden. My goal was to create a space for sound relaxation and sound therapy. A version of the piece exists with live performers and a graphic score. This piece is part of a project inspired by Japanese gardens, including sound and interactive VR installations. |
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