KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: An Interview with Mari Kimura (Aug. 9, 1991)

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1991.08.09

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

22 min

Dates

1991-08-09 | broadcast
| 1991-08-09 | created

Description

Mari Kimura, the brilliant violinist and composer from Japan is interviewed about her career and her recent composition “U (The Cormorant),” for violin and tape. She also describes some of the challenges of performing music that blends electronics with a traditional instrument. Recorded at just the beginning of her career this interview provides an excellent introduction to a violinist and composer who was soon to go on to develop a bowing technique that allowed her to explore subharmonics on the violin.

Genres

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic

Musical Selections

U (The Cormorant) (1991) / Mari Kimura -- Walking Tune [excerpt] / Charles Amirkhanian

Performers

Mari Kimura, violin (U)

Subjects

Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Electronic and violin music

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Kimura, Mari (Violinist)