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Japanese
TAMAMI TONO
(Composer & Sho performer)

Ms. Tono has received prizes for the top graduate at Kunitachi College of music (Composition B.A.), and Keio University (Media and Governance M.A.).
Japanese traditional culture encouragement prize, The special award of performing-arts creation encorougement by Agency of Cultur
al Affairs in Japan.

She is the resident composer of CCMIX (Centre de Creation Musicale Iannis Xenakis) also The Silk Road Project (Produced by Yo-Yo-MA)

Photo by Miro Ito
Tono has been performing Gagaku (the court music of Japan) to modern music at National theatre of Japan since 1990.
She participated in Tanglewood Summer Festival, LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL, EU Japan Fest, Wien Modern, Niew Ensemble concert tour, Ultima festival, ICMC97,99 and others.
She is a member of
Reigakusha Gagaku Ensemble

As a Composer, She won the First Prize for National Theatre Composition Concours in Japan, the Second Prize of composition Sougakudoh Japanese song concours.
Her works were accepted in ICMC98, 2002 ( International Computer Music Conference ) ISCM World Music Days, CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE LUIGI RUSSOLO, ICMF98. Also her music have been performed at International Tuba Euphonium Conference'90, the opening of TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM(1997), SF MoMA Exhbition "Cross Fade" etc.
She produces multi media performance project names
"Breathing Media". That combine tradition and technology with several fields of Arts and Sciences.
Tono has granted for her reserch and creation from Artistic Internship of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan foundation, Japan Arts foudation, The KAO Foundation for Arts And Sciences, Roland foundation, Asian culture council, The board of education in Gunma.

CD"SILENCE"〔NEWSIC (Spiral-Wacoal Art Center)〕"Mubiius link 1.1"
CD"ICMC98"/ "dinergy2 for Sho and Live computer"
CD"GOHATTO"
by Ryuichi Sakamoto [WARNER MUSIC WPC-10063]
CD"
BUGAKU" by Reigakusha Gagaku Ensemble [2000 NIPPON COLUMBIA co.,Ltd.]


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