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DARA String Festival 2023
DARA String Festival August 26-27
Theater Im DelphiBassgitarre: Farida Amadou
Cello: Zoé Cartier
Tar: Elshan Ghasimi
Bühneninstallation: Anna Kubelik
Koto & Elektronik: Miya Masaoka
Bratsche & Geige: Joanna Mattrey, Grégoire Simon
Geige & Stimme: Biliana VoutchkovaTheater im Delphi gGmbH
Gustav-Adolf-Str. 2
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Darmstadt, Germany. Open Studio Showcase: Katie Young and Olivia de Prato, Miya Masaoka
6:30PM August 16
Solo Violin and Electronics composed by Miya Masaoka, performed by Olivia de Prato
Open Studio Showcase of Katherine Young, by invitation to Olivia de Prato and Miya Masaoka
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Monumenta Ethereal : Still images, Rome, NYC
This is a developing project in Rome, Italy…. More »
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New Work for Mivos String Quartet, American Academy of Rome
Thursday, June 8, 2023. Mivos Quartet, The Horizon Leans Forward
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Keynote Talk: The Space Imaginary in Sound and Music, ZHDK Switzerland
Mach 7, 2023, 15:00
Miya delivers a keynote speech, “The Space Imaginary in Sound and Music” at the Academy ZHDK in Zürich, Switzerland.
This is talk is based on experiences working at EMPAC, informal conversations, and researching at the Accademy of Rome, Italy during 2022-23.Zurich University of the Arts
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San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Thursday, May 11, 2023 San Francisco Contemporary Music Players: The Dust and the Noise for cello, violin, piano and percussion by Miya Masaoka
7:00 pm ‘How Music is Made’ Pre-Concert Talk | 8:00 pm Concert | Post-concert Party
Herbst Theatre, SF War Memorial, 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
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Myra Melford, Miya Masaoka, Zeena Parkins, Pierre Boulez Saal
Saturday, May 3, 2023. Myra Melford, Miya Masaoka, Zeena Parkins MZM Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, German 19 :00 https://www.boulezsaal.de/en/event/myra-melford-104173 Improvised Music and Jazz… More »
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Olivia de Prato : Solo Violin, Miller Theater
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Olivia de Prato Solo Violin CD Pop Up Concert, World Premiere Mapping a Joyful Path for solo violin by Miya Masaoka and works with other acclaimed composers: commissioned by the New York Foundation for the Arts. Miller Theater, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Free admission (more…) -
MaertzMusik Berlin, Berliner Festspiele, Germany
Sunday, March 26, 2023 The Imaginary Decolonized Space/Place for 3 Musicians and Sine Waves/Difference Tones composed by Miya Masaoka
MaertzMusik Berliner FestispieleFinal night The Imaginary Decolonized Space/Place
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Solo Contrebasse at the American Academy in Rome, Italy
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 6 pm. The Salon at the American Academy in Rome with contrabassist Dorian Jackman offering a recital of solo works by Bach, Hans Werner Henze, Stephen Scodanibbio, and Miya Masaoka on February 1, 2023. Via Angelo Masina 5, Rome, Italy
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Houseplants and Extreme Weather Data Report: Warsaw, Poland
Sunday, February 5, 2023 When I was Plant installation and talk 17:00 (5pm)
Installation with Houseplants, EEG sensors, electronics, printed papers with extreme weather data, sound, human and plant interaction. Centrum Sztuki Włączającej / Teatr 21 Centrum Sztuki Włączającej / Władysława Skoczylasa 10/12, 03-465 Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland
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Nuova Consonanza, invited judge for music competition award, Rome, Italy
December 10, 2022. Nuova Consonanza. Mattatoio La Pelanda
piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4 Rome, Italy
Winners of the Competition for Nuova Consonanza will be announced, Miya Masaoka and 2 other judges will be introduced.
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William Parker CD Release
William Parker, Miya Masaoka and other artists. Release 2022… More »
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Grammy Nomination 2022, Jane Ira Bloom: Best Immersive Audio Album with guests
Grammy Nomination 2022, 65th Annual Grammy Awards: Jane Ira Bloom: Best Immersive Audio Album: Picturing the Invisible – Focus 1. Mastering Engineers Morten Lindberg, Ulrike Schwarz, Jane Ira Bloom – Clarinets, Miya Masaoka, Koto, Mark Helias, Bass and others… More »
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UnStumm | Transatlantic Movements telematic : real-time performances with dance, video and sound in mixed reality.
Thursday, November 10, 2022, With UnStumm | Transatlantic Movements, Claudia Schmitz and Nicola L. Hein, Masaoka and other aratists from Argentina, US and Germany to a telematic real-time performances with dance, video and sound in mixed reality.
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Peripheries: Harvard University, Center for the Study of World Religions
Inner Sounds: an essay by Miya Masaoka and other artists Peripheries: work that explores the interstices between discourses, traditions, languages, forms, and genres. Harvard University, World Religions a Journal of words and images. Issue 5. Published January, 2023. https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/publications/peripheries… More »
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EMPAC: Talk: The Space Imaginary in Sound and Music: New Work for Violin and Sine Waves:
Wednesday, November 7, 2022. 7pm : EMPAC premiere for violin and sine waves for the Wave Field Synthesis Array and virtuosic violinist Olivia de Prato. Talk: Multi-Dimensional Spatiality in the 15th Century and Now. On the corner of 8th Street and College Avenue / Troy, NY 12180 (more…)
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BANG ON A CAN : Longplay 2022
Sunday, May 1, 2022 1:15, Robert Black, solo contrebasse, Four Moons of Pluto composed by Miya Masaoka. Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, NY
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Governors Island, Harvestworks Residency and Commission. Building 10a, Nolan Park, Soft opening June 2022
Resonant frequencies meet parabolic surfaces made from clay of the earth, animals of the sea, and met with the activity of human toil. (more…)
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10,000 Tones for PEACE Benefit Arts for Arts
Friday, March 18, 2022, 10,000 Tones for PEACE Benefit 7pm The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
Miya Masaoka One String, Ned Rothenburg – Reeds, 50 musicians and dancers NY, NY 107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002
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ISSUE PROJECT ROOM: 2021 Benefit
Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 7:30pm, Yamaha Artists Services, New York. New Work, Signing, collaboration: Miya Masaoka and Joanna Mattrey. Duo collaboration premiere of these two artists
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OSTRAVA DAYS 2021 BANDA II: MIYA MASAOKA: THE ENERGY BURNS FROM WITHIN for orchestra
August 25-27, 7pm, 2021 OSTRAVA DAYS 2021 BANDA II: MIYA MASAOKA: THE ENERGY BURNS FROM WITHIN for orchestra, conducted by Petr Kotik. Triple Hall Karolina, Music of Today Festival, 11th Bienale, Ostrava Center for New Music, Ostrava, Czech Republic. Masaoka Talks and Meetings August 22-28
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship 2021
April 2021: Guggenheim fellowship
Miya has been named one of the awardees of the 2021 John S. Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for Musical Composition, given to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional creative ability in the arts. For a full list of 2021 awardees, see here.
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Seeking a Sense of Somethingness (out of nothingness) TIME : SPANS FESITVAL 2021
TIME : SPANS 2021: EMPAC WAVE Field Synthesis Showcase: 3D compositions by Miya Masaoka, Nina Young, Bora Yoon, Pamela Z. Thursday August 12 to Monday August 16. The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 W 37th Street, NY, NY
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New Noh Opera “Long Arc of Time” (postponed due to Covid)
New Noh Opera “Long Arc of Time” scheduled for Ostrava NOVO Opera Festival in the Czech Republic 2021 has unfortunately been cancelled. https://vimeo.com/520686622… More »
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The Boccaccio Project “Intuit (a way to stay in this world)”
Intuit (a way to stay in this world) Library of Congress commission as part of The Boccaccio Project. For solo cello. Kathryn Bates of Del Sol, June 2020. Duration: 3 minutes. Composed by Miya Masaoka in strict quarantine in New York City 2020…. More »
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When I Was A Plant v. 2 (Spanish Speaking plant, with climate data)
2019 Toronto Biennale, Main Exhibition space
November 14-December 1, 2019, curated by Myung-Sun Kim and Maiko Tanaka.
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Cubistics: A 3 Dimensional score: performance, video, sculpture
Cubistics, a 3-Dimensional Score
December 15, 2019 20:00
Masaoka, Kaffe Matthews, Andrea Parkins
Silent Green, Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany