Sen VI (1993)
Toshio Hosokawa (1955-) has been composing the Sen series since the 1980s. The word "Sen," meaning "line" in Japanese, reflects both the artistic significance of strokes in Japanese calligraphy and a philosophical interpretation of a flowing line that connects contrasting elements, such as past and present, or silence and sound. Sen VI was commissioned and premiered by Isao Nakamura in 1993 in Berlin, Germany (Schott Music, 2022).
About Performer
Kosuke Matsuda has been pursuing artistic ambitions as a music performer, artistic director, and producer. Matsuda is originally from Nagasaki, Japan, where he began his music career as a percussionist. The natural soundscape and landscape of Nagasaki -such as wind patterns on a mountain, waterfalls, and cricket sounds from fields- influenced his humanity, culture, and musicality.
Having received several awards from music competitions in the 2010s, Matsuda moved to Tokyo to earn his bachelor’s degree in music. Matsuda started his acting and producing career in Tokyo, where he first performed as an actor in Suntory Hall in Tokyo in 2014. Furthermore, Matsuda started his career as a music producer. He founded Casa-Felice, a music performance group, to provide music entertainment in retirement homes, hospices, and hospitals in the Tokyo area.
In 2015, he moved his base to Aichi prefecture in central Japan to earn his first master’s degree at Aichi University of the Fine Arts in Music Performance, where he studied with Kunihiko Komori. He graduated from Aichi University as the Valedictorian in the wind/percussion instrument performance area in 2017.
Matsuda moved to the United States in 2018 to study with Svet Stoyanov and Mattew Strauss at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, where he earned his second master’s degree and Artist Diploma in Music Performance.
Matsuda lives in San Diego as a doctoral student at the University of California, San Diego. He has collaborated and performed with renowned artists and groups such as Aiyun Huang, Jennifer Stasack, Kunihiko Komori, Roger Reynolds, Rand Steiger, Steven Schick, Svet Stoyanov, Palimpsest Ensemble, Lancaster Symphonic Orchestra, La Jolla Symphony Orchestra, and New World Symphony Orchestra. Matsuda is an active Red Fish Blue Fish member and director of LAMP(Lighting Art Music Projection) Production director.
松田康介：長崎県出身打楽器奏者。今までに平成音楽大学講師 山ヶ城陽子、読売交響楽団 岡田全弘、マリンバ奏者 小森邦彦、愛知県立芸術大学教授 深町浩司、フロスト音楽大学准教授 スヴェット・ストヤノフ、ヒューストン交響楽団打楽器奏者 マシュー・シュトラウス各氏に師事。数々の打楽器国際コンクールで優勝などの成績を収め、マリンバ音楽に限らず幅広い打楽器音楽を手掛ける。上野学園大学、愛知県立芸術大学、マイアミ大学フロスト音楽大学出身。２０２１年秋よりカリフォルニア大学サンディエゴ校博士後期課程に進学し、スティーヴン・シック氏の元で研鑽を積む。
3 окт 2024
