Kumiko Omura

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Kumiko Omura (大村 久美子, Ōmura Kumiko, born 25 June 1970 in Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese composer in the field of contemporary instrumental and electronic music.

Career

Omura studied with

• 1994: Irino Prize in Japan
• 1998: Gaudeamus International Composers Award in the Netherlands
• 1999: Prize by Biennale Neue Musik Hannover
• 2000: Förderpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen für junge Künstlerinnen und Künstler
• 2000: ACL Yoshiro IRINO Memorial Prize by Asian Music Festival
• 2004: Takefu Composition Award in Japan
• 2005: Composition Prize for young composer by Japan Society for Contemporary Music
• 2012: Supporting prize by Giga-Hertz-Preis by
  ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie) and Experimentalstudio des SWR

• Double Contour / Kumiko Omura Portrait CD by fontec "Japanese Composer" series (2009)
• Double Contour for cello and live electronics (2001)
• Germination II 6 Players (Fl.Ob.Cl.Vn.Pf.Vib.) (2003)
• Hommage à Pluton ensemble and live electronics (2006–07)
• Mutation of the Möbius recorder and viola d'amore (2005)
• La complication d'image AB for alto/baritone saxophone (2002/7)
• Reticulation for Orchestra (1993–94)
• Imaginary Bridge for shakuhachi, ensemble and electronic sound (1998–99)
• Double Contour for cello and live electronics (2001) / Computer music journal sound and video anthology, vol. 28, (2004)[1]
• La complicatiln d'image for tenor saxophone and live electronic (2002) / Takashi Saito (Sax) Solo CD by ALM Record in Japan (2003)
• Synapse for strings ensemble (2001–02) / Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 2002 bem WDR

References

External links

• Official website
• "Profile" and "More detailed profile", ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
• "Kumiko Omura (biography, works, resources)" (in French and English). IRCAM.
• Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 2002 beim WDR (2CD), Discogs
• Giga-Hertz-Preis 2012 ZKM