Harvestworks

One

One

with

Tomoyuki Kato

Mari Kimura teamed up with award- winning Japanese movie director Tomoyuki Kato’s creative team from Japan, Yoshito Onishi (Image Programing) and Chisako Hasegawa (Visual Producer), creating a large- scale composition for an ensemble and herself on stage. Mari uses the state-of-the-art motion sensor technology “MO” developed at IRCAM interacting with audio and video in real time.

Mari Kimura teamed up with award- winning Japanese movie director Tomoyuki Kato’s creative team from Japan, Yoshito Onishi (Image Programing) and Chisako Hasegawa (Visual Producer), creating a large- scale composition for an ensemble and herself on stage. Mari uses the state-of-the-art motion sensor technology “MO” developed at IRCAM interacting with audio and video in real time.

ONE is commissioned by Harvestworks with funds from New Music USA’s Commissioning Music/USA program, which is made possible by generous annual support from the NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs as well as endowment support from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, the Helen F. Whitaker foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trust.

Mari Kimura

Mari Kimura, hailed by The New York Times as a “virtuoso playing at the edge,” is a visionary violinist, composer, and educator renowned for merging technology with music. In 2020, Kimura launched MUGIC®, a wireless motion sensor revolutionizing artistic expression, now used at leading institutions such as Harvard, UC Berkeley, Juilliard, and professional venues such as the Osaka Expo 2025, the Lincoln Center, and the Venice Biennale.

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Tomoyuki Kato

Tomoyuki Kato is a renowned Japanese visual artist/movie director who works in a wide range of high-tech projects including advertisements, commercials, museums exhibitions and theme-parks. Mr. Kato’s work is known for the superb quality, high impact, originality and new technical methods. Mr. Kato has been active in creating corporate future vision, such as “concept car,” incorporating live action, computer graphics and animation and interactive video. Mr. Kato has received and nominated for numerous awards at international and national festivals, including Japan Ministry of Culture Media Arts Festival, Los Angels International Short Film Festival, Montreal International Film Festival and London International Advertising Festival.