One – Harvestworks

Harvestworks

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 is a violinist, composer, technologist, and entrepreneur known for inventing the subharmonics technique, which lets violinists play an octave below the instrument’s range. The New York Times called her a “virtuoso playing at the edge.” A Guggenheim Fellow and 2025 SEAMUS lifetime achievement honoree, she has premiered works by Adams, Sciarrino, Berio, and Tania León, and collaborates with IRCAM on SOMAX – AI improvisation. A Juilliard faculty member since 1998 and UC Irvine Professor Emeritus, she created MUGIC®, a motion sensor used at Lincoln Center, the Venice Biennale, and Osaka Expo 2025.

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.