Harvestworks

Vitessimo

Composer and performer Mari Kimura will produce Vitessimo, a collaborative music project utilizing Augmented Violin technology. The Augmented Violin system allows for realtime bow-tracking and analysis using sensors and Max/MSP; Vitessimo, from the French “Vitesse” (speed), aims to explore the possibilities of this exciting new interface between performer and computer. A winner of the 2006 Artist Fellowship for the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), Kimura has performed around the world in more than twenty countries and has received numerous accolades for her work in investigating computer-extended violin technique.

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.