Kuniko's 2017 album Bach: Solo Works for Marimba debuted at number 2 on Japan's Classical Billboard Chart and received the Grand Prize at the tenth Japan's CD Shop Awards 2018.
Compositional Technique
Reich's trademark compositional technique, 'phase shifting' (or phasing), involves two or more loops starting in unison and then gradually moving apart by subtly changing the speed of one loop.
Compositional Technique
The piece Four Organs (1970) is unique in Reich's early work for not involving phase shifting, instead focusing on the gradual lengthening of individual notes within a single chord.
Composition History
Four Organs (1970) was first performed at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City by Steve Reich and his ensemble, and later provoked a riot at Carnegie Hall in 1973.
Performer Biography
Kuniko Kato, a Japanese percussion virtuoso, is renowned for her flawless technique on both keyboard and percussion instruments, blending with her profound musical intelligence.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Steve Reich's 'Eureka moment' in the mid-1960s, while working with tape loops, led to his discovery that identical loops running out of synchronization sounded amazing.
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