Klangforum Wien, the ensemble performing on this album, was founded in 1985 by Beat Furrer and has premiered approximately 600 works by composers from four continents.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Toshio Hosokawa, the composer, describes his music as "a calligraphy of space and time, taking the form of sounds."
Composer's Artistic Vision
Hosokawa's music aims to create encounters between Western avant-garde and traditional Japanese aesthetics, often incorporating Buddhist concepts like an "ego-less 'Path of Awareness'."
Composer Biography
Toshio Hosokawa, Japan's pre-eminent living composer, creates his musical language from the relationship between Western avant-garde art and traditional Japanese culture.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in August 2020 at the Mozart-Saal, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Hosokawa believes the original form of music can be found in shamanism, where the voice mediates between worlds, as seen in ancient Japanese Miko (female shamans).
Compositional Technique
The Far Eastern technique of calligraphy serves as a compositional principle for Hosokawa, where "Sen" (line) represents brush strokes and the balance between lines and empty space.
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