Mayako Kubo (born 5 December 1947) is a

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pianist and composer.

Biography

Mayako Kubo was born in Kobe, Japan, and studied piano at

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College of Music. In 1972 she continued her studies in composition with

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and

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, where she composed her first pieces of tape music at the Institute of Electroacoustics and Experimental Music. In the 1980s she studied with

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and Stuttgart and then musicology with

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in Berlin. In 1989 Kubo became interested in dramaturgy and theatrical performance, and in 1990 moved to

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, but then returned to live and work in

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in 1994.

Honors and awards

*1978 – 1979 Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture: work *scholarship *1979 International Contest for Electronic and Experimental Music, *Bourges: award *1980 City of Vienna: work scholarship *1982 – 1983 Alban Berg Foundation: scholarship *1983 – 1984 Ministry of Science and Research of Lower Saxony: scholarship for artists (Schreyahn) *1989 Cultural Senate Berlin: work scholarship *1999 Japan Foundation: fellow *2000 – 2001 Bundesmusikakademie Rheinsberg: work scholarship *2002 Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg: fellow *2004 Berlin Senate: scholarship *2004 – 2007 Yaddo Foundation: scholarship *2006 Bogliasco Foundation: fellow

Works

Selected works include: *''Rashomon'', opera (1996; Japanese version 2002) *''Osan – Secret of Love'', opera (2003/2004) *''Der Spinnfaden'', opera (The Spinning Thread, 2010) *''Margeriten weiss in Flaschenbegleitung'', scenic music (2004) *''Hyperion-Fragmente'', music theatre (2001) *'' 1. Symphony'' (1993/98) *'' 2. Symphony'' (2000) *''Piano Concerto'' (1985/86) *''Sanriku-Lieder'' (2011) *''Mirlitonnades – 24 Lieder'' (2005) *''Solo für Kontrabass'' (2005) *''Berlinisches Tagebuch'', piano cycle (1989/90) *''Yogi'' for mixed chorus a cappella (1980) Her work has been recorded and issued on media, including: * ''Wohin'', Trio, Ensemble KU, Label: Kreuzberg Records, 2011 * ''AtemPause'', Guitar quartett, Label: UNIMOZ, 2008 * ''Rashomon'' opera, Label: edition Ariadne, 1996 *Piano Recital: Ikeya-Fuchino – SOEGIJO, P.G. / GOURZI, K. / ERDMANN, D. / STAEMPFLI, E. / SIMON, A. / KUBO, M. (Berlinisches Tagebuch), Label: Thorofon, 1991

Bibliography

* Uebersetzung – Transformation, hrsg. H. Yamamoto/C. Ivanovic. Koenigshausen & Neumann, Wuerzburg, 2010 * Komponisten der Gegenwart, Edition Text und Kritik, Muenchen, 2009 rev. * Opera in Japan. Yearbook (Opera-Nenkan) 2005 and 2008, Japan Opera Association, Tokio 2006 and 2009 * Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition

External links

Music Information Center Austria

Publisher Verlag Neue Musik

Mayako Kubo Website

References

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