Shiori Usui is a composer of contemporary classical music, improvising musician and music animateur based in Scotland. She is originally from Japan.
Career
editUsui's music has been performed by orchestras and ensembles around the world including BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Cottbus State Theatre Philharmonic Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, A Far Cry,[1] Collegium Novum Zurich [2] and Artisan Trio, and with conductors such as Ilan Volkov, Martyn Brabbins, Peter Rundel and Franck Ollu.
In 2018, Usui's composition "from scratch" was awarded the Scottish Awards for New Music for large ensemble and she was shortlisted for the Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards by the Arts Foundation.[3]
In 2017, "from scratch" was performed by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Usui as a vocalist with conductor Ilan Volkov at Tectonics Glasgow festival.[4]
In 2016, Usui won a publishing deal with Ricordi Berlin.[5]
In 2015, Usui's music "Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l." was performed at the BBC Proms by BCMG and conductor Franck Ollu.[6]
In 2013 – 2014, Usui was awarded the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Sound and Music composer-in-residence,[7] and Scottish Chamber Orchestra Connect Fellow funded by BBC Performing Arts Fund, for working with children with additional support needs.[8]
In 2012, Usui's composition 'Warai' received the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award. In the same year, Usui was awarded a Civitella Ranieri fellowship in conjunction with UNESCO-Aschberg Bursary.[9]
As an improvising musician, Usui has performed with artists and groups such as Arve Henriksen, Ilan Volkov, Rie Nakajima, Lee Patterson, Cato, Grey Area, BCMG and Collegium Novum Zurich.[10]
As a music animateur, Usui has worked as a fellow in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's outreach and education department, worked in various projects with school children and has had a training with Musicians Without Borders Edinburgh.
References
edit- ^ Weininger, David (4 April 2011). "A Far Cry ventures from 'In Digestion' to Schoenberg". Boston Globe. Retrieved 3 January 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "Das Fremde kennenlernen – mit dem Collegium Novum | NZZ".
- ^ "Shiori Usui. Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards - Shortlisted 2018". Arts Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018.
- ^ "BBC Radio 3 – Hear and Now, Glasgow Tectonics Festival 2017, Episode 2, Tectonics Festival 2017 – Shiori Usui performs her piece 'From Scratch'".
- ^ "RicordiLab winners have been chosen". www.ricordi.com.
- ^ "Proms 2015: Betsy Jolas – Wanderlied (UK Première), Shiori Usui – Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l. & Joanna Lee – Hammer of Solitude (World Premières)". 31 July 2015.
- ^ "Deep – World Première". 29 April 2014.
- ^ "Gauche the Cellist". 7 March 2014.
- ^ "UNESCO-Aschberg Fellow". Civitella Ranieri Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018.
- ^ "1. Biography/プロフィール". shioriusui.com. 30 August 2012.
External links
edit- 1. Biography/プロフィール
- Shiori Usui, BBC Music