Tatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde percuss ionist\, composer and artist of sound. Active internationally since the 19 90s\, Nakatani has released over 80 recordings and tours extensively\, per forming over 150 concerts a year. His primary focus is his solo work and h is large ensemble project\, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. He teaches master classes and lectures at universities and music conservatories around the world. Originally from Japan\, he makes his home in the desert town of Tru th or Consequences\, New Mexico. With his activity in new music\, improvis ation and experimental music\, Nakatani has a long history of collaboratio n.
\nNakatani's distinctive music is centered around his adapted bow ed gong\, supported by an array of drums\, cymbals\, and singing bowls. In consort with his personally hand-carved Kobo Bows\, he has spent decades refining and developing his sound as an arrangement of formations of vibra tions\, incorporated in shimmering layers of silence and texture. Within t his contemporary work\, one can still recognize the dramatic pacing\, form al elegance and space (ma) felt in traditional Japanese music.
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