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for Accordion (1999) by Keiko Harada
Air, respiration, and circulation: all these ideas come to mind when one thinks of the accordion,
and they are the central themes of my piece, .
I have consciously chosen, as the medium to realize my music,
the means that involves a real-time performance by a human being who is operating through his/her own will.
It is a primitive means that has almost nothing to do with the modern age of computers. Consequently,
I always find it impossible to escape from human beings, their instruments and their voices. In fact,
I believe in their possibility and try to broaden them.
is the second work in my "BONE" series.
Its structure consists of variations made by the performer on the internal state of the performance, thereby providing stark contrasts.
When I say "internal state," I am not referring to changes in feelings, but instead such substantial things as the rhythm of the breathing and the numbering of the note values.
I take this non-customary method and willfully instill it in my music.
Through that, the performer comes to sense something new and different from previous works of music, giving rise to the possibility of music sounding new for the first time.
We are unable to view sound. Still, we can see the medium of the sound -- i.e., the performer -- at the precise moment he/she confidently transforms it into music.
That lets us sense, I believe, a stronger presence than merely "seeing" it.
My aim as the maker/composer of are fully dissimilated into "music" and given life through the performance of the musician,
Stefan Hussong. Once you sit opposite to him in the audience and let the sounds he produces clear your heart,
none of my words will be needed anymore.
(World debut; commissioned by the Ministry of Science, Research and Art, State of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Copyright ©1999 Mito Arts Foundation. All Rights Reserved. Created by TK.
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