Äänen Lumo warmly welcomes you to a Seijiro Murayama 2-day residence on Dec 7-8. The main focus is a collective improvisation workshop led by Murayama, open to anyone with an interest in improvisation. In addition, Murayama will perform solo on Sat Dec 7 and on Sun Dec 8 a public workshop performance takes place.
Workshop contents:
1. group improvisations – trying some methods only to share the space and time
2. physical exercises to activate our perceptions – working on breath, voice, walking – experiencing a dynamic way of listening
3. playing solos
4. trying some rules (based on permutations etc) to improvise collectively
5. improvising with no specific rules, then with participant initiatives
Schedule:
Sat Dec 7
15h-18h Workshop day 1
19h Seijiro Murayama solo performance
Sun Dec 8
12h-15h Workshop day 2
16h Workshop public performance
TICKETS (find them HERE)
Workshop fee: 20 €
Seijiro Murayama solo: 5 – 10 €
Workshop public performance: free
Seijiro Murayama is a percussion-vocal improviser, born in 1957 in Nagasaki, Japan. He has been working within the field of improvisation since 1980. He toured the USA with Keiji Haino as part of the seminal psychedelic band Fushitsusha. Returning to Japan after a period in NYC he continued playing drums and electronics in K.K. Null‘s noise/rock band A.N.P. (Absolut Null Punkt), while further exploring free improvisation. A relocation to France in 1999 led to collaborations that extended into dance, theatre and performance as well as ongoing partnerships with musicians Jean-Luc Guionnet, Eric Cordier, Michel Doneda, Mattin, Lionel Marchetti, among many others. He uses voice and percussion and tries to apply his practice of improvisation to other fields of creative activities.
Murayama is the co-author of the book “Idioms and idiots”
(in English: http://www.mattin.org/recordings/IDIOMS_AND_IDIOTS.html; in Finnish: https://komeetta.info/2022/02/17/idiomit-ja-idiootit/)
About:
https://urojiise.wixsite.com/seijiromurayama/discography
https://seiijromurayam.bandcamp.com/
photo credit: Gianpaolo Arena