Minyen Hsieh Sax, Otomo Yoshihide Guitar, Hiroki Chiba Bass, Effects, Fumi Endo Piano

Point. presents Session series  "Culvert" Lapis philosophicus

Act: Minyen Hsieh Sax, Otomo Yoshihide Guitar, Hiroki Chiba Bass, Effects, Fumi Endo Piano

Door Open 7 PM / Show Start 8 PM

Music charge 4,000yen / U25 2,500yen

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Minyen Hsieh, Saxophonist and composer

Minyen Hsieh is a highly regarded, award-winning Taiwanese saxophonist. The Taipei native, born in 1981, started to perform professionally at the age of 19 and received his Master's degree from the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels in 2010. His strong improvisation skills and rich tone have made him a coveted player in several genres varying from jazz, rock, folk, hip-hop, and electronic to avant-garde. He won the Taichung Saxophone Competition in 2012, 2 times Golden Melody Awards (Grammy Awards in Chinese speaking world), and 5 times Golden Indie Music Awards with His solo & co-leading albums. Besides Taiwan, he also tours frequently in Japan, Hong Kong, South-East Asia, and Europe.

Official information: https://linktr.ee/minyenhsieh

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Otomo Yoshihide, Guitarist, composer and producer

Otomo Yoshihide was born in 1959 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.
He was a pioneering figure in the Electroacoustic Improvisation scene, and today is a musician and producer — a cross-genre music maker actively performing free improvisation, noise, and pop, simultaneously and independently on a global scale.
He has long experimented with electronic technology and his compositions draw from a wide range of musical styles.
As a teenager, he lived in Fukushima, where his interest in free jazz blossomed.
In 1979, Otomo moved to Tokyo to learn from improvisational jazz guitarist Masayuki “Jojo” Takayanagi and discovered ethnomusicology under Akira Ebato at Meiji University, studying Japanese pop music from the World War II era and the development of musical instruments during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
In 1991, he released his first album in Hong Kong and performed there as the leader of the experimental rock group Ground Zero.
Since then, he has played overseas extensively.
After Ground Zero disbanded, Otomo’s sound markedly changed.
His current sound embraces simplicity and texture over dynamism and instrumental virtuosity, in sharp contrast with the distinctive plunderphonics of his earlier style.
He formed Otomo Yoshihide’s New Jazz Quintet in 2001.
As a film composer, he has produced over 100 pieces of music for visual, film, and television works.
In recent years, he has been organizing unique improvisation groups, in collaboration both with artists and non-musicians, under the name of “Ensembles.”
Additionally, he has been committed to music workshops and participatory projects with challenged children, and a music festival as part of “Project FUKUSHIMA!,” which started after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, and for which he received a Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in 2012.
In 2013, he received the Japan Record Award for his accomplishments, including composer for the theme music for the TV drama Amachan.
In 2017 Otomo was appointed artistic director of Sapporo International Art Festival and he currently serves as director of Ensembles Asia.

Official information: https://otomoyoshihide.com/en/

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Hiroki Chiba, Bassist and Composer

Starting to play the violin early in his life, Hiroki Chiba launched his career as a jazz bass player in 2004. Since then he has worked in a variety of musical contexts and regularly performs with Kinetic, Jim O’Rourke, Sangatsu, Shuta Hasunuma Philharmonic Orchestra, FilFla with Keiichi Sugimoto (minamo, Fourcolor), and Akiko Yano. His past performances include with Kyoka (Raster-noton), Giovanni di Domenico, Taku Unami, Tenniscoats, Otomo Yoshihide, Axel Dorner, Tetuzi Akiyama, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Muneomi Senju, Seiichi Yamamoto, Taku Sugimoto, Yoshio Ootani, Atsuhiro Ito, and ASUNA.

Official information: https://chiiibaaa.tumblr.com/

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Fumi Endo, Pianist

Born in Tokyo in 1993, she played piano from 3 years old and was interested in Jazz piano play when she was a high school student under the influence of her father.

When she plays piano, her play has unique and original "silence" and "interval", and she said she is interested in an atmospheric surface area that serves as a boundary between two different air masses.

She plays in the band "幽けき刻" "鏡の声" "Uquwa" "Thieves" "PFIPT" "奥遠宮" "佇々" "хадгалагдах" "フジワラサトシ＋" and played with Satoko Fujii, Takako Minekawa, Takashi Sugawa, Ryoji Orihara, Yuichi Ushioda, Hiroyuki Ishikawa and some.

Released her Solo album "Cold Light in Warm Blue" from the Label Fttari on February 2023.

Official information: https://linktr.ee/e23227