yota morimoto

composer | sound artist | researcher

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music and sonic matter

Yota Morimoto (JP/NL) is a Japanese composer, sound artist and researcher born in Brazil. He holds a master's degree in Sonology from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and Ph.D. in composition from the University of Birmingham, UK.

He has been commissioned by Paradiso Amsterdam, Ensemble Vortex [CH], Plus-Minus Ensemble[UK], SonoLab [NL], Duo Cristobal - Takada [NL], and his sound installations/audio-visual works have been presented at festivals such as TodaysArt [The Hague, Kawasaki], GOGBOT [Enschede], NWEAMO [Morelia], Transmediale [Berlin], ISEA [Dortmund, Istanbul], makeart [Poitier], EMUfest[Rome], ICMC [Belfast, Perth, Athens], SMC [Porto, Barcelona] and SICMF [Seoul].

Alongside his own works, as a dj / synthesist he has performed with Amsterdam Sinfonietta, New European Ensemble, Frances-Marie Uitti, Yann Marussich and Tomoko Mukaiyama. He is also active in sound design working for industrial and institutional commissioners such as Filmmuseum Amsterdam, LUSTlab, Hokkaido University, University of Tsukuba, AIST, Shiseido Co., Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Contact informatie

  • yota morimoto
  • Bezuidenhoutseweg 65-11
  • 2594AC
  • Den Haag
  • NL