Yu Kuwabara | Falling Leaves Moon Steps (2023) for shakuhachi, shamisen, and orchestra
commissioned by Suntory Foundation of the Arts after winning The 31st Competition of Yasushi Akutagawa Suntory Award
recorded live at Suntory Hall (Main Hall), Tokyo, Japan on 26 August 2023
premiered by Reison Kuroda (shakuhachi), Hidejiro Honjoh (shamisen), and New Japan Philharmonic conducted by Seitaro Ishikawa

桑原ゆう｜葉落月の段 (2023) 尺八、三味線とオーケストラのための
第31回芥川也寸志サントリー作曲賞受賞による、サントリー芸術財団委嘱作品
演奏｜黒田鈴尊（尺八）、本條秀慈郎（三味線）、石川征太郎（指揮）、新日本フィルハーモニー交響楽団
2023年8月26日 @サントリーホール大ホール
サントリーホールサマーフェスティバル2023 第33回芥川也寸志サントリー作曲賞選考演奏会

SSF2023_芥川作曲賞選考演奏会

Falling Leaves Moon Steps (2023) for shakuhachi, shamisen, and orchestra

Composer, new media artist and sound engineer, currently living in Japan. He graduated from the Composition (Moscow Conservatory), Music Theory (Gnessins Musical College – Moscow), and Sound Engineering (Audiovisual Arts of the GITR Film and Television School – Moscow). He currently studies at the Department of Musical Creativity and Environment of the Tokyo University of the Arts, where he is gaining more experience and conducting research.
His works are expressed in electro-acoustic compositions and performances, various orchestral pieces, as well as solo and ensembles.

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Explores the use of specific characteristics of hearing (such as sound illusions) to create works of art.

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Daniele Vulpiani was born in Rome in 1989.
Brutalism, architecture, and Marxist theory permeate his whole work and research, together with a strong belief that “art for art’s sake” is a misguided concept. 

Much like most avant-garde theorists of the post-war era, Daniele sees composition as a form of class-conscious action. Following Gramsci’s notion of the “organic intellectual”, he believes that creative practice can indeed manifest the working class’ struggle, challenging capitalist and imperialist ideologies, which are now more than ever ingrained in academic, artistic, and political institutions.
With this in mind, music becomes a vehicle for expressing commitment and resistance, as well as a means to fight inaction, alienation and social divide. Daniele’s work thus aims to broaden the possibilities of music, using it as a platform for engagement and transformation.

Daniele studied composition with Marialuisa Balza at PIMS in Rome and with Daniele Bravi at “U. Giordano” Conservatoire in Foggia. He also graduated in philosophy at “Roma Tre” University. He then studied at “Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia” (Rome) with Ivan Fedele (composition) and Michelangelo Lupone (electronic music). During his studies, he was also mentored by Stefano Gervasoni, Eero Hämeenniemi, Mauro Lanza, Marco Stroppa and Francesca Verunelli.

Among some of the remarkable ensembles and soloists that have performed his music are Quatuor Diotima, Concrète [Lab] Ensemble, Blow Up Percussion, Kuopio Symphony Orchestra's Brass, Echéa Quartet, Quartetto Sincronie, Arrigoni String Orchestra and Ensemble Novecento conducted by Pasquale Corrado, h[t] DUO, Duo Dubois, pianists Anna D'Errico and Maurizio Paciariello, harpsichordist Davide Cicconi, euphonist Marina Boselli, cellist Helena Švigelj, saxophonist Alberto Napolitano and flutists Keiko Murakami, Renata Guzik and Iwona Glinka.
His music is published by Stradivarius Edizioni (Milan) and Da Vinci Publishing (Osaka).

Daniele's work has been performed at major festivals and venues like Impuls Festival (Graz), Miso Music Portugal (Lisbon), Auditorium E. Morricone - Parco della Musica (Rome), Festival ArteScienza (Rome), Signal to Noise (Trento), Parco Arte Vivente (Turin), Teatro Politeama Garibaldi (Palermo), Castello Sforzesco (Milan), Alte Schmiede Kunstverein (Wien), Kaivos-festivaali (Outokumpu), Španski Borci Cultural Center (Ljubliana), Narnia Festival (Narni), Teatro Concordia (San Marino), Festival Spazio Freon (Rome), San Vito Musica Contemporanea (Pordenone), Festival Rumore Bianco (Foggia), Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music (Rome).

He teaches composition at "L. Canepa" Conservatoire in Sassari (Italy).