Hot Cat 20: Oriental Sounds and Painting
Yurika Saito - Live Painting
Dasom Baek - Daegeum (Korean Flute)
Shingo Masuda - Qanun (Arabic Zither)
Fumio Okura - Violin, Organization
Venue
Richten 25: Gerichtsstr. 25 13347 Berlin
The Artists
::Dasom Baek (Daegeum: Korean Flute)
Dasom Baek is a composer, improviser, lecturer, Collaborator and performer of traditional Korean instruments, including Daegeum, Sogeum.Dasom pursues ground-breaking and modern music rooted in traditional Korean instrumental performance.
She is a Certified Master of Important Intangible Cultural Asset, no.45.
She released her two solo albums in 2020 and 2023.
Dasom selected as an official Artist at SXSW in 2021 and 2024. and she played various festival around the world.
::Shingo Masuda (Qanun: Arabic Zither)
Originally from Japan, Berlin-based oriental zither “Qanun” player, composer, and improviser.He plays a wide range of genres, from jazz and classical to experimental music, as well as Middle Eastern and Mediterranean music.
He also composes music that incorporates various genres and styles.
He also plays darbuka and framedrums, and from 2022 he started playing the Bulgarian oblique flute “Kaval”.
::Yurika Saito (Live Painting)
Born and raised in Tokyo, she encountered mountain landscape painting in Canada during her travels, and has been working with nature and art as the theme of her work. She pursues a wide range of possibilities in painting, embroidery, herb dyeing, and performance with the theme of connecting nature and humans.
https://yurikasaito.de/
:::Fumio Okura (Violin, Organization)
studied Violin, Conducting and Musicology in Tokyo and Berlin. Studied Conducting further with Prof. Peter Eötvös and was also the Guest Student at Staatsoper Berlin. He also works as a Voice Actor. In parallel with strong interest in Music and Theater he pursues the Sound Possibilities of the instrumental combinations with various styles and backgrounds.
His project "Hot Cat" tries the Integrated Arts with Experimental Music and Film, Live Painting, Performance or Butoh-Dance.
In 2023 the CD of String Quartet "Your Dramatic Joy" was released
https://ernestorodrigues.bandcamp.com/.../your-dramatic-joy
In 2024 he played in various concerts in Tokyo