MA ~ space between ~, by Mari Kawamura

MA ~ space between ~

by Mari Kawamura

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1.	Mari Kawamura, Lei Liang - Lei Liang: Garden Eight: Tian - Heaven 02:14	info	buy track
2.	Mari Kawamura, Katharina Rosenberger - Katharina Rosenberger: Torsion 09:17	info	buy track
3.	Mari Kawamura, Lei Liang - Lei Liang: Garden Eight: Di - Earth 02:16	info	buy track
4.	Mari Kawamura, Franz Joseph Haydn - Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in E flat Major, Hob. XVI:49 I. Allegro 06:00	info	buy track
5.	Mari Kawamura, Franz Joseph Haydn - Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in E flat Major, Hob. XVI:49 II. Adagio e cantabile 08:01	info	buy track
6.	Mari Kawamura, Franz Joseph Haydn - Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in E flat Major, Hob. XVI:49 III. Finale. Tempo di menuetto 04:07	info	buy track
7.	Mari Kawamura, Lei Liang - Lei Liang: Garden Eight: Dong - East 02:25	info	buy track
8.	Mari Kawamura, Toru Takemitsu - Toru Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch for piano 04:20	info	buy track
9.	Mari Kawamura, Lei Liang - Lei Liang: Garden Eight: Nan - South 02:20	info	buy track
10.	Mari Kawamura, Toru Takemitsu - Toru Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch II In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen 03:59	info	buy track
11.	Mari Kawamura, Lei Liang - Lei Liang: Garden Eight: Hsi - West 02:27	info	buy track
12.	Mari Kawamura, Iannis Xenakis - Iannis Xenakis: Evryali 09:49	info	buy track
13.	Mari Kawamura, Lei Liang - Lei Liang: Garden Eight: Bei - North 02:38	info	buy track

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MA ~space between~ is a collection of works for solo piano which celebrate ma, an ancient Japanese concept concerning space and time, which literally means “interval” or “gap” in Japanese. It is a beautiful and philosophically nuanced word, which carries the implication of movements within silence or “empty” spaces. Ma has served as an essential element in Japanese traditional arts, and is often considered to be an original concept, unique to Japanese culture. In a polarized world where differences are often the focal point, Kawamura’s selection of works seeks to highlight similarities between seemingly contrasting compositions by Joseph Haydn, Lei Liang, Katharina Rosenberger, Toru Takemitsu, and Iannis Xenakis by uncovering the inherent ma-like structures contained within music from outside of Japan’s sphere of influence. Although the formalization of 'charged stillness' as “ma” is uniquely Japanese, the purpose of this project is to demonstrate that this is a global phenomenon and is in fact quite widespread.

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released November 18, 2022

Recorded at Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, University of California, San Diego
Recorded and Edited by Douglas Osmun, Andrés Gutiérrez
Mixed and Mastered by Andrew Munsey
Piano Tuner: Joe Garrison
Design: Marc Wolf, marcjwolf.com
Cover image: Mari Kawamura

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