KOTO STUDIO自由流 家元
森 稚重子
３歳より箏・日本舞踊・ピアノ・書道を始める
日本舞踊花柳流名取
高校時代は箏曲部結成。部長兼指導者として１年目に県大会優勝、全国大会出場へ導く
第１回高校生国際音楽コンクール箏部門入賞
NHK邦楽技能者育成会 第４２期生卒業
慶應義塾大学 環境情報学部卒業
１９９９年春、BENETTON アーティストリサーチセンタ FABRICAへ
FABRICA音楽部門に日本人初の招聘を受ける（イタリア トレヴィーゾ）
世界中から集められたジャンルや文化の異なる音楽家と共に
演奏を行う中にて既存の箏の音概念を離れ、独学にて独自の音色、奏法を開拓する
ロンドン-イタリア-ニューヨークを２００１年以降拠点にする
ジョルジョ・アルマーニ氏ファッションEXPOの音楽作曲、
デビットベッカム邸 ワールドカップパーティでの演奏、
ベニスビエンナーレ２００１(イタリア）での演奏、
ロバートウィルソン氏の演劇音楽の作曲、米ハーバード大学でのワークショップ、インド横断ツアー、
２００７年以降はヴィルピパーキネンストックホルムコンテンポラリーダンスカンパニーの為の作曲や公演等、
海外での演奏活動は計１８ヶ国７０都市以上に及ぶ
２００７年よりKOTO STUDIO自由流を東京上野にて開講
自らの創作活動と共に箏奏者の育成に力を注ぐ
Master of KOTO, founder of KOTO STUDIO Jiyuu-Ryu
Chieko Mori starts to learn Japanese Instrument of Koto and Japanese Dance at the age of three.
After graduated Keio University, Tokyo (Environment and Information Studies at SFC),
she was invited to FABRICA (Benetton artist research center) in Treviso, Italy for years.
Chieko had been exploring her own way of Koto through the experiences of creating music
with musicians who have diverse background.
After 2000, she moved to London where had been working with Robert Wilson's theater production,
played for Venice Biennale 2001 and Giorgio Armani exhibition with Michael Galasso (Composer-Violinist).
Composing music for choreographer Virpi Pahkinen Stockholm Dance company since 2007.
Chieko has fully mastered the techniques of classical Koto, adapted a fresh approach towards to the Instrument.
Her original methods has been teaching on “KOTO STUDIO” in Tokyo since 2007.
Chieko Mori has been playing for various festivals and concerts over 18 countries, more than 70 cities.
SOLO ALBUM
Jumping Rabbit (TZADIK 2005, recorded at The Hit Factory, N.Y.) Tzadik / disk union japan/ amazon japan
Katyou Fuugetsu (Felmay 2006, Torino) Felmay
COLLABORATION ALBUM
KOTOISTIC with Oliver Grimm (canto crudo, Austria 2016)
Unfinished Cities by Andre Van Rensburg
Biennale di Venezia 2001 youtube link
Zeru Grisak (Gray Skies) Giorgio Armani Guggenheim Exhibition Recording, play with Michael Galasso (N.Y. 2001)
COLLABORATION WITH
variations on chieko mori's tension of direction composed by Vinzenz Schwab (Austria 2012)
Paradise from vocal box Kouichi Makigami voice and music project (FABRICA, Italy 2003)
Safar project, indian tour with twelve musicians and dancers (India 2002)
vocal and Koto session with Gregory Frateur ( FABRICA, Italy 2002)
improvised recording with Ray Sweeten (FABRICA, Italy 1999)
workshop & performance with dancers at Harvard University (Boston 2001)
COMPILATION ALBUM *track name
*Spiral Wave from Important Records amazon japan (2014)
*Spiral Wave/ *Tokyo Light from "The Garden of Forking Paths" Important Records(2010)
Anime Hero Tales music director by Tamiya Terashima (Tokyo 2009)
*Irina's Dream from "EAST ASIA Travelogue" with Michael Galasso
from Union Square music (London 2001)
*Bella Koto from "Japon" (fnac, Spain 2001)
THEATER/ DANCE
ICHOS dance and music tour with Virpi Pahkinen- (Finland /Sweden April 2016)
SCARABE by Virpi Pahkinen (Finland 2012)
Morpho Z by Virpi Pahkinen (Sweden 2008)
Hex Triplet #9900FF by Virpi Pahkinen (Sweden 2007)
DARK LADY by Katherin Gray - October Gallery (London 2003)
QUARTET by Robert Wilson- collaboration with Michael Galasso, novel by Heiner Müller (2001)
Three Sisters by Robert Wilson- collaboration with Michael Galasso (Sweden 2001)
FILM MUSIC
Echoes of the Invisible - Film by Steve Elkins (2020) link
NUAGES - Film by Marion Hansel (2001)
SECRET BALLOT - Flim by Babak Payami (2001) link
EXHIBITION
Giorgio Armani retrospective at Guggenheim museum
Exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum New York link
RADIO / TV
BBC Late Junction, Radio London
SWR2 Musik der Welt, Radio Berlin
J-WAVE Radio Sakamoto (Sakamoto Ryūichi) Tokyo
OTTAVA con brio, Radio Tokyo
NHK Educational TV, Japan
FARSIDE Radio London
Jumping Rabbit (TZADIK 2005, recorded at The Hit Factory, N.Y.) Tzadik / disk union japan/ amazon japan
Katyou Fuugetsu (Felmay 2006, Torino) Felmay
COLLABORATION ALBUM
KOTOISTIC with Oliver Grimm (canto crudo, Austria 2016)
Unfinished Cities by Andre Van Rensburg
Biennale di Venezia 2001 youtube link
Zeru Grisak (Gray Skies) Giorgio Armani Guggenheim Exhibition Recording, play with Michael Galasso (N.Y. 2001)
COLLABORATION WITH
variations on chieko mori's tension of direction composed by Vinzenz Schwab (Austria 2012)
Paradise from vocal box Kouichi Makigami voice and music project (FABRICA, Italy 2003)
Safar project, indian tour with twelve musicians and dancers (India 2002)
vocal and Koto session with Gregory Frateur ( FABRICA, Italy 2002)
improvised recording with Ray Sweeten (FABRICA, Italy 1999)
workshop & performance with dancers at Harvard University (Boston 2001)
COMPILATION ALBUM *track name
*Spiral Wave from Important Records amazon japan (2014)
*Spiral Wave/ *Tokyo Light from "The Garden of Forking Paths" Important Records(2010)
Anime Hero Tales music director by Tamiya Terashima (Tokyo 2009)
*Irina's Dream from "EAST ASIA Travelogue" with Michael Galasso
from Union Square music (London 2001)
*Bella Koto from "Japon" (fnac, Spain 2001)
THEATER/ DANCE
ICHOS dance and music tour with Virpi Pahkinen- (Finland /Sweden April 2016)
SCARABE by Virpi Pahkinen (Finland 2012)
Morpho Z by Virpi Pahkinen (Sweden 2008)
Hex Triplet #9900FF by Virpi Pahkinen (Sweden 2007)
DARK LADY by Katherin Gray - October Gallery (London 2003)
QUARTET by Robert Wilson- collaboration with Michael Galasso, novel by Heiner Müller (2001)
Three Sisters by Robert Wilson- collaboration with Michael Galasso (Sweden 2001)
FILM MUSIC
Echoes of the Invisible - Film by Steve Elkins (2020) link
NUAGES - Film by Marion Hansel (2001)
SECRET BALLOT - Flim by Babak Payami (2001) link
EXHIBITION
Giorgio Armani retrospective at Guggenheim museum
Exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum New York link
RADIO / TV
BBC Late Junction, Radio London
SWR2 Musik der Welt, Radio Berlin
J-WAVE Radio Sakamoto (Sakamoto Ryūichi) Tokyo
OTTAVA con brio, Radio Tokyo
NHK Educational TV, Japan
FARSIDE Radio London
