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​KOTO STUDIO自由流 家元
​森　稚重子
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​３歳より箏・日本舞踊・ピアノ・書道を始める
高校時代箏曲部結成し部長兼指導者として県大会優勝、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
日本舞踊花柳流名取
慶應義塾大学 環境情報学部卒業

BENETTON アーティストリサーチセンター
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１９９９）
ジャンルや国境文化の異なる音楽家と共に
​既存の箏奏を離れ独学にて独自の音色、奏法を開拓する
２００１年ロンドン・イタリアに拠点に置く
​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
米ハーバード大学ワークショップ、インド横断ツアー等、
​海外での演奏活動は計１８ヶ国７０都市以上に及ぶ

KOTO STUDIO自由流 東京上野にて２００７年開講
自らの創作活動と共に箏奏者の育成に力を注ぐ

Founder of KOTO STUDIO JIYU RYU
CHIEKO MORI

Chieko Mori starts to learn Japanese Instrument of Koto, piano and Japanese dance at the age of three.
​After graduated Keio University, (Environment and Information at SFC)
she had been invited to FABRICA (Benetton artist research center) in Treviso, Italy for years.
Chieko explores her playing way through the experiences of creating music with musicians who have diverse background.
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She has fully mastered the techniques of classical Koto, adapted fresh approach towards to the Instrument.
Her original methods has been teaching at KOTO STUDIO in Tokyo since 2007.
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​Chieko Mori has been playing for various festivals and concerts over 18 countries, more than 70 cities.

SOLO ALBUM
Jumping Rabbit (TZADIK 2005 N.Y.) Tzadik / disk union japan/amazon japan
Katyou Fuugetsu (Felmay 2006, Torino) Felmay


COLLABORATION ALBUM
KOTOISTIC with Oliver Grimm (canto crudo Austria 2016)
Biennale di Venezia 2001  recording at the looking glass studios, music for La scala del fuoco 
Zeru Grisak (Gray Skies) Giorgio Armani Guggenheim Exhibition Recording (N.Y. 2001)

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COLLABORATION MUSIC WITH
variations on chieko mori's tension of direction by Vinzenz Schwab (Austria 2012)
STARFISH album with Gregory Frateur (FABRICA 2002)
Irana's Dream - EAST ASIA with Michael Galasso Union Square music (2001) 


COMPILATION ALBUM
Spiral Wave/ Tokyo Light The Garden of Forking Paths Important Records (2010)
Anime Hero Tales Tamiya Terashima (2009)
Bella Koto Japon fnac (Spain 2001)


CONCERT& LIVE*pick up
with Vinzenz Schwab (EOA, Austria)
with DEZ MONA for Belgium weekend live at Roppongi hills (Tokyo)
Wien Modern (Vienna, Austria)
David Beckham World Cup home party (U.K.)
British Museum Oriental Gallery (London U.K.)
Royal Festival Hall (London U.K.)
Kew Garden (London)
Is Arti Music Festial (Kaunas, Vilnius Lithania)
with Michael Galasso at Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, USA)
Harward Univerisity Lowell Hall (Boston, USA)
paradise from vocal box with Kouichi Makigami (FABRICA Italy)
Salone Snaporaz produced by Oliviero Toscani (Cattolica, Italy)


THEATER & DANCE COMPOSITION
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 Kathelin Gray - October Gallery (London 2003)
QUARTET Robert Wilson production with Michael Galasso (2001)
Three Sisters Robert Wilson production with Michael Galasso (Sweden 2001)
​La Scala del Fuoco live music for Biennale di Venezia at piccolo arsenale (Venice 2001)
Safar JAHRKHAND FESTIVAL music & dance tour (chennal, kerela, ranchi, delhi India 2002)


FILM MUSIC
Echoes of the Invisible - Film by Steve Elkins (2020)
NUAGES - Film by Marion Hansel (2001)
SECRET BALLOT - Flim by Babak Payami (2001)


EXHIBITION
Giorgio Armani retrospective at Guggenheim museum (N.Y/Bilbao/Tokyo)


RADIO 
Far Side Radio London (8th nov.2017)
SWR2 Musik der Welt Berlin ( 23h03, 26th jun.2012)
OTTAVA con brio Tokyo (21th apr. 2011)
BBC Late Junction London ( 5th jul. 2006/ 5th may 2011)
J-WAVE Radio Sakamoto Tokyo (18th dec.2004)
TV
THE 夜会 TBS with Satomi Ishihara  Japan (july 2015)
トラッドジャパン with Jake Shimabukuro NHK教育テレビジョン (march 2012)

Magazine
邦楽ジャーナル interview - vol 219 (april 2005)
Blow Up. #97 Italy (june 2006)