Harvestworks

Mari Kimura

Described as a “virtuoso playing at the edge” by the New York Times,
Mari Kimura is a prolific violinist/composer, a leading figure in the field of
interactive computer music, and most recently known as an entrepreneur developing a
motion sensor system called MUGIC®. Mari is renowned for her mastery of
subharmonics—the production of pitches that sound up to an octave below the violin’s
lowest string. She has received numerous awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a
Fromm Commission Award from Harvard, a residency at IRCAM in Paris, and the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund. In recognition of her ground-breaking work, Mari was
named “Immigrants: Pride of America” by the Carnegie Corporation. In 2020, Mari
released MUGIC® commercially. A small WIFI device which can be worn as a ‘wearable
tech’ or attached to objects, MUGIC® is intended to eliminate the disciplinary
divide and enable new forms of art to emerge and flourish. Today, MUGIC® has been
used by musicians, dancers, and visual artists across the globe. MUGIC® is also
acquired for educational purpose by many noteworthy institutions such as Harvard
University, UC Berkeley, the Peabody Institute, University of Arts (UdK) in Berlin,
Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School. Mari’s recent works focus on
human/machine integration using MUGIC®, performing, composing, and commissioning new
works. In 2019, Mari commissioned composer Dai Fujikura to write “Motion Notions”
published by Ricordi and recorded by Mirabel/SONY; in 2021, Mari composed “Iron
Bird” for cymbal and MUGIC®, for virtuoso percussionist Aiyun Huang, premiered at
the Nabla Festival in Italy; she also composed “KISMET” for Decipher Ensemble,
premiered at the New Music for Strings festival in Aarhus, Denmark; and most
recently Mari composed “Pensamiento” for piano and MUGIC®, which was premiered at
MIT in Boston. A Graduate Faculty at The Juilliard School since 1998, Mari was
appointed as Full Professor of Music at “Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and
Technology” at UC Irvine in 2017. During the Covid shutdown, she earned MBA degree
at UCI in June 2022. In 2020, Mari was nominated as the Entrepreneur Leader of the
Year award at UCI and received the Certificate of Congressional Recognition from the
US. House of Representatives and the California Legislature Assembly. MUGIC® is
available at https://mugicmotion.com/

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