Kyoo

Maki Ishii was born in 1936 into an artistic family. In 1958 he settled in Germany, studying at the National Musical Academy in Berlin. He has written orchestral music (“Transition”), chamber works (“Aphorisms”), and electro-acoustic music.

KYOO was composed in 1968 and won an award at the National Arts Festival. The title, which means “echoes,” refers to the formal concept of the work: one sound giving rise to a family of sounds which in their turn engender other families, etc. There are various sound sources: piano, brass, percussion, and electronic devices. The instrumental sounds are heard sometimes in their original form and sometimes transformed electronically. The piano in particular is treated in a variety of ways: played normally, played according to the techniques of the “prepared piano,” and finally amplified and transformed instantaneously through microphones installed inside the frame.

Maki Ishii – Kyoo (1968)

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