Megumi Kasakawa (1981) E_Sola for E-Viola, tape and electronics (2021) Megumi Kasakawa, E-Viola Sound & Video recording: Jaume Darbra Fa Lukas Nowok 05 December 2021 Haus der DEA, Frankfurt am Main www.megumikasakawa.com

TRIO ESTATICO ONLINE CONCERT (Pre-recorded) 01.01.2022 4PM (CET) TRIO ESTATICO - Viola Trio - Paul Beckett, Megumi Kasakawa, John Stulz (Viola, Voice) PROGRAM (13 online premieres) Peter Facer: Prelude and Fugue “The Coven” (2021) 5’ (00:30) Jug Marković: Madrigal (2021) 6’ (05:08) Zhenyan Li: Masks (2021) 5’ (11:55) Tomás Brantmayer: The Tomb of Purcell (2021) 5’ (16:25) Simone Corti: Spazio conteso (2021) 8’ (22:41) Eleni Ralli: Blind Spot (2021) 5’30 (31:20) Tomoya Yokokawa: Baby’s breath (2021) 5’ (36:54) Tianyang Zhang: Fern Nähe Skizzen (2021) 6’30 (41:31) Alexander Choeb: In To (2021) 2’30 (48:42) Maximiliano A. Soto Mayorga: O Iterations (2021) 3' (51:08) Miharu Ogura: KOE (2021) 6’ (53:34) Yang Song: Nomadic Sound (2021) 5’ (58:57) Arshia Samsaminia: Micro-Moments VII (2021) 8’ (1:04:13) - TRIO ESTATICO Composers Workshop 2021 - Recording (Sound): Martin Adámek, John Stulz, Megumi Kasakawa Recording (Video): Tianyang Zhang, Eleni Ralli, Paul Beckett, John Stulz, Megumi Kasakawa Editing (Sound): Martin Adámek, Alexander Choeb, Jug Marković, Yang Song, Megumi Kasakawa Editing (Video): Paul Beckett, Megumi Kasakawa Thema Song: Peter Facer, Megumi Kasakawa Photo: Jean Radel Recorded in Paris (Cité de la Musique): 16. & 17. October 2021 - Choeb, Yokokawa, Corti, Facer, Li, Song, Brantmayer 13. & 14. November 2021 - Marković, Ogura, Ralli, Samsaminia, Zhang, A. Soto Mayorga TRIO ESTATICO (www.trio-estatico.com)

TRIO ESTATICO will present Online Concert on New Year's Day 2022. TRIO ESTATICO ONLINE CONCERT (Pre-recorded) 01.01.2022 4PM (CET) https://youtu.be/z3vRvC0XnpQ -Program- 13 Works online premiere Peter Facer: Prelude and Fugue “The Coven” (2021) 5’ Jug Marković: Madrigal (2021) 6’ Zhenyan Li: Masks (2021) 5’ Tomás Brantmayer: The Tomb of Purcell (2021) 5’ Simone Corti: Spazio conteso (2021) 8’ Eleni Ralli: Blind Spot (2021) 5’30 Tomoya Yokokawa: Baby’s breath (2021) 5’ Tianyang Zhang: Fern Nähe Skizzen (2021) 6’30 Alexander Choeb: NN (2021) 2’30 Maximiliano A. Soto Mayorga: O Iterations (2021) 3' Miharu Ogura: KOE (2021) 6’ Yang Song: Nomadic Sound (2021) 5’ Arshia Samsaminia: Micro-Moments VII (2021) 8’ And as Countdown Event we will present COMPOSERS INTERVIEWS. 27.12.2021 4PM (CET) 28.12.2021 4PM (CET) 29.12.2021 4PM (CET) 30.12.2021 4PM (CET) 31.12.2021 4PM (CET) ON our YouTube Channel Composers Workshop 2021 TRIO ESTATICO (www.trio-estatico.com) Paul Beckett Megumi Kasakawa John Stulz

Luciano Berio (1925-2003) Naturale (su melodie siciliane) for viola, percussion & recorded voice of sicilian folksinger (1985) Megumi Kasakawa, viola Rainer Römer, percussion Felix Dreher, sound design 22 February 2014 Haus der DEA, Frankfurt am Main https://www.megumikasakawa.com Photo © Stevie Jonathan Sutanto

Spiral solo viola with digital delay accompaniment by Robert Davidson Sound / Video Megumi Kasakawa (Viola) Gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR 2021 Frankfurt am Main https://www.megumikasakawa.com

La Main Noire by Emmanuel Nunes recorded March 2020, Frankfurt Germany Trio Estatico- Viola I - John Stulz Viola II - Megumi Kasakawa Viola III - Paul Beckett https://www.trio-estatico.com [TRIO ESTATICO] is an international viola consort bringing together players from three of the top new music ensembles in Europe in search of building a new repertoire and new ways of making music. Founded in 2019, the group consists of violists Paul Beckett (Ensemble Recherche), Megumi Kasakawa (Ensemble Modern), and John Stulz (Ensemble Intercontemporain). Together, they perform in solo, duo, and trio formations, exploring repertoire ranging from commissions of cutting edge composers to modern re-compositions of medieval motets and classic 20th century masterpieces for 1-3 violas.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Englische Suite VI D-moll BWV 811 Prelude Sound / Video Megumi Kasakawa 2020 September 2020 Frankfurt am Main https://www.megumikasakawa.com

A la recherche de temps II - Dolorosa for viola and video - Serge Verstockt By Megumi Kasakawa (viola) Commissioned by Bijloke Ghent Production: ChampdAction in coproduction with Ensemble Modern Recorded at Bijloke Ghent on the 25th of March 2016

J.S.Bach : Suite for Cello Solo No.2 Prelude Megumi Kasakawa/ Viola April 2020

Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite IV BWV 1010 (Für Viola Übertragung) Sarabande Sound / Video Megumi Kasakawa (Viola) May 2021 Frankfurt am Main

Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite I BWV 1007 für Violoncello solo (Für Viola Übertragung) Sound / Video Megumi Kasakawa (Viola) 00:05 Prélude 02:45 Allemande 07:30 Courante 10:00 Sarabande 12:52 Menuet I & II 15:58 Gigue August 2020 Frankfurt am Main https://www.megumikasakawa.com

Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite II BWV 1008 für Violoncello solo (Für Viola Übertragung) Sound / Video Megumi Kasakawa (Viola) 00:03 Prélude 03:41 Allemande 07:07 Courante 09:10 Sarabande 13:40 Menuet I & II 16:30 Gigue August 2020 Frankfurt am Main https://www.megumikasakawa.com

Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite III BWV 1009 für Violoncello solo (Für Viola Übertragung) Sound / Video Megumi Kasakawa (Viola) 00:05 Prélude 04:10 Allemande 08:06 Courante 11:25 Sarabande 15:38 Bourrée I & II 19:26 Gigue August 2020 Frankfurt am Main https://www.megumikasakawa.com

Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite IV BWV 1010 für Violoncello solo (Für Viola Übertragung) Sound / Video Megumi Kasakawa (Viola) 00:07 Prélude 03:26 Allemande 07:42 Courante 10:50 Sarabande 14:40 Bourrée I & II 19:28 Gigue Gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR May 2021 Frankfurt am Main https://www.megumikasakawa.com

Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite VI BWV 1012 für Violoncello solo (Für Viola Übertragung) Sound / Video Megumi Kasakawa (Viola) 00:02 Prélude 04:40 Allemande 12:40 Courante 16:22 Sarabande 21:04 Gavotte I & II 25:04 Gigue August 2020 Frankfurt am Main https://www.megumikasakawa.com

30.04.2016 Frankfurt am Main, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main / Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts

Eva Böcker Megumi Kasakawa Rainer Römer Giorgos Panagiotidis

On Air – Ensemble Modern live aus dem Dachsaal / Live from the Attic #10 Offene Ohren Offene Ohren – Eine Reihe der Freunde des EM e.V. Da das Konzert aufgrund der Corona-Pandemie nicht im Museum Judengasse stattfinden kann, übertragen wir es live aus dem Dachsaal des Hauses der Deutschen Ensemble Akademie. Hans Gál: Serenade für Klarinette, Geige und Violoncello op. 93 (1935) Gideon Klein: Trio für Violine, Viola und Violoncello (1944) George Benjamin: Three Miniatures - für Violine (2001) Viktor Ullmann: 3. Streichquartett (1943) Jaan Bossier (Klarinette), Jagdish Mistry (Violine), Giorgos Panagiotidis (Violine), Megumi Kasakawa (Viola), Eva Böcker (Violoncello) Informationen zum Verein der Freunde des Ensemble Modern e.V. www.ensemble-modern.com/freunde Die digitale Live-Konzertreihe "On Air – Ensemble Modern live aus dem Dachsaal" wird aus dem Dachsaal des Domizils des Ensemble Modern im Frankfurter Ostend gestreamt. Ab sofort jeden Donnerstag und Montag, 20.30 Uhr! The digital live concert series will be streamed live from the attic of our domicile in Frankfurt’s Ostend. The concerts will take place each Thursday and Monday at 8:30 pm! In Zusammenarbeit mit Seehund Media und Streaming Factory. Gefördert durch das Kulturamt der Stadt Frankfurt am Main.

Pharos Arts Foundation Concert & Recital Series The Shoe Factory, Nicosia Cyprus – 2015 Shostakovich - String Quartet No.3 in F major, Op.73 (III mvt - Allegro non troppo) ERGON ENSEMBLE: Giorgos Panagiotidis (violin) Kostas Panagiotidis (violin) Megumi Kasakawa (viola) Dimitris Travlos (cello) For more information about the Pharos Arts Foundation, visit: http://www.pharosartsfoundation.org Like us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/PharosArtsFoundation This video is property of the Pharos Arts Foundation and used strictly for publicity purposes. Do not copy or use without permission © Pharos Arts Foundation