"kuniko plays reich"

'kuniko plays reich'
This album contains my arrangements of Steve Reich’s masterpieces from the 1980s. It contains Electric Counterpoint (1987), Six Marimbas (1986) and Vermont Counterpoint (1982). I worked on these arrangements during 2009 and 2010. They are arranged for solo percussion and pre-recorded tape for live performance. Each of these pieces is the first arrangement of their kind in the world. All three pieces were solo overdubbed; however I played through all the parts from the beginning to the end, without using loops or quantisation in order to emphasise the live atmosphere in ensemble performance. All of the mixings are based on my concepts and I closely collaborated with each recording engineer.

'Kuniko Kato is a first rate percussionist who has put a lot of careful thought and hours of rehearsal into making this excellent CD. She has created new and very beautiful arrangements.'”
- Steve Reich, 2011

CD 'kuniko plays reich' is released worldwide on May 16th, 2011 from Linn Records, Scotland, UK.

| Release Live & EU Tour Info. |
6.17 Asahi Art Square, Tokyo Japan
6.21 Modena Next, Modena Italy
6.29 5th Tomarimbando International Percussion Festival, Tomar, Portugal
7.03 Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, United Kingdom (HSBC Cheltenham Msuic Festival)
7.08-10 les flaneries musicales de Reims, Reims France